Easter Zone

A simple (cheap!) object lesson illustrating the resurrection.

A Fun Family Easter Kit to send home.  

These are four monologues that can been done separately or in succession. Judas, Mary (once at the cross and another at the empty tomb), and Thomas.

Play looking at the evidence of Jesus' resurrection

Use these Easter jokes, thoughts and activites to help your kids focus on Easter.

Vinny is really confused about what Easter is. This puppet sketch about Easter and the Resurrection is best performed by a puppet and a live person.

For the past two years, we have added two new ideas which work really well for our Easter Egg Hunt.

Find the words for verse Romans 5:8 in the seek and find.

3-5 year olds act out being a queen or king as an introduction to a discussion about Jesus' kingship.

This game was devised out of my love for the Lord, as a change of pace for AWANA, and my family’s enjoyment of the reality show, “The Amazing Race.”

Children will enter the life of Jesus from his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, and end with reliving the betrayal as Judas Iscariot.

During this leg of the race, the kids will relive Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane through His death on the cross.

On this leg of the race takes the children from Joseph of Arimethea asking Pilate for Christ's body to Mary Magdalene and Mary encountering the resurrected Jesus.

During this last leg of the race, the children will go with the Roman guards to report that the body of Jesus has disappeared through Jesus giving the Great Commission.

Last year we had the most awesome black Light, Glow in the Dark Resurrection Celebration Ever!

In this Easter lesson your little ones will learn about the Truth of Jesus related to a Caterpillar and Butterfly.

Use cleaning supplies to talk about making things clean, and "justification" being the lesson of Easter.

The kids will gain a greater knowledge of Easter Bible verses while playing a fun game related to Easter.

An Easter game that demonstrates what happened to Jesus after He died and that He came back to life again

This is a simple matching game reviewing the symbols of Easter, similar to the “Resurrection Eggs”.

Here are some fun and easy Easter songs written for children that are easy to sing using familiar tunes.  

Instead of hunting for meaningless bunnies and eggs, kids hunt for items related to the true story of Jesus and His resurrection.

Station-based activities that can be used to teach kids more about Easter.

Emma's friend helps her find the real meaning of Easter

A family Easter dinner with an egg hunt twist!

These PowerPoint slides can be used to present the whole gospel story from beginning to end. Special sound effects are also included.

Two puppets and lots of action apply the lessons learned from the Resurrection Eggs idea into real life for kids.

Churches looking for a fun way to share the real meaning of Easter will enjoy the Memory Cross card.

While it takes only 30 minutes to hide 200 eggs, it takes 30 seconds to find them. Let's find something else that goes along with the "new life in Christ" theme to do.

We used this for our Easter Craft at our midweek children's club Easter Celebration in 2005. Not too easy for little ones. Takes a bit of time.

This celebration teaches kids that because their heavenly Father is King they are then princes and princesses. Being part of the "royal line" requires us to act as such and to never take that for granted! Jesus paid quite a price for us to become royalty. Let's praise Him with our gratitude and by living lives that please the King!

A PowerPoint version of a classic salvation illustration.

This Gospel presentation lesson involving slime could be used any time of year, but we used it for the "Wow" factor at Easter.

Here is a recipe for Easter Cookies that you can use (with Scriptue) to teach the meaning of Easter AS you make the cookies!

If you are looking for a fun fresh Idea for your kids Easter service, here it is. This is a play off "The Twilight Zone"

3-5 year olds will construct a king’s crown and a crown of thorns.  

I used this over Easter, but it would work with some modifications for talking about death or being ready for Christ's return.

This lesson can serve as an Easter lesson as well as an introduction to a unit on the book of Acts. Kids love super heroes because (like adults) kids both wish they were more powerful and that they could have help when in need. Well, Jesus meets both those needs. When we need help – He is there, and He invites us to more than just ordinary people, he calls us to be heroes for him! A hero is someone who puts the needs of others above their own needs, and kids do that every time they witness for God! Jesus proved he was the ultimate super hero because not only could he do amazing things, but he did something no else had ever done or ever will do: He was able to raise Himself from the dead! And if he can raise himself, he most certainly can raise us too!