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Spring & Easter Events, Crafts, Recipes & Activities

By Barbara Evangelista, Publisher March 26, 2025

Spring and Easter are so special!  Shake off the cold, gray winter and enjoy flowers, baby animals and bright colors.  Check out the festive Easter and Spring events below, and enjoy all of our Easter and Spring crafts, recipes, ideas and activities that will give you plenty of ideas for things to do at home!


Stay tuned, as Macaroni KID Acton-Lexington will be updating this list regularly with new Easter/Spring events as we find them! 

Be sure to check back frequently to stay up-to-date on all the Easter happenings!


🐰 Easter & Spring Events 🐰

Friday, April 4

Natural Egg Dye Class for Kids (Ages 3-5) ~ register in advance (Lincoln)

Saturday, April 5

Natural Egg Dye Class for Kids (Ages 3-9) ~ register in advance (Lincoln)

Egg Hunt (Age 2-8) ~ register in advance (Lexington)

Carlson Orchards Annual Easter Egg Hunt (All ages) ~ register in advance (Harvard)

Sunday, April 6

Concord Family Network Annual Egg Hunt (ages 0-8) (Concord)

Friday, April 11

Bunny Hop with Princess Sofia (Ages 3 to Kindergarten) ~ register in advance (Acton)

Concord Recreation's Annual Egg Hunt (Age 0-12) (Concord)

Saturday, April 12

ABFN Spring Fling and Egg Hunt ~ register in advance (Acton)

Carlson Orchards Annual Easter Egg Hunt (All ages) ~ register in advance (Harvard)

Berlin Farms' Spring Egg Hunt (Age 0-11) ~ purchase tickets in advance (Berlin)

The Concord Band Spring Pops (All ages) ~ purchase tickets online (Concord)

Sunday, April 13

Berlin Farms' Spring Egg Hunt (Age 0-11) ~ purchase tickets in advance (Berlin)

Thursday, April 17

Berlin Farms' Spring Spectacular Egg Hunt (Age 0-11) ~ purchase tickets in advance (Berlin)

Friday, April 18

Easter Bunny Visits Jam Time (Maynard)

Berlin Farms' Spring Spectacular Egg Hunt (Age 0-11) ~ purchase tickets in advance (Berlin)

Saturday, April 19

Annual Easter Egg Hunt (All ages) (Carlisle)

Berlin Farms' Spring Spectacular Egg Hunt (Age 0-11) ~ purchase tickets in advance (Berlin)

Sunday, April 20

Berlin Farms' Spring Spectacular Egg Hunt (Age 0-11) ~ purchase tickets in advance (Berlin)


Spring & Easter Crafts

Are you on the hunt for an egg-citing Easter craft? Look no further than salt dough Easter eggs!

DIY bunny stamps for easter

Use this DIY Chalk Paint to draw flowers, bunnies and Easter eggs on your driveway and sidewalk

A new way to dye Easter eggs -- use whipped cream and food coloring!

Try something different, make natural dyes for your Easter eggs

Make your own kite to fly on these windy Spring days!

The birds are back!  Your child can make a bird feeder using recycled materials


Spring & Easter Activities

You just need eggs and vinegar for this fun at-home science experiment - rubber bouncy eggs

Include some non-toy ideas in the Easter baskets

Surprise your kids with Easter Bunny shenanigans

Our favorite Spring Day Trips & Activities for families

From DIY bird feeders to making your own fairy garden, we have 5 spring crafts and recipes to make our kids blossom 

Create a spring bucket list for your family

There are lots of benefits of gardening with kids

Create a fairy garden


Spring & Easter Recipes

There is no better time to cook up a pot of matzah ball soup!

Make "dirt" cupcakes

A perfect spring dessert for those who love the bright and zesty flavors of lemon - Iced Poppy Seed Lemon Loaf


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🐣 Click here to grab your FREE personalized Easter Bunny letter now! 🐣






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