The Easter egg hunt starts here — and it's a whole lot smarter than you'd expect.
This Easter Egg Challenge is a creative and engaging printable activity for Australian primary school students in Years 2–5. Students tackle a series of Easter-themed challenge tasks across literacy and thinking skills, making it the perfect activity to keep learning alive during the fun of the Easter season. It's the kind of extension task that fast finishers will reach for and reluctant learners will actually enjoy.
Aligned to the Australian Curriculum and ready to print the moment you download it — no prep, no fuss.
Why teachers love it:
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Higher-order thinking — challenge tasks push students beyond simple recall and into genuine problem-solving
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Easter-themed engagement — the festive context gets students immediately on board
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Great for extension — ideal for fast finishers or gifted learners who need something more
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Zero prep — instant download, print and hand out
Perfect for:
- Years 2–5 Australian primary classrooms
- Easter extension and challenge activities
- Fast finishers and gifted learners
- End of term independent tasks
What's included:
A printable Easter Egg Challenge activity sheet with a series of Easter-themed tasks across literacy and critical thinking. Designed for individual student use on A4 paper.
Print and go — your Easter challenge lesson is sorted. 🖨️
Planning Easter writing lessons?
Our Easter writing activities guide has 15 prompts and craft ideas to use alongside this resource.
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.
Editing: This download is not editable. The PDF is flattened to protect the design and the artists' work we license.
Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well.
Licence: One classroom, one teacher. Please don't share, resell or post the file online; buy an extra licence for each colleague who wants their own copy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
You'll need a PDF reader on your device — the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most reliable. Double-click the downloaded file to open it.
If a page shows on screen but won't print properly, open it in Acrobat Reader, choose Print → Advanced → tick 'Print as image'.
Stuck? Contact us and we'll sort it out.
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We want you to love every Mrs Edgar resource. If something isn't right, contact us within 30 days and we'll make it right. Because this is a digital file we can't refund a download that has already been opened, but we will always help you get it working. See our Returns Policy.
FAQS
Where is my download?
Check your inbox (and junk folder) for the email from Mrs Edgar with your link. You can also log in to your account at mrsedgar.com.au and download it from your order.
It came as a ZIP file — how do I open it?
On a Mac, double-click it. On Windows, right-click and choose 'Extract All'. Your PDFs will be inside.
Can I print in colour or black and white?
Yes. Our resources are designed to work both ways; black-and-white versions look great on coloured card.
The download won't start on my school computer.
Some school networks block downloads. Try again at home, or right-click the link and choose 'Save link as'.
