Who says the kids should have all the fun? Plan an adult Easter egg hunt with these clever ideas.
22 Adult Easter Egg Hunt Ideas
Updated on Feb. 28, 2025
Everyone loves an Easter egg hunt. For kids, Easter isn’t complete without searching high and low for colorful eggs! But you can make the holiday just as fun for the grown-ups by planning an adult Easter egg hunt.
There are so many ways to make a traditional Easter egg hunt more grown-up friendly—why hide eggs when you can hide craft beer? Use a handful of the ideas below to start prepping for the best egg hunt ever. Sorry, kids!
Our Best Adult Easter Egg Hunt Ideas
1. Fill Eggs with Cash
Who doesn’t want a bit of extra cash? Instead of putting Easter candy in each egg, use bills instead. The adults will be thrilled to hunt for these valuable eggs.
2. Hide Fancy Chocolates
Keep with the traditional idea of hunting for candy, but up the ante by filling eggs with gourmet brands instead. Participants will love discovering wrapped truffles or chocolate-covered caramels. You could even make your own chocolate truffles for the occasion.
And once the hunt is over, hop into the kitchen for these Easter breakfast ideas that can be prepped before the egg hunt is finished.
3. Host a Self-Care Hunt
Getting together with your BFFs for the holiday? Hide self-care items such as bath bombs, nail polish and facial masks for an afternoon of pampering or for friends to take home.
4. Camouflage the Eggs
Make a traditional Easter egg hunt a bit more challenging. Skip brightly colored plastic eggs and look for dark green or camouflage-patterned eggs. This adult Easter egg hunt won’t be easy!
5. Hide Gift Cards for Coffee
Why not serve up lattes? Instead of chocolate or jelly beans, hide larger eggs stuffed with gift cards to coffee shops.
6. Go for the Golden Egg
Instead of hiding plenty of mini eggs, opt for a handful of larger prizes instead. You can hide the prize in a big golden egg or put a slip of paper inside noting the prize. Hunting for just a few eggs will make it that much more challenging for the group.
7. Make It Boozy
Mini bottles of wine? Craft bottles of gin? Yes please! Skip the eggs and hide boozy options instead. Just be sure everyone hunting is of age.
8. Give a Prize for a Classic Hunt
This adult Easter egg hunt still uses colorful plastic eggs—but instead of stuffing the eggs with candy, hide them empty. Tell the adults to hunt for as many as possible, and give worthwhile prizes to whomever finds the most.
9. Make It a Workout
Need to work some exercise into the day? Do it with an egg hunt. Hide eggs with pieces of paper inside. Each note should indicate a required exercise, such as push-ups, jumping jacks, squats and more. Participants have to complete the small workout before moving on in their quest to find them all.
10. Stuff Eggs with Beverages to Make
Give adults the gift of a hot cup of coffee or a calming cup of tea. Stuff eggs with things like individually-wrapped tea bags, instant coffee, cups for single-serve coffee makers and more.
11. Hide Cans of Beer
If everyone in the group is old enough to drink, embrace a love for craft beer. Skip the plastic eggs, and hide cans instead. Hunters will love finding go-to favorites or new-to-them craft brews to try.
12. Plan a Raffle
Stuff eggs with raffle tickets instead of candy. Set adults out on their hunt to collect as many as they can. Once the hunt is over, raffle off big prizes.
13. Stick with a Classic Hunt
Who says adults can’t do the same type of egg hunt as kids? Hide plenty of colorful eggs filled with pieces of candy around the backyard. It’s one of the most popular Easter egg hunt ideas for a reason!
14. Tuck Away Useful Tools
Instead of candy, stuff eggs with mini items. This could include SD cards, video games, keychains and more.
15. Let the Kids Take the Lead
Add this to your list of easy Easter ideas for kids. Set up an egg hunt for the adults, but let the kids do the hiding. They’ll love trying to find sneaky spots that will challenge the grown-ups.
16. Map Out a Scavenger Hunt
To make things a bit more interesting, add a scavenger hunt into the mix. Instead of randomly searching for eggs, adults will follow clues or solve riddles to find the next egg.
17. Make It a Movie Trivia Hunt
Hide eggs with a slip of paper in each. On the paper, write a trivia question. Once all of the eggs have been found, get back together to answer your questions. Whoever answers the most of their eggs correctly wins a prize.
18. Go for Glow in the Dark
This adult Easter egg hunt will have to be planned for the evening, but it will be well worth the wait. Hide glow-in-the-dark eggs filled with homemade Easter treats and prizes.
19. Hide Lottery Tickets
Ready to test your luck? Instead of Easter candy, fill eggs with lottery tickets or scratch-off tickets. Those participating might just win some serious cash.
20. Create a Trivia Game
Hide eggs with themed or random questions. When someone finds an egg, they have to answer the trivia question (and get it right!) before moving on to continue hunting for more eggs. The person who ends up with the most correct answers and eggs wins a larger prize.
21. Hunt for Date Night Ideas
Add a little romance to your hunt. Put pieces of paper with date ideas such as going to the movies, taking a cooking class or watching live theater. Have couples hunt and pit them against each other. Whoever finds the most eggs in each couple is in charge of choosing the next date night activity.
22. Play a Numbers Game for a Big Prize
Skip little trinkets and candies and go big. But make sure participants have to work for it! Write numbers on pieces of paper, put them in eggs and get to hiding. When the eggs have been found, instruct each participant to count up their numbers for a total. Whoever has the highest number in total wins the grand prize.
Egg-cited to get planning? Mix and match multiple adult egg hunt ideas for the ultimate Easter celebration!
