Racing Eggs Game

Today we are sharing very simple 3D board game you can set up in several minutes for your kids. Egg racing game is great to play around Easter when you have some extra egg cartons and plastic eggs around although it can be played whenever you wish. 

My 3-year-old and 7-year-old daughters both enjoyed playing racing eggs game and it’s great as a way to teach young kids to take turns. It can be easily adapted for up to 6 players but more about it later on in a post.

LIST OF SUPPLIES FOR RACING EGG BOARD GAME

Creating this game is very simple. You will need:

• Several egg cartons from your recycle bin (we used plastic transparent egg containers, but you can use standard cardboard cartons). Here we used 2 tops and 2 bottoms.
• Plastic eggs (as many as you have players). We misplaced our plastic eggs and we used kinder egg capsules instead. Find them here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
• Decorative tape or stickers (to decorate plastic eggs as play figures and easily distinguish them). If you have plastic eggs of different colors, you can skip this step.
• Painters tape to attach cartons together.
• Artificial grass
• Dice.

SETTING UP RACING EGGS GAME

To put the Racing Eggs 3D board together, start by taping egg cartons together. Just place them on a flat surface and use painters tape to attach them one to another.

Decorate your eggs (play figurines) with different decorative tape. And place them in the first row of the 3D board. Add on top of few rows artificial grass – these rows will be turned to “nests” where eggs will have to rest for a turn.

I taped the extra fields. Didn’t want to confuse kids with where to place their eggs. These fields can be used when you have more than 3 players, up to 5 players.

HOW TO PLAY RACING EGGS GAME?

Rules are quite simple and appropriate for toddlers:

• Start by placing figurines / eggs in the first row.
• Use dice and take turns to move figurines / eggs towards the last row on the board.
• When players land in the “nest”, they skip the turn.
• First player to reach the last row is the winner.

Unlucky child got their egg in the nest and have to skip one turn to toss dice. How unhappy she was!

Along with counting using dice, toddlers will work on their patience as they learn to wait for their turn to toss the dice and move their egg.

ADAPTING EGG RACING GAME

Egg cartons are 30 fields – 5 rows by 6 rows. You can easily turn egg cartons horizontally or vertically and gain some extra spots for up to 6 players.

It would be also fun to turn this into Minions Race and you can pick up how to make your own kinder egg capsule Minions at Red Ted Art.

Extend the Play with a Book

The Easter egg hunt is on! With this bright and colorful hands-on toddler board book, the Easter tradition of the egg hunt comes to life in a playful, interactive way. Young children will turn the wheel to hide brightly colored Easter eggs inside baskets, under flowers, behind rocks, and even in hands. After the egg is hidden, it’s time to guess where it is! Lift the flap for the reveal in this game-in-a-book, then play again (and again) for hours of eggs-citing fun! Find the book Eggs Are Everywhere here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom

Look no further than Hippity, Hoppity, Little Bunny for adorable nursery rhyme books. Follow the little bunny rabbit and its adorable bird friends in this finger puppet book as they hunt for Easter eggs. Wiggle the puppet to make the bunny in the story come alive!  Boys and girls will love this board book surprise! Find the book here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom

Today’s post is part of 60 Day Junk Play Challenge and we had as material prompt today PLASTIC EGGS.Make sure to stop by Sunny Day Family and check simple Color Matching Game they made with their plastic eggs!

To read more about Junk Play Challenge and get involved upcycling your trash for play, stop by our 60 Day Junk Play Challenge page.

Looking for more fun things to do with your kids? We want to recommend you our new book – Learn with Play (150+ Activities for Year-Round Fun and Learning)! You will find inside easy to prepare activities for everyday fun as well for all seasons and holidays! Here is a preview for you:

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What else you can do with egg cartons?

Here are few ideas you can try:

• use recycled egg cartons to make spring blossom with kids
• create poppies using materials from recycle bin like cellophane paper and egg cartons,
• work on listening skills and auditory sensory skill as you play silent or loud sound game.