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    Home » Easter Recipes and Crafts

    Easter Egg Letter Matching Game

    Published: Apr 3, 2012 · Modified: Mar 16, 2023 by Vicky · This post contains affiliate links.

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    If you are like me, then you have tons of plastic eggs lying around. They seem to multiply this time of year. If you are looking for a use for all those eggs you can try this egg-cellent Easter Egg Letter Matching Game that will help your child learn the alphabet and play at the same time. You will also enjoy Paper Bag Donkeys.

    Easter Egg Letter Matching Game: Finally a use for all those plastic eggs that seem to multiply every year!
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    • 🥚Why this Easter Egg Letter Matching Game is Awesome
    • 🖍️Supply Notes
    • 📋Step by step instructions
    • 🖍Do your kids love crafts?
    • ✂️Expert Tips
    • 🤷🏻‍♀️Craft FAQs
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    🥚Why this Easter Egg Letter Matching Game is Awesome

    • Young learners will enjoy this fun Easter activity
    • Pre-readers will practice their letter recognition and color recognition skills.
    • Kids love learning from hands-on activities like this fun game.


    🖍️Supply Notes

    • Plastic Easter eggs - 26 plastic eggs, the kind that opens up in the middle
    • Permanent marker - to write each letter of the alphabet on the eggs
    • Basket - to hold the halves of the eggs
    plastic easter eggs.


    📋Step by step instructions

    STEP 1: Write an upper case letter on each egg with the permanent marker. You will want to make sure that you write it in such a way that when taken apart a kid can figure out how to put it together again.

    plastic easter eggs with letters written on them.

    STEP 2: Break the eggs in half and put them in a basket.

    halves of plastic eggs in a basket.

    STEP 3: Have children try and put the eggs back together to form the letter.

    My girls love puzzles and when I told them we had a new egg puzzle to put together, they were intrigued. I wasn't sure if they could do it or not. They are three and a half and I have done this with Kindergarten students. But they were able to do them all and are still playing with this Easter Egg Letter Matching Game days later.

    child playing letter matching game

    I think it helped that they were searching for eggs that were the same color to put together. Once they put them together, they would twist them until the letter lined up on the top and bottom half of the egg to see if they had the correct letter.  A great egg-stention (you know I had to go there!) and another Easter egg idea is to have the kids line up the eggs in alphabetical order when they are done. This is why it helps to have 26 eggs.

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    ✂️Expert Tips

    Tip 1: Instead of writing one letter on each egg, you can write a lowercase letter on one half of the egg and an uppercase letter on the other half.

    Tip 2: After writing the letters with the permanent marker, give it a few minutes to dry before using.


    🤷🏻‍♀️Craft FAQs

    What age do you recommend this for?

    My kids did it at 3 ½ but it would be great for pre-k, preschool and kindergarten students or 4-5 year olds.


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    Comments

    1. Deborah Alter-Rasche

      March 26, 2013 at 5:31 am

      Great post. Thanks for linking it to Tuesday Tots. I've featured it here this week! 🙂 http://www.learnwithplayathome.com/2013/03/9-easter-activities-for-kids-with-added.html

    2. The Iowa Farmer's Wife

      March 23, 2013 at 9:07 pm

      Thanks for sharing on the Sunday Showcase! Featuring this week!

    3. Rebecca English

      March 23, 2013 at 8:31 pm

      This looks lots of fun. Just popping by to let you know I featured this on The Sunday Showcase http://www.herecomethegirlsblog.com/2013/03/23/sunday-showcase-egg-activities.html

    4. Amie M

      March 20, 2013 at 1:30 pm

      Thanks for linking up to The Weekly Kids Co-Op. I have selected your post as one of the features for tomorrow's Kid's Co-Op post over on Triple T Mum and I have pinned this to The Weekly Kid's Co-Op Pinterest Board. Looking forward to seeing your next linked up post 🙂

    5. Michelle

      March 16, 2013 at 3:55 am

      Love this idea! Pinning for future reference! 🙂

    6. Ashley Osborn

      March 14, 2013 at 4:19 am

      This is a super cute idea! I will keep this in mind for my preschoolers! 🙂

    7. Jelli

      March 13, 2013 at 3:17 am

      Great idea! Love reusing items around the house too. I've used these eggs filled with popcorn as maracas for my baby, but this is a wonderful way to teach letters! Visiting from Works for Me Weds.

    8. Rose

      April 05, 2012 at 2:26 pm

      This is such a great idea and so simple! Thanks for sharing.

    9. Isil

      April 04, 2012 at 10:05 pm

      What a lovely idea for playful learning!

    10. BF

      April 04, 2012 at 3:29 pm

      Cute idea, and a nice way to be educational while playing!

    11. School Sparks Renee

      April 03, 2012 at 11:07 pm

      Vicky - I love this idea. The girls certainly look like they are having fun. You could also "egg-stend" this lesson (for older children) by writing the uppercase letter crossing the middle breaking paint as you have, but then turning the egg slightly and writing the lowercase letter across the break as well so that there are two letters to match on each egg. Thanks for this terrific idea. Renee

    12. Cari and Cortnee @ Two Sasters

      April 04, 2012 at 2:27 am

      I LOVE this idea!! And yes, like you I have TONS laying around the house:)

    13. Vicky

      April 03, 2012 at 10:04 pm

      Thanks everyone, glad you like them

    14. amy and jesse hudson

      April 03, 2012 at 6:54 pm

      Such a great idea!

      Vicky, I am awarding you the Versatile Blogger Award! Come by my page to grab it and for more details.

      http://www.amynjesse.com/2012/04/versatile-blogger-award.html

      (Let me know if you've already received this award, hopefully not) 🙂

      Amy @ Sugar and Spice

    15. PAPS

      April 03, 2012 at 12:34 pm

      Such a great easter idea.

    16. CJAYMom

      April 03, 2012 at 2:38 pm

      Fantastic idea! I am going to go find our extra eggs right now and do this for my preschooler!

    17. Sugarr2518

      April 03, 2012 at 2:16 pm

      How fun! I bet the kids had fun with these and it's such great practice:)

    18. Jill@babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, Oh My!

      April 03, 2012 at 1:14 pm

      such a fun neat idea! I LOVE IT!!! I also had to buy more eggs last night and it pained me as well!

    19. Paula Parrish

      April 03, 2012 at 12:32 pm

      Hello Vicky.
      Love it! I can’t wait to play this easter egg letter match up game with Isabella, she is at the perfect age of 3. Thanks for sharing.
      Smiles, Paula

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    • How to Make Spotted Easter Eggs
    • M&M Easter Cookies
    • Shaving Cream Easter Eggs

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