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Make a Glow in the Dark Easter Egg hunt your new Easter tradition. Just add glow sticks and candy to your plastic eggs and hide them at night for a fun family activity!

Create a fun activity for both kids and adults to enjoy after Easter Dinner! Everyone will love it so much, you’ll have to make it a yearly Easter tradition.

Glow in the dark easter eggs sitting in the grass

The Kids’ Favorite Easter Tradition

It’s already almost Easter! Can you believe it?

Today, we wanted to share with you one of our favorite family Easter traditions.

Every year on Easter, we always do an Easter brunch or Easter dinner with extended family, but something we started doing with our kids is a glow-in-the-dark Easter egg hunt!

The kids LOVE it! Not only is it easy to do, but it’s so fun as well! All you do is grab some plastic eggs, fill them with glow sticks and candy, and hide them in the yard (or the house!) at night when it’s dark. The kids (& tweens and teens) go nuts!!

Supplies needed for glow in the dark Easter egg hunt

what you need

  • Plastic Easter Eggs (medium – large size work best)
  • Glow Sticks – glow bracelet size (found in the dollar section at Target, Michael’s, Dollar Store) – or Mini Glow Sticks
    • Another favorite is ballon lights. They are even brighter and easier to use!
  • Tape
  • Candy
Adding a glow stick, tied in a knot, to the inside of a plastic Easter egg.

How to Make Glow in the Dark Easter Eggs

  1. Snap glow sticks so they are glowing and insert into eggs along with some candy.
    • TIP: The regular sized glow sticks can be a little tricky to fit in and close easily. The easiest thing we’ve found that helps is tying them in a knot and then putting it inside the egg OR use mini glow sticks or the balloon lights.
  2. Tape shut, if needed, and HIDE while glow sticks are glowing.

That’s it – Told you it was EASY!

What’s great about these eggs is that are FUN! Even the hubby was temped to go out and find them during the hunt since he thought they looked so cool.

I promise this will become your kids’ new favorite Easter tradition.

Glow in the Dark Easter eggs in a bucket

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Glow in the Dark Easter Eggs

By: Lil’ Luna
Make a Glow in the Dark Easter Egg hunt your new Easter tradition. Just add glow sticks and candy to your plastic eggs and hide them at night for a fun family activity!
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 5 minutes
Total: 10 minutes

Ingredients 

  • Plastic Easter Eggs medium or large size work best
  • Glow Sticks found in the dollar section at Target, Michael’s, Dollar Store, or Mini Glow Sticks
  • Tape
  • Candy

Instructions 

  • Snap glow sticks so they are glowing and insert into eggs along with some candy. TIP: The regular sized glow sticks can be a little tricky to fit in and close easily. The easiest thing we’ve found that helps is tying them in a knot and then putting it inside the egg.
  • Tape shut, if needed, and HIDE while glow sticks are glowing.

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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About Kristyn

My name is Kristyn and I’m the mom of SIX stinkin’ cute kids and the wife to my smokin’ hot hubby, Lo. My mom’s maiden name is Luna, and I’m one of the many crafty “Lil’ Lunas” in the fam. On this site I like to share all things creative - from recipes to home decor to gifts and home decor ideas. Welcome!

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