Pick several of these Easter activities to complete with your kids. As a family, celebrate Easter with crafts, games, and creative activities!
Do you have an egg hunt and Sunday brunch planned for Easter weekend? Mix up the typical holiday celebration with a few of these creative Easter activities! Pick a few fun ideas to complete with your family.
Whether you’re looking for Easter coloring sheets, Easter crafts for kids, or printable Easter games, there are some great ideas in this list. I especially love idea number 5!
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Creative Easter Activity Ideas
Easter activities for kids can range from easy to hard. Simply download and print a pdf (like this Easter scavenger hunt) or pull out the craft supplies to make watercolor clay Easter eggs.
You can use these easter activities at a class party, in your homeschool, or on Easter with family. Several of these easter activities would make a great easter basket stuffer, too!
20+ Easter Activities for Kids
Easter Scavenger Hunt
Play an Easter Scavenger Hunt with your family. Walk or drive around the neighborhood to look for Easter decorations in yards, on porches, and in wreaths.
Easter Word Search
My family can't ever pass up a word search! Grab the download from Two Kids and a Coupon and print a copy for everyone in the family.
This Or That Easter Questions
Over Easter brunch, play a simple game of This or That? Which do you prefer: hiding eggs or dyeing eggs, chocolate or jelly beans, bunnies or chicks, and more!
Egg Hunt Coloring Pages
Headed to Easter service? Bring crayons and coloring sheets for the kids to color while they listen to the sermon.
Easter Kindness Paper Chain
Make a difference this Easter, by spreading kindness each day as you countdown to Easter. This Easter Kindness Paper Chain includes 15 tasks for your family to complete!
Easter Play Dough
Whip up a batch of Easter Play Dough for the little ones to play with on Easter Sunday. Aren't they just the prettiest pastels?! I have to make a batch, too!
Resurrection Rolls
What a surprise?! This yummy treat has an unexpected ending in store for the kids. Check out Eat at Allie's to get the recipe.
Easter Bingo
Play Easter Bingo with the family after finishing brunch. Grab a bag of jelly beans to use as the Bingo markers (and eat a few too, of course!).
Easter Watercolor with a Hidden Message
I love this Easter-themed watercolor painting! Kids will be surprised to see a hidden message revealed as they paint.
Easter Memory Game
What child doesn't love a simple game of Memory? It is one of my kids' favorites! Play this Easter version around the dinner table after your meal.
Puzzle Easter Egg Hunt
Switch up the traditional candy filled Easter eggs with puzzle pieces, and assemble the puzzle after the egg hunt is over. Visit Kristin, at Make the best of Everything, to see the personalized puzzle that she created.
Egg Match Sight Words Game
Got a beginner reader at home? Play this Easter-themed matching game that will develop their reading skills, too!
You've been Egged! Service Idea
Egg your neighbor with this fun and friendly "prank". Head over to the Dating Divas to get a free printable and the details on how to spread some Easter cheer.
Decorate Your Own Easter Bonnet
Cut out these cute graphics so that your kids can decorate their ow Easter bonnet. Grab the printable from In the Playroom.
Jesus Covers All Our Sins Activity
Reflect on the sacrifice at the cross with this simple craft project. Hands on, engaging, and introspective to teach children in a tangible way about the truth of Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
Easter Egg Busy Bag
Pack an Easter Egg busy Bag for Easter Sunday church service. Young kids can play quietly while they listen to the sermon.
Salt Dough Easter Eggs
Collect a few tree limbs from the yard and create an Easter tree, filled with colorful DIY Salt Dough ornaments. Amy shares the salt dough recipe and tutorial over at Design Mom.
Adorable Easter KidsTable
Tell these clever Easter jokes as you sit around the table. Here is one to get you started: What happened to the Easter Bunny at school? He got egg-spelled!
Easter Egg Symmetry Painting
Entertain the kids with this simple painting activity. Encourage the kids to create their own designs, or download the template to help them create their masterpiece!
I-Spy the Easter Story
Kids will love finding items from the Easter Story in this I-Spy game. Grab your copy at Mindy Jones Blog.
As you are planning your family’s Easter celebration this weekend, pick out a new activity to try with the kids. I really like the puzzle piece egg hunt and the “Jesus covers our sins” cross activity. Of course, both of those would require that I get to the craft store… so, maybe we’ll be scavenging the neighborhood on an Easter scavenger hunt, instead.
Which idea is your favorite?
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