{"id":149283,"date":"2017-04-16T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/149283\/easter-games-for-the-family\/"},"modified":"2017-04-16T16:19:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T14:19:02","slug":"easter-games-for-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/04\/16\/easter-games-for-the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter games for the family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember the thrill of hunting for Easter eggs and sweets as a child?<\/p>\n<p>Easter celebrations and games don\u2019t have to be limited to toddlers and teens.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>It is high time everyone got in on the fun.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few games that might add some fun to your celebration:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Capture the Egg:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Get ready for a little friendly competition with this fun take on \u201cCapture the Flag\u201d. Divide all your players into two teams.<\/p>\n<p>For this game you\u2019ll need eight eggs and colour them in two different colours.<\/p>\n<p>Have each team choose a colour and then line up their eggs on their end of the field.<\/p>\n<p>Each team must try to capture the other team\u2019s eggs and bring them to their side of the field without being tagged by a member of the opposing team.<\/p>\n<p>If a player is tagged by an opponent, they are out. To win, a team must successfully capture all the other team&#8217;s eggs, or must have the last man standing.<\/p>\n<p>Let the team members take turns in trying to capture their opponents\u2019 eggs while others defend their own.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easter Egg Treasure Hunt:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For this one X marks the spot with this Easter-themed spin on treasure hunting.<\/p>\n<p>Make an Easter basket filled with goodies, or purchase a pre-made basket.<\/p>\n<p>Hide the basket somewhere and then write clues on pieces of paper that will help players locate the treasure.<\/p>\n<p>The first to reach the basket wins the treasure.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easter Egg Decorating Station:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What Easter celebration would be complete without colourful eggs?<\/p>\n<p>An egg decorating station with both hard-boiled eggs and tools is the perfect way to unleash your creativity.<\/p>\n<p>Encourage your little artists to get inventive by providing a variety of art tools such as paints, brushes, glue, glitter, and traditional egg-dying kits.<\/p>\n<p>Adults can get in on the fun by helping children make special patterns; add a little friendly competition by holding a vote on the best design.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easter Egg Rolling Race:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let the good times roll with this fun relay race.<\/p>\n<p>Start with a dozen (or more) hard-boiled eggs, one for each racer.<\/p>\n<p>Mark off a straight race track with multiple lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Each player begins by placing his or her egg at the starting line in his or her lane.<\/p>\n<p>Each player then uses a wooden spoon to roll the egg down the lane and across the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>The first egg to cross the finish line wins.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be afraid to get creative with your activities and entertainment this Easter.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone can get in on the fun with these games, making the annual Easter event one that everyone looks forward to.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the ideas were sourced from beaucoup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='a9c3fbe05fe98b216f382f9e319a953e'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have fun with friend and family on Easter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":143261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[3217,14294,1106,979,969,2749],"class_list":["post-149283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-easter","tag-easter-games","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-puleng-sekabate"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["easter","Easter games","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Puleng Sekabate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}