Easter | Homeschooling on a Shoestring

Free lesson plans and activities for Easter

Peeps Factory Tour Visit the Peeps factory in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to see how the marshmallow chicks are made. After seeing how these Easter basket staples are made, try these engineering activities with your Peeps. See how long it takes to dissolve peeps.
Easter Science video Calculate The Speed Of Light With Peeps

Have a conversation from The Conversation Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday

Read about Easter Symbols and Traditions

Scholastic offers Egg-Citing Adventures with Reading, Science, and Spring for PreK-Grade 8

Easter themed math, writing activities, bingo, and more
Create your own writing practice template
Make your own flash cards or use as game questions

Easter Activities for Kids from the Adventure Bible

Super short video About Easter

See the mesmerizing creation of a Ukrainian Easter egg video in a time lapse video
This video from National Geographic has a more descriptive method used by maker Elena Craciunescu in her decorated eggs.

The White House Easter Egg Roll is a timeless tradition that dates back to 1878. The Easter Egg Roll is an annual event, and is held on the White House South Lawn each Easter Monday for children (age 13 and younger) and their parents. It is hosted by the President of the United States and the First Lady of the United States. Read more about this tradition, its history, and view past photographs of the event.

Didn’t get chosen in the lottery for The White House Easter Egg Roll? Surfnetkids tells you how to host your own Easter egg roll!

9 Candy Ingredients to Avoid in the Easter Basket to stay away from unwanted processed junk and chemicals. Options for healthy alternatives you can make. Nutty Chocolate Easter Eggs and Smart Sweet: Raw Cadbury Creme Eggs. Try the Easter Sunday Smoothie to start your morning.

Easter Gifts for Kids https://amzn.to/3VrzqTV

Easter Crafts

Tissue Flower Craft

Make Pysanky eggs with the step-by-step directions from Scholastