89 Clever And Creative Easter Egg Hunt Hiding Ideas (Indoors and outdoors)

Strike a balance between creating a fun egg hunt and one that's over in a flash with this list of the best hiding places.

If you’re taking on the role of the Easter bunny and scratching your long ears wondering where on earth to hide the eggs this year, you need this big list of hiding place ideas for inspiration.

I’ve amassed a bunch of great hiding places both indoors and outdoors, mixing in easier spots with trickier ones so you can keep kids of all ages, from tots to teens, hunting high and low until they’ve found every last egg.

There are various ways you can set up your hunt, from a simple, set kids free to find the eggs, to giving out clues to follow to find the eggs or hiding the clues to lead to a big basket of Easter treasure.

If you want to go next level, you should also check out my 14 Unique Easter Egg Hunt Format Ideas For Every Age Group.

Whichever route you take, you will need good hiding places, so dive into this list and start plotting the greatest Easter Egg Hunt ever!

NB: Please excuse all egg-related puns, I just can’t help myself.

49 Egg-Stremely Good Indoor Hiding Places

Choose from this list of ideas and inspiration for hiding Easter eggs around your home.

Kitchen/Dining Areas

• Inside kitchen cabinets or drawers
• In the pantry
• In dry goods containers in the pantry
• On top of the refrigerator
• Inside the refrigerator
• Inside the microwave
• Inside pots or pans
• Inside the cutlery drawer (not the knives section!)
• In the kitchen sink
• Inside kitchen roll tube
• In the dishwasher (It's always good to draw attention to the fact it exists!!)
• Taped under a dining table

Living Room

• Under the sofa/couch
• Down the side of sofa/couch cushions
• Taped under a coffee table
• Behind the TV screen
• Behind furniture
• Inside vases
• Inside plant pots
• Hidden in the stems of houseplants
• Inside a lampshade (as long as the light is switched off to avoid melting!)
• Behind curtains/plantation shutters/blinds
• On a window sill

Bedroom

• On top of a wardrobe
• Inside a wardrobe
• In the pocket of a dressing gown
• Inside pillowcases
• Taped under beds
• Inside stuffed animals (if there is a zip)
• Inside sock drawer
• Inside socks in the sock drawer

 

Storage Areas & Utilities

• Inside the linen closet
• In the attic/loft/cellar (as long as they are safe spaces to walk)
• Inside the cable/cord/random electrical bits drawer
• In the clean laundry basket (not the dirty one 🤢)

Hallway & Entryway

• Inside coat pockets in the boot room/hallway
• Inside shoes (as long as the eggs are wrapped!)
• Balanced on the top of door frames

Office & Study Areas

• In a desk drawer
• Taped under a desk
• Behind books on a bookshelf

Creative Hiding Spots

• Taped under tables or countertops
• Inside musical instruments
• Inside a tissue box
• Behind pictures on shelves or dressers
• Behind artwork on the wall
• Inside toys
• Inside a toy box
• In a makeup bag

Also read: 12 Tips For Hosting An Easter Party Everyone (Including You) Will Enjoy

40 Egg-Cellent Outdoor Hiding Place Ideas

Taking your egg hunt outdoors? Here are some great places to hide Easter eggs in your garden or yard.

Plants & Natural Features

• Behind bushes
• In the branches of bushes
• In flower pots
• In the branches of a tree (bear in mind safety and climability!)
• In a hole or nook in a tree
• Strung and hung from tree branches
• In between the above-ground roots of a tree
• Behind rocks or large stones
• In piles of leaves

Outdoor Furniture & Living Areas

• Taped to stays of the porch
• Taped under the porch
• In or under outdoor seating
• Inside outdoor furniture cushions
• In the barbecue (as long as it's off!)
• In the fire pit or chiminea (see above for safety message!)
• In a woodpile
• On the porch roof (if safe and easy for older kids to reach)

 

Play Areas

• In a treehouse
• In a playhouse
• Taped to a bike frame
• Taped under a scooter footboard
• Under or on the trampoline
• Taped to a swing frame
• Taped under a swing seat
• Inside a sandbox
• Inside outdoor toys
• Inside outdoor sports equipment

Garden Structures & Features

• In the mailbox
• Behind or in garden ornaments
• Inside a birdhouse or feeder
• In or taped to fence or gate panels
• Balanced on top of fence posts
• Inside the wound-up garden hose

 

Garden Tools & Storage

• In the tool shed (away from dangerous tools)
• Inside garden gloves
• Inside garden boots
• Inside the wheelbarrow
• Under empty pots or planters
• In the garage
• Behind the shed

Tips For Planning An Egg-Shell-Ent Easter Egg Hunt

Here are a few simple tips for making sure that you plan an age-appropriate Easter Egg hunt so that everyone gets to enjoy hunting and finding.

Ages 1-3

• Hide eggs close together in open, easy-to-spot places
• Consider using paper pictures of Easter Eggs and then giving mini chocolate eggs as prizes at the end
• Keep the hunt short, around 15 minutes

Ages 4-6

• Space eggs a bit further apart
• Hide some higher and lower for a bit more of a challenge
• Include a special prize egg as motivation to find the most eggs
• Keep the hunt to around 30 minutes max

Ages 7-10

• Get creative with the hiding places, kids this age love a challenge
• Consider adding in activity eggs that contain a challenge inside
• Hunts for this age can happily last for up to an hour

 

Tweens and Teens

• Hide eggs in harder-to-find places
• Create cryptic clues or include challenges within eggs that lead to winning a bigger prize
• Consider pitting teams against each other for larger groups
• Hide eggs with small toys or gifts instead of all chocolate for teens

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