Here are 10 Easter egg games you can play indoors and outdoors after the Easter baskets have been opened so you can keep the young ones hopping.

Let the youngest children have a head start of a few minutes if you’re having one hunt for kids of various ages.Set up separate hunts for the older and younger kids.Pair each young child with an adult who knows where the eggs are hidden. Otherwise, the school-age kids will wipe the area clean of eggs before a toddler can even begin.Level the playing field by assigning each child a specific egg color to hunt. The winner can be the child who finds all of the assigned colored eggs first.Hide a few golden eggs with money or gift certificates as special prizes that older kids will especially appreciate.If you are entertaining many kids, divide a large number of them into teams and let each team take turns hiding and finding the eggs.

The players are divided into two teams.Each team is divided into two groups, one at Point A, one at Point B.The first player is given an egg to carry in a regular tablespoon from Point A to Point B.At that point, the egg and spoon are handed off to the next competitor, who carries it back to Point A to the next competitor.A dropped egg means that the person carrying the egg must go back to the starting point.The first team to complete the relay wins.

Give each participant a hard-boiled Easter egg.Kids can roll the egg while keeping it on the ground either with spoons, feet, or on hands and knees pushing the egg with their noses.Whoever gets their egg to the finish line first without cracking the shell wins.

Choose one player to be the wolf.The other players are the Easter eggs. Each child/Easter egg decides what color they are going to be. The longer and more complicated the color name (chartreuse, magenta, for example), the better.The eggs then turn to face the wolf, who begins to guess each egg’s color.If the wolf guesses a player’s color, that player must step forward one step, spell the color, and then run a predetermined route while being chased by the wolf.If the egg makes it back to the basket where the other players are located without being tagged by the wolf, the child gets to choose a new color and has another turn.If the wolf tags the egg before it gets back to the basket, then the player becomes the wolf and the wolf becomes an egg.

Each player has a partner. (It may be a good idea to pair a young child with an older child or adult).The partners stand a few feet apart from one another.One partner tosses the egg to the other person.Partners who catch the eggs without breaking them continue playing while pairs that drop the egg are out of the game.After each successful catch, each partner must take one step backward so that the tosses are longer and more challenging.The last team left with an unbroken egg wins the game.

To prepare for the treasure hunt, the person in charge of the hunt creates a series of hints that will lead the children from one site to another until the final prize is found. If you need ideas for hiding places and clues, check out clues for an indoor treasure hunt and clues for an outdoor treasure hunt. Here’s how to structure the hunt:

Place hints in a plastic Easter egg; Kids are given the first one to start off the hunt.Write the clues in rhymes or make the clues a little bit hard to figure out, depending on the age of the participants. An example for older kids: Hide an egg in a grandfather clock with the clue that says “Tick-tock, hurry up and find me!” For younger children, you might say, “I’m a clock, taller than wide. Find the next clue, by looking inside.“Put the final prize inside of a golden egg, or a fancier, larger egg. A little cache of toys or candy can become the treasure trove.

Each member of a team gets a number (one, two, three, etc.). Both teams will have members with the same numbers.The two teams line up opposite each other.A plastic Easter egg is placed in the middle of the two teams.The referee calls out a number, and the two players with the same number approach the middle of the field near where the egg is located.The object is for one team member to pick up the egg (but not kick it) and get it back to their line without being tagged by the other team’s player. Tip: A player can only be tagged after picking up the egg, so the strategy is important. Is it best to go for the egg, or wait for the other person to pick it up?If a player succeeds in getting the egg back to their team without being tagged, the team gets a point.If the player is tagged, the other team gets the point.Ten points win the game.

Players sit or stand in a circle. When the music starts, the players pass the “hot boiled egg” around the circle.When the music stops, the person left holding the egg is out.The playing continues until only the winner is left.

Put three hula hoops on the ground in a triangle pattern. If you have six hoops, you can place them in a pyramid pattern.Tell the players the point value for each hoop. The one farthest away is worth the most points, for example.Give each participant five candy eggs to throw from behind a designated line. (Younger players can be allowed to stand closer to the hoops to make their tosses.)Each time a player throws a piece of candy that lands in a hoop, the child gets that point value.The player who reaches the goal amount of points wins.

Choose a target, such as a plain white boiled egg, a wrapped chocolate, or a stuffed Easter Bunny. Give each player a colored boiled egg. (Each participant either gets a different color or they can add their name on the egg). Players will stand a few feet away from the target. Players then compete to see who can roll their colored egg closest to the white egg or rabbit without the egg touching the target. One player rolls their egg at a time. A player wins a round if their egg is closest, but not touching, the target. The first person to win a certain number of rounds—usually five or 10 rounds will suffice—without touching the target, will win the game.  The winner of the game gets the chocolate bunny.