Easter is right around the corner and this Easter is certainly looking a lot more fun than last year! We’re talking roasting marshmallow peeps, a dinosaur egg hung, visiting the Easter Bunny on a train, an underwater egg hunt and a whole lot more!
And to make sure you don’t miss out on any of the fun, we’ve searched high and low to find you some amazingly fun activities and events for the whole family! You’ll find something for everyone on this list of Easter Events in the DC area including Northern Virginia and Maryland.
Here’s all the Easter fun to be had in the DC Metropolitan area…
Mini Golf with Hidden Easter Eggs
Gather the family of up to 5 play a round of mini-golf decorated for spring, with hidden Easter eggs on the 18th hole.
Where: Burke Lake Park | VA
When: March 27, 28 and April 3, 2022
Get your baskets and flashlights ready as the whole family goes Easter egg hunting in the dark. Easter Bunny will be there before it gets dark.
Where: Glyndon Park | VA
When: April 1, 2022
Enjoy an old-fashioned egg roll, games and story time for families and kids 12 years and below.
Where: Historic Freeman Store and Museum | VA
When: April 1, 2022
Do marshmallow peeps really grow on trees? Come harvest a few marshmallows to roast on the bonfire at the farm. Don’t forget to find the eggs filled with treats. Plus see some spring chicks and baby animals and take a wagon ride!
Where: Great Country Farms| Bluemont, VA
When: From April 1 – 16, 2022
Hunt for surprise filled eggs while you visit and pet your favorite farm animals. Marshmallow Roasting is available from 10am-3pm next to the Egg Hunt Areas
Where: Great Country Farms | VA
When: April 1 – 16, 2022
Parent & Me Easter Bunny Cake Decorating Class
Bond with the kids as you join Celebrity Pastry Chef Dawn Alston of Ravy Cakes, LLC Competitor on Food Network’s Wedding Cake Championship to learn to make some cute Easter Bunny cake.
Where: Fran’s Cake & Candy Supplies | VA
When: April 4, 2022
Easter Egg Hunt at Meadowlark Park
Track the bunny trails and find Easter eggs through this self guided Easter Egg Hunt
Where: Meadowlark Botanical Gardens | VA
When: April 4 – 6, 11 -13, 2022
2022 Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Bull Run Regional Park
Kids 2 – 11 years of age can join games, craft activities, and Easter egg hunt. Don’t forget your cameras because the Easter bunny will be there too!
Where: Bull Run Regional Park | VA
When: April 5, 2022
Egg-stravaganza at Walker Nature Center
Enjoy family fun as you collect colorful eggs along woodland walk and meet a real bunny.
Where: Walker Nature Center | VA
When: April 7, 2022
EGG-STREME Teen Night Egg Hunt 2022
Get your teens ready for an evening search for eggs and prizes in the dark! This is for ages 10 – 14 years old.
Where: Fairfax | VA
When: April 7, 2022
Pups and Pals Day in the Gardens & Easter Pawrade
Get dressed and decorate yourselves, your kids, your pet, and their strollers as you take them for a walk in the garden and be part of the Easter Pawrades
Where: Meadowlark Botanical Gardens | VA
When: April 7 and 14, 2022
Let the kids have fun in the dark and use their flashlights to hunt for Easter eggs!
Where: Manassas Park Community Center | VA
When: April 8, 2022
Tweens and Teens Easter Bunny Cake Decorating Class
Get your tweens and teens to join Celebrity Pastry Chef Dawn Alston of Ravy Cakes, LLC Competitor on Food Network’s Wedding Cake Championship to learn to make some cute Easter Bunny cake.
Where: Fran’s Cake & Candy Supplies | VA
When: April 9, 2022
Enjoy a community tradition at Sunrise Valley Elementary School as well as live entertainment and a life-sized bunny.
Where: Sunrise Valley Elementary School | VA
When: April 9, 2022
Dino Discovery Eggstravaganza at Sully
Join the egg roll, see the Easter Bunny, make a dinosaur craft, and search for some surprise filled dinosaur eggs this easter!
Where: Sully Historic Site | VA
When: April 9 – 10, 2022
Spend a special Saturday morning Easter tea party in Mrs. B’s one-of-a-kind tea room with your child and be part of the Easter Egg Hunt Extravaganza.
Where: Tea with Mrs. B | VA
When: April 9, 2022
Epworth United Methodist Church Community Easter Egg Hunt
Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt that is filled with games, fun, food, and music on the grounds. There are also additional activities for older youths and adults.
Where: Epworth United Methodist Church | MD
When: April 9, 2022
Easter Sugar Cookies at Fran’s Cake and Candy Supplies
Join a 2 hr workshop and decorate some easter egg, bunny, spring flowers, and basket designed cookies.
Where: Fran’s Cake and Candy Supplies | VA
When: April 9 – 10, 2022
Easter Eggstravaganza at Roer’s Zoofari
Grab your baskets and head to Roer’s Zoofari for the Easter Eggstravaganza. They also have faice paintin/tattoo, parade, arts and crafts, painting sessions, and other pavillion activities that the kids will enjoy!
Where: Roer’s Zoofari | VA
When: April 9, 10, 16, and 17, 2022
Family-friendly morning of decorating eggs, face painting, sweet treats and of course, cider (apple juice for the kids!)
Where: Lost Boy Cider | VA
When: April 9, 2022
Easter Egg Hunt at Ida Lee Park
Let the kids hunt for the Easter egg as they hop along the bunny trail and get your treat bag after the hunt!
