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10 Egg-cellent Easter Events

From breakfast with the Easter Bunny to a mountainside hunt featuring 65,000 eggs, these Easter weekend festivities will leave kids hopping for joy.

1.Bunny Bolt 5K/10K

Where: City Park

When: March 26; 10am

Why: Kids can join in on the fun with a 1K Rabbit Rush and enjoy an egg hunt, face painting and balloon artists, all for a good cause!

2.Bunny Trail

Where: Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus

When: March 26; 10am-5pm

Why: Kids can hop from one “eggsploration station” to the next and enjoy fun activities like egg dyeing, springtime art projects and story time with the Big Bunny.

3.Bunny Express Train

Where: Colorado Railroad Museum

When: March 26; 11am-4pm

Why: Visit the museum and hop aboard the Bunny Express Train, enjoy fun activities and collect candy from the Easter Bunny and Spike the Railyard Hound.

4.Majestic View’sEgg-Tacular

Where: Majestic View Nature Center

When: March 26; 11am-noon

Why: Learn about eggs and the animals that lay them at this egg-citing event, plus kids can decorate an egg to take home and partake in an egg hunt.

5.Free Community Glow Hunt

Where: Faith Mountain Church

When: March 26; 9am-12pm

Why: Kids can hunt for glow-in-the-dark eggs and enjoy cookie decorating, face painting, balloon animals and bounce houses.

6.The Great Egg Scramble

Where: South Suburban Family Sports Dome

When: March 26; 9am

Why: Bring your Easter basket and keep an eye out for the golden egg while you enjoy a free egg hunt and activities, for kids 12 and under.

7.Breakfast with the Easter Bunny

Where: Downtown Aquarium

When: March 26; 11am

Why: Kids can enjoy a tasty breakfast with the Easter Bunny, while they take in the sights of the restaurant’s resident fish. Reservations required, 303-561-4450.

8.Easter Sunrise Service

Where: Red Rocks Amphitheatre

When: March 27; 6am

Why: The venue and views at this free Easter service simply can’t be beat! Arrive early, around 5am to grab a good spot to sit and worship.

9.Easter Buffet

Where: Downtown Aquarium

When: March 27; 11am

Why: Families can enjoy a delicious Easter buffet, followed by an Easter egg hunt for kids and photos with the Easter Bunny. Reservations required, 303-561-4450.

10.The World’s Largest Easter Egg Hunt

Where: Copper Mountain

When: March 27

Why: With 65,000 eggs dispersed over 2,500 acres this mountainside Easter egg hunt is one for the record books, and offers hunts for both kids and adults.

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