Top 10 Easter Egg Hunts and Festivals in Orange County

4/4/17 - By Dana Zepeda

Spring is finally here, so it's time to start hopping to The OC's most egg-cellent Easter extravaganzas. Luckily, there are plenty of egg hunts to choose from, featuring a wide array of activities—including puppet shows, face painting, baloon twisting, trains, and petting zoos.

Look no further than your own Orange backyard to get in on all of the family fun this holiday season. Here are our top 10 picks for Easter fun from Orange to Dana Point, from Anaheim to Huntington Beach, and beyond.

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Bunny Blast: An Egg Wonderland
El Toro Park
April 8
$10 per child

This fun-filled family event features an Alice in Wonderland theme this year, so bring a camera to take selfies with the Easter Bunny, the Cheshire Cat, Alice, and the Mad Hatter. Other activities at the festive event include game booths, face painting, a giant ferris wheel, balloon artists, and a Mardi Gras parade and DJ.

Easter Egg Hunt
Heritage Farmstead Museum  
April 8
Free

Give your kids a dose of culture while enjoying a festive day of music, crafts, raffles, face painting and an egg hunt at this historic Orange County museum.

Aliso Viejo Spring Celebration & Pancake Breakfast
Grand Park
April 8
Free

Indulge in heaping plates of homemade pancakes followed by games and activities during this fun-filled day. Kids will love the bouncy houses, face painting, and arts and crafts. And parents can rest easy, thanks to four different egg hunts divided by age, so toddlers can get in on the fun without worrying about being bumped into by the big kids.

Celebrate Easter
Pretend City
April 15
Included with museum admission

This popular children's museum goes all out every year with tons of activities to ring in spring. Enjoy a meet and greet with the Easter Bunny, as well as an educational session with real rabbits from the Sweetpea Foundation Rabbit Rescue. Other fun includes egg decorating, a bunny hop dance class, and a hunt for Easter filled eggs hidden throughout the pint-sized city.

Irvine Park Railroad
Orange March 25 to April 15
$10 per child

This popular event sells out every year, so be sure to buy tickets early. Enjoy kid-themed activities including carnival games, bouncy houses, photos with the big bunny, cookie decorating, hay rides, and, of course, egg hunts for children ages 2 to 12.

Dana Point Egg Hunt
Sea Canyon Park and Pines Park
April 15
Free

BYOB (bring your own basket) to this annual event held at two different parks in OC, where kids can enjoy a petting zoo, relay games, a puppet show, and one-on-one visits with the Easter Bunny. The main attraction, of course, is the Easter egg hunt, which is for children age 10 and under.

Huntington Beach Annual Easter Hunt and Family Fun Day
Huntington Central Park Sports Complex
April 15
Free

Enjoy live music, games, photos with the Easter Bunny, face painting, an egg hunt, and meet-and-greets with the city's police and firemen at this popular event. Parents can gather information about the city's low-cost community camps and classes while kids indulge in thousands of pounds of free sweets.

Spring Fling
Oak Canyon Nature Center
April 15
Free

For a family who loves the outdoors, this is the perfect event. Guests enjoy a scenic hike in the woods then get up and close with the Easter Bunny and other critters at the animal nursery. The fun also includes kid-centric arts and crafts, a complimentary lunch, games, and face painting.

Spring Family Eggstravaganza
La Bonita Park
April 15
Free

This wildly popular Easter egg hunt takes place each year the Saturday before Easter Sunday. Kids of all ages can enjoy a helicopter egg drop, with hunts divided into age-appropriate time slots for everyone from babies to toddlers to teenagers to adults. In addition, there are plenty of activities to keep the whole family entertained, including an Eggs-Treme Kid Zone with games, crafts, inflatables, balloon artists, and even a live deejay.

Easter Egg Hunt
Tustin Sports Park
April 15
Free

Enjoy a photo opp with the Easter Bunny, then take the kids for a pony ride or to check out inflatables, a petting zoo, and a live reptile show. The main attraction is always the egg hunt, for kids 9 and under. Adults can also enjoy the free BMX show.

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