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25 Best Adult Easter Egg Hunt Ideas for Big or Small Groups

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When kids have magical holidays, it’s almost certainly because adults are hurriedly running around in the background, channeling their whole heart and soul (not to mention their budget) into making a fun experience. So why shouldn’t adults get to enjoy the fun and festive Easter traditions they create for themselves? This roundup of creative adult Easter egg hunt ideas provides over two dozen inspiring thought-starters for setting up the holiday bash of grownups’ dreams.

Our list includes a range of unique adult Easter egg hunt ideas, from PG and all-ages friendly, to PG-13 and boozy for the 21-and-up-only crowd. Fill Easter eggs with the likes of alcohol mini bottles, lottery tickets, beauty products, hand-written messages or challenges, and even cold-hard cash.

Choose from traditional hunts with a twist — like an after-hours hunt with glow-in-the-dark Easter eggs, prompts for truth-or-dare hidden inside the eggs, or even drinking games. Or try a grownup twist on the challenge, without any actual hunting required — think bocce-ball-inspired play, relay races, or other athletic competitions.

Still looking for more Easter inspiration for adults? Check out our ideas for Easter cocktails guaranteed to impress your 21+ guests, Easter dinner ideas for your holiday feast, and chic ideas for what to wear on Easter Sunday.

1

Manicure Easter Egg Hunt

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Valentin Casarsa

For this Easter egg hunt idea, stuff each egg with a different nail polish. Once all of the eggs and polishes have been collected, you can set up a spa day in the living room where you paint your own or each other's nails.

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Hidden Gift Cards Easter Egg Hunt

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If just using cash seems a bit too boring for you, you should consider hiding gift cards instead. You can get them at a variety of price points for a wide range of shops, cafes, or online retailers.

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3

Boozy Jelly Bean Easter Egg Hunt

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For an adult crowd, stuff Easter eggs with jelly beans in boozy flavors like piña colada, mojito, mai tai, and more. Sure, they won't really get anyone buzzed — but it gives a grown-up spin on candy-filled eggs.

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4

Kind Notes Easter Egg Hunt

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This Easter egg hunt works for all ages. Who couldn't benefit from a few sweet words of encouragement? And receiving those adorable sentiments on a handwritten note makes them perfect for tacking up over a desk or mirror.

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Typography Easter Eggs

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Ensure the adult egg hunt is a hit on social media by hiding eggs emblazoned with fun — and made-for-Insta — typography.

Get the Typography Easter Eggs tutorial at Lovely Indeed.

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Easter Egg Hunt Drinking Game

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Natalia Van Doninck

Start with Easter-themed cocktails for your whole crew. Then participants look for plastic eggs, each of which has instructions about how many sips to take. You can even take it to the next level by slipping a few "Never Have I Ever" prompts into some of the eggs, and any person who "has," drinks.

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Nighttime Glow-in-the-Dark Easter Egg Hunt

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Looking for glow-in-the-dark Easter eggs is a great way to amp up the hunt after hours. It's dark, it's mysterious, and the glow-in-the-dark eggs can be filled with whatever adult-friendly prize you want.

Get the Glow in the Dark Eggs tutorial at Lil' Luna.

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Truth-or-Dare Easter Eggs

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Ready to really kick the hunt up a notch? Stuff eggs with slips of paper bearing questions and dares to enliven the crowd for hours.

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Scratch Off Lottery Ticket Easter Egg Hunt

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Who wouldn't want to run around looking for the chance to win big? This is perfect if all of your participants are over the age of 18. And once the hunt is over, you can all sit around with your lotto cards, scratching them off and seeing if anyone is going to go home with a heavier wallet.

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Bocce Egg Roll

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Amp up the element of competition by merging an egg hunt with a game of bocce: Roll wooden eggs to get as close to a target as you can. Whoever tossed the egg that gets closest wins a prize (even if that prize is bragging rights).

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11

Easter Beauty Product Hunt

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Travel-size beauty products also make for great egg fillers if you're having an adult Easter egg hunt. You can use drugstore brands as well as a select number of luxury brands so that everyone will be scouring the space for those highly-desired items.

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Golden Ticket Easter Egg Hunt

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Conjure the magic of seeing Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as a kid (as in, the original version). The winner of this hunt gets bragging rights and a chance to say they won the coveted golden ticket.

Get the Golden Ticket Easter Egg Hunt tutorial at Play Party Plan.

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13

Easter Egg Bath Bombs

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Give your friends and family an excuse for some decadent self-care with these bath bombs. Instead of hiding plastic eggs filled with surprises, use these egg-shaped bath bombs.

Get the Easter Egg Bath Bombs tutorial at Soap Queen.

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Confetti Easter Eggs

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The best part about adult Easter egg hunts? You don't need to stock up on candy that's going to result in leftovers for weeks to come. Break these eggs on the floor for decoration or on your friend's head for fun. But be warned: You'll have confetti all over the place for, well, ever.

Get the Confetti Eggs for Easter tutorial at My Name Is Snickerdoodle.

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15

Couples' Scavenger Hunt

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Gareth Webb

Invite your fellow childless couples over for a fun relationship-centric scavenger hunt this Easter. One clue leads to the next and the next, until all of them have been collected. The first one to solve the riddle gets to bask in their win the rest of the day.

Get the Couple's Scavenger Hunt tutorial at The Dating Divas.

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16

Bunny Jell-O Shots

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Jell-O is kind of like candy, right? And with whipped cream vodka added into it, these will make the perfect sweet adult treat. You can hide them all around and have your party guests seek them out and take the shots once they find them.

Get the Bunny Jell-O Shots recipe at Delish.

17

QR Code Easter Egg Hunt

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Even older kids could join in on this interactive, tech-filled Easter hunt. You can simply create and print out your own QR codes using a QR code generator website, and hide them all around the house. When you're creating the QR codes, you can have each one link to anything from a website to a photo, which will pop up on a phone when someone hovers their phone's camera over it. If you wanted to go the free route, you could have each QR code direct the finder to a picture with a cute Easter quote or funny Easter meme on it, or for something with monetary value, it could take them to an e-gift card or an I.O.U.

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Boozy Easter Egg Hunt

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If everyone is over the age of 21, hide small bottles of alcohol inside plastic eggs for a fun-filled boozy Easter egg hunt. You can even set up a bar with mixers so that people can craft their own cocktails afterwards.

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Cash Easter Egg Hunt

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Easter candy is all well and good, but adults will really love searching for eggs filled with cash. You can have some eggs filled with a few coins or bigger bills to keep things interesting.

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Easter Scavenger Hunt for Adults

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If you're dealing with adults, that means you can make things a bit tricker. Plan a scavenger hunt with a series of puzzling clues hidden in eggs that will eventually lead to a grand Easter prize.

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