If you have dinosaur-mad kids, you needn’t wait for Easter to plan an egg hunt. You can do one at any time of the year if you switch chocolate eggs for dinosaur eggs. This fun and engaging activity can be tailored to challenge your children, help them learn about dinosaurs and reward them with treats at the end. Here’s how to plan a dinosaur adventure live in your back garden.
 

1. Choose your venue… 

Select a safe and accessible location to host your hunt. Your back garden is a great place to organise it, but you can also choose a local park or allotment. If it’s cold or rainy, an indoor space is just as good. Make use of all the rooms in your home, or hire a space at a local community centre. 
 

2. …and your eggs

Depending on how much time you have, there are several options for creating your eggs. Making salt dough eggs is a great way to keep kids busy for an afternoon, or you can make them from papier-mâché or Modroc if you don’t mind things getting messy. If you have more limited time and resources, you can simply purchase plastic eggs.

3. Hide the eggs

Before the event, carefully hide the eggs at your chosen location. Make them fairly easy to spot if you have younger children, or challenge older ones with more difficult hiding places. You could also add a dinosaur fact with each egg so that the kids learn along the way. 

4. Create clues or a map

Level up your egg hunt by creating clues that direct participants to the places where the eggs are hidden. These might be straightforward hints or riddles depending on the age and ability of your children. Alternatively, make a treasure map that they can follow to find the eggs. 
 

5. Set rules or safety guidelines

If this is an activity for your own kids in the back garden you may be able to skip this step. However if it’s in a public space or there are other children involved, you might want to set some basic rules so that everyone can enjoy themselves. These could include not straying outside the area of the egg hunt without a grownup, or sharing clues or maps with others. 

6. Start the hunt

Let the kids start their search for the dinosaur eggs, ensuring you’re on hand to provide help, tips or encouragement if needed. You’re sure to have as much fun watching the kids solve the clues and find the eggs as they do taking part. 

7. Share prizes

When the eggs have been found, give out a reward to each child for their effort. This can be some sweets, a biscuit, or a small dinosaur toy. You may also want to ask them to share some of the things they learned about dinosaurs during the hunt. 

See dinosaurs live on stage

Let your kids experience the magic of the prehistoric world at the Oliver Award-winning dinosaurs show, Dinosaur World Live. This interactive production uses stunning puppetry to tell the story of some of the most exciting dinosaurs - and you can even meet the stars afterwards. Search ‘dinosaur event near me’ and book via your local theatre.