Easter Egg Engineering: Better Than an Egg Hunt

[vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_ctation ctaction_background=”#66cc6b” ctaction_background_hover=”#66cc6b”]Once the egg hunt is over, kids can entertain themselves for hours with this STEAM-style activity. They’ll have tons of fun while they boost their creativity and build critical thinking skills! [/ultimate_ctation][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Left with all those plastic eggs and nothing to do after the egg hunt is done? Set the kids up with baskets of eggs and a few other supplies so they can engineer their own Easter Egg Towers!

You’ll Need:

Plastic Easter Eggs
Building supplies: paper towel rolls, toilet paper rolls, playdough
Small toys or candy
Other: any materials kids think of to support their structures!

Note: This can be a largely kid-led activity, but if you want to give children some guidance, help them follow these 3 phases of building while creating their towers.

Phase 1: Draw a blueprint.

Let kids see all the supplies they’ll be able to use in their egg tower designs. Then have them plan a design and draw it on paper like a blueprint. Let them know that they can use full eggs, halves of eggs, and any materials they’d like in front of them or even find their own materials around the house. Explain that the goal is to stack the eggs as high as they can. They can accomplish this by placing eggs in paper rolls, stacking egg halves on top of each other, or using playdough like glue to connect the eggs to one another. Or maybe they’ll find an even more creative way to stack eggs, such as in a shoe!

Phase 2: Construct your egg tower.

Now kids can work off their blueprints to construct their physical tower, using all the materials they included in their drawings.

Phase 3: Evaluate your structure.

Encourage kids to discuss what worked from their blueprints and what didn’t go as planned. Where could they provide extra support to their towers? Some suggestions could be filling eggs with different items to adjust the weight and balance the eggs or adding more playdough in certain spots.