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February 19, 2020 · 10 Comments

Easter Candy Learning Activities for Kids

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I don’t know about you, but our house is always full of Easter candy for weeks after the holiday. Sometimes it would just be nice if we could find something to do with it all of those jelly beans and chocolate before we eat it. It turns out that there are tons of really easy Easter candy learning activities that you can do with your child.ย 

Learning activities with Easter candy.

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Easter Candy Learning Activities

That huge basket of Easter candy (or baskets if you have more than one child) provides a great opportunity for learning. So, clear a space on the table or the floor and dump it all out. 

Easter candy and Easter basket for learning activities.

What You Will Need

  • Leftover Easter candy
  • If you don’t have any, you can easily find inexpensive bags of assorted candy almost anywhere

What Learning Activities Can You Do With Easter Candy?

There are so many different things you and your child can do with the candy. Easy math activities would be great for preschoolers and early elementary aged children.

Sort by Type

One of the simplest ideas, perfect for even the youngest children, is to have them just sort it by type. Hershey’s Kisses, lollipops, mini chocolate bunnies, whatever you have.

Easter candy sorted by type for learning activity.

Sort by Colorย 

Easter candy is always very colorful and it would be easy to sort the candy by color. This is a great way to reinforce colors with preschoolers!

Easter candy sorted by color learning activity.

Create a Bar Graph

Pick a candy that you have in a few colors and made a bar graph to determine which color you have the most, least, etc.

Graphing activity with Easter candy.

Sort the Candy Into Equal Groups

This activity will require a little help from and adult.

  1. Give your child a specific number of pieces of candy. (For example, 18 pieces)
  2. Ask your child to divide the candy equally into a certain number of groups. (For example, 3 groups)
  3. They must then figure out how many pieces of candy go in each group.
  4. Be sure to choose an amount of candy that works well with this activity, so that your children don’t get confused! 
Sorting Easter candy into equal groups learning activity.

Other Easter Candy Learning Activities

These are just a few of the activities that you can do with your child. But there are so many more!

  • Count the pieces of candy.
  • Create a larger bar graph comparing amounts of the different types of candy.
  • Create sets of different amounts and have your children determine which has more/less.
  • Use the candy to work on addition and subtraction problems.

So this Easter, don’t throw away the candy you don’t want to eat. Use it for an activity!

More Easter Learning Activities:

  • Fun Ways to Use Plastic Easter Eggs
  • Jelly Bean Learning Activities
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  1. Deceptively Educational says

    May 4, 2014 at 11:19 pm

    I love turning candy into a math lesson. We do something similar at Halloween! Thanks for sharing at the After School Linky!

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    • Cindy Howell says

      May 7, 2014 at 11:30 am

      I’ll have to try something similar at Halloween. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  2. Amy @MouseEarsMom says

    April 28, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    Great ideas for teaching! Our house is out of control with candy ๐Ÿ™ I can’t stop eating it too. I have a project in mind to stop me from consuming all of the jelly beans. Hopefully we can get to it before I eat them all!

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    • Cindy Howell says

      April 29, 2014 at 9:14 am

      Good luck with your project! I can’t wait to hear all about it. ๐Ÿ™‚

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  3. Donna Kay says

    April 28, 2014 at 10:44 am

    Great ideas!! I will definitely have to keep these in mind for Lexi and Tripp!!

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    • Cindy Howell says

      April 29, 2014 at 9:16 am

      Thanks! I hope your kids have fun. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  4. Sean @DisneyDayByDay says

    April 28, 2014 at 9:59 am

    Fun activities, our son always learned easier with visuals like this. Then we would do a magic trick and make the candy disappear ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • Cindy Howell says

      April 29, 2014 at 9:16 am

      We are definitely working on making our candy disappear too. The sooner the better!

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  5. Candi says

    April 28, 2014 at 9:05 am

    I think ours was gone the first day. lol

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    • Cindy Howell says

      April 29, 2014 at 9:17 am

      The Easter Bunny really overbought this year!!!

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