Easter Activity Booklet for Kids

If you’re looking for a fun, engaging, and interactive Easter activity that will equip your kids to share the Resurrection message of Jesus – the real meaning of Easter – with others…Congratulations, you just found one!

I’ve used Resurrection Eggs (Resurrection Eggs are a registered trademark of FamilyLife) many times through my years of teaching the Easter story to kids. However, several years ago, I was tasked with coming up with a “big wow” Easter event to replace our traditional egg hunt and carnival. I decided to adapt the concept into a hands-on experience and have the kids all make their own six-egg sets. It was a HUGE success!

More than just hearing a story, more than just seeing an object lesson, this activity engages the kids’ auditory, visual, and tactile senses, and creates an experience helping them remember this important part of God’s salvation story. And since we know kids love to share what they know and what they have made, the hands-on creation of their own set, along with their own printed booklet, provides a great opportunity for kids to master the re-telling of the Easter story.

The Easter booklet (available below in English, Spanish, and a bilingual version) has six lessons.

1. The Triumphal Entry in Jerusalem (corresponds to the green egg containing a donkey)

2. The Last Supper (corresponds to the purple egg containing a small cup)

3. Praying in the Garden of Gethsemane (corresponds to the yellow egg containing prayer hands)

4. The Cross (corresponds to the blue egg containing a cross)

5. The Rock that secured the tomb (corresponds to the orange egg containing a rock)

6. The Empty Tomb – Jesus is Alive! (corresponds to the pink egg that is empty)

Each page of the booklet has a summary of the specific part of the story, the Bible reference from Matthew, a color-coded egg icon with a picture of the object that represents that part of the story, and review questions. There are also QR codes for more Easter activities to explore.

We successfully taught this over several weeks, teaching one lesson a week and building excitement and anticipation. (Reviewing the previous lessons each week also helps with retention and understanding.)

In the final lesson, they assembled their own set of 6 eggs, each containing something that represents a significant event in the last week of Jesus’ life on earth—a donkey, a cup, praying hands, a cross, and a rock, (the last egg is empty). Each child was given a booklet and encouraged to use these resources to share the Easter story with their family and friends.

Supplies

• Printed Easter booklet for each child (English, Spanish, and bilingual versions available below)

• 6 eggs for each child – green, purple, yellow, blue, orange, pink

• A six-holder egg carton per child

• Items for each egg – donkey, cup, praying hands, cross, rock, (the last egg is empty)

• Printed Easter labels for the egg carton – inside and outside (available below in English or Spanish) designed for use with Avery labels 5163

The Easter booklet is easy to download and print (print double-sided, landscape, flip on short edge) and then fold and assemble. It is best printed in color on nice paper and can be stapled in the middle or on the folded edge so pages don’t get lost. There are English, Spanish, and bilingual versions available below.

The labels for the outside and inside of the egg cartons (available in English or Spanish) are designed for use with Avery labels 5163 and are available below.

We hope you enjoy this activity and find it a valuable resource for sharing the real reason we celebrate Easter. Encourage your kids to use this tool to discuss the Easter lesson with your family and friends.