Where: Ida Lee Park | VA
When: April 9, 2022
Heritage Baptist Easter Egg Hunt
Enjoy this family Easter Egg hunt and look for the golden egg that you can exchange for a prize!
Where: Heritage Baptist Church | VA
When: April 9, 2022
Egg-cellent Adventures Community Easter Egg Hunt
It’s definitely a family day fun with this Easter Egg hunt combined with obstacle courses, games, and other activities for each member of the family.
Where: Patuxent River Park – Pavilion and Camp Ground | MD
When: April 9, 2022
2022 Bunnyland is back! Come enjoy the egg hunt, Farm Fun Zone, hayride, country bunny character photo op and more!
Where: Butler’s Orchard| MD
When: From April 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 18, 23, 24, 2022
The Easter Bunny on a train? Need we say more? Children will also receive a small surprise!
Where: Walkersville Southern Railroad | Walkersville, MD
When: April 9, 10 & 16, 2022
The Easter Bunny is missing hundreds of eggs, and they have been found floating in the Reston Community Center pools. Come splash, swim and hunt with us. Some treats will float for little ones, others will sink for those seeking a little more adventure.
Where: Reston Community Center pools
When: April 9, 2022
Spring Eggstravaganza for Tots (1Yr+)
Delight in an outdoor, guided adventure on the grounds of the Robinson Nature Center! At each stop, enjoy spring-themed activities, games or fun, nature interpretation stations.
Where: Robinson Nature Center | MD
When: April 9 -10, 2022
Enjoy egg hunts for children of different ages (between ages 1 and 6). Plus enjoy all the extra farm fun including the petting farm, rides and play areas for all to enjoy!
Where: Clark’s Elioak Farm | MD
When: April 9 – 18
Easter Egg Hunt at Potomac Overlook Park
Experience a brand new egg hunt for the whole family!
Where: Potomac Overlook Regional Park | VA
When: April 9,10, 12 – 17, 2022
Join this traditional lively egg hunt, egg roll, and craft making experience at Tudor Place.
Where: Tudor Place | DC
When: April 9,15, 16, 2022
21st Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Leesburg Animal Park
Join the annual Easter Egg Hunt this spring break and look for eggs that have surprise toys inside.
Where: Leesburg Animal Park | VA
When: April 9, 10, 16 – 17, 2022
Put on your spring bonnet or bunny ears and join us for some socially distanced games and treats!
Where: Stead Park | DC
When: April 16, 2022
Easter Cookie Decorating Class
Bring out the pastry chef in your kids in this 90 minute class where they will decorate a half dozen cookies in 3 Easter/spring designs.
Where: Lost Boy Cider | VA
When: April 12, 2022
Crafts, photos with the Easter Bunny, and an egg hunt for ages 2 to 8 awaits at Temple Hall Farm.
Where: Burke Lake Park | VA
When: April 13, 2022
Search for floating and sinking eggs scattered throughout the public swimming areas. There will also be games around the pool.
Where: Mt. Vernon Recreation Center | VA
When: April 15 – 16, 2022
Get your baskets ready and celebrate the changing of seasons with self-guided arts and crafts, entertainment, easter egg hunt, and the opportunity for your children to get a photo with the Bunny.
Where: McLean | VA
When: April 16, 2022
Easter Fun Sugar Cookie Decorating Class
1.5 hour Cookie Decorating class with Fun Easter theme set that tastes amazing and will look even better once you’ve completed your decorating.
Where: NVS Designs Studio | VA
When: April 16, 2022
Hoppy Egg Hunting @ Bready Park
Have a fun-filled morning of Easter egg hunting, games, crafts, a petting zoom, coloring mural, and potting station
Where: Bready Park | VA
When: April 16, 2022
Great Eggspectations: The Online Easter Egg Hunt Game
Join this online Easter egg hunt game that takes you into some of the world’s greatest museums. Follow a trail of clues to find those eggs and answer tricky questions about them.
Where: Online
When: April 16, 2022
Bring your basket to Willow Oak Flower and Herb Farm and have fun in the gardens looking for Easter eggs.
Where: Willow Oak Flower nd Herb Farm | MD
When: April 16, 2022
Easter Bunny Egg Hunt & Train Ride at the B&O
Easter egg hunt with the Easter Bunny in the B&O’s spacious Roundhouse, followed by a train ride at 10 AM on the Mile One Express!
Where: B&O Railroad Museum | MD
When: April 15 – 16, 2022
Buddy Attick Park Annual Egg Hunt
Find the golden egg hidden among the other easter eggs. This is for kids from 18 months to 4th grade.
Where: Buddy Attick Park | MD
When: April 16, 2022
Easter Egg Hunt at Lee – Fendall House Museum and Garden
Join their annual egg hunt and find Easter eggs hidden in the Lee-Fendall garden.
Where: Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden | VA
When: April 16 – 17, 2022
Have a day out with the Easter Bunny, princesses & superheroes for pizza, pictures, crafts, a scavenger hunt & more!
Where: Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden | VA
When: April 17, 2022
Children from 1 – 11 years of age, get ready to hunt for some Easter eggs, take pictures with the Easter Bunny, and more!
Where: Cherry Hill Park | VA
When: April 18, 2022
Easter Monday at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Join the Easter egg hunt with prizes to special animal demonstrations and live entertainment and meet Panda pal.
Where: Smithsonian’s National Zoo | DC
When: April 18, 2022
