We have the best, most fun, and easiest-to-set-up Easter science experiments for your kids this spring! What you can do with both real and plastic eggs is fantastic. We love transforming our everyday science experiments with cool holiday themes! Our Easter experiments are perfect for the young scientist to enjoy all season long!
Easy Easter Science Activities for Kids
Easter always sneaks up on me because it’s never on the same date! I love a fresh sleeve of plastic eggs from the dollar store, no matter how many I already have. They are perfect for Easter science activities, of course.
Let’s start with our ideas for amazing Easter science experiments for kids! Super fun, easy to set up, cheap, and very playful! Kids will have a blast and learn something, too. Plus, there are lots of ideas for preschool Easter science experiments.!
Make sure to look through our FREE Easter printable activities here too for some more unique ideas.
Free Easter STEM Guide and Challenges
RAINBOW FIZZY EASTER EGGS
Gather the plastic eggs and get ready to explore an explosion of color with a fizzy egg experiment the kids will go crazy for!
NEW! PEEPS PLAYDOUGH
An easy-to-make playdough recipe gets a twist with your favorite Easter Peeps! Taste safe and easy to make with kids, all you need is a few pantry ingredients and of course, Peeps!
EASTER SLIME
All our favorite Easter slime recipes in one place! Foam beads slime, egg slime, fluffy slime, confetti slime! Make slime at home this Easter.
DISSOLVING EASTER JELLY BEANS
Find out what household liquid will dissolve your Easter jelly beans the best with this easy dissolving candy experiment.
CRYSTAL EASTER EGGS
Learn all about growing crystals with this pretty Easter STEAM project!
EGG CATAPULTS
Ready, set, fire away! Engineer an Easter egg launcher and explore some great physics concepts.
ALSO CHECK OUT: Egg Launcher Ideas
MARBLED EASTER EGGS
Dyeing hard-boiled eggs with oil and vinegar combines simple science with a fun Easter activity. Learn how to create these cool galaxy-themed Easter eggs.
DYING EGGS WITH VINEGAR
A fun twist on a classic science experiment, dye eggs with vinegar with a baking soda and vinegar reaction.
TASTE SAFE PEEPS SLIME
Unlike our most popular homemade slime recipes, this one uses a popular Easter treat!
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Easter Peeps Playdough Recipe
PEEPS SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
Take a classic Easter candy treat and explore some cool science with them! Check out all the cool things you can do with leftover peeps.
SALT CRYSTAL EASTER CRAFT
Grow your own salt crystals and make an Easter science craft!
CLASSIC EGG DROP CHALLENGE
It’s not too messy and great for young kids to join in the fun. This is a classic STEM challenge for any time of the year! Plus, check out my older kiddo’s model that stood up to the test. This activity is great for various ages.
EASTER EGG RACES
Explore gravity and angles to race plastic eggs to the finish line! Sir Isaac Newton would have loved this for Easter physics with kids.
CRYSTAL EGGS
Grow crystal on eggshells! We used the same science to grow crystals on pipe cleaners, so we thought we would test it out with other materials for some cool Easter chemistry.
SURPRISE EGGS WITH CHEMISTRY
If you loved our baking soda science fizzing eggs, check out how we made these erupting surprise eggs!
EGG STRENGTH EXPERIMENTS
How strong is an eggshell? An eggshell is actually quite strong, but just how strong? Try this quick egg project to find out!
EASTER OOBLECK
Making oobleck is a classic science activity using just 2 ingredients from the cupboard!
More Real Egg Experiments
Printable Easter Project Pack
- 20+ Easter science activities and STEM projects kids that are easy to set up and fit into the time you have available even if it’s limited!
- Printable Easter theme STEM activities that are simple but engaging for home or classroom. Perfect for K-2 and beyond but easily adaptable to many skill levels.
- Dive into simple background science explanations to share with kids while they explore hands-on and playful experiments, projects, and activities such as Easter oobleck, erupting eggs, regrowing lettuce, and more!
- Engaging Easter STEM activities pack with theme activities, journal pages, and design process steps! Learn about the design process and think like an engineer while you design and build a better Easter basket and more!
- Easy to gather supplies makes these STEM activities ideal when you have limited resources available. Specialty activities include a catapult and balloon rocket challenge pack with log sheets!
- Additional STEM activities: Include the great Easter egg tower, spaghetti, marshmallow challenge Easter theme, brick building ideas, puzzles, and screen-free coding activities.
INCLUDES:
- Easter STEM Pack
- PEEPS Theme STEM Pack
- Easter Slime Science Pack
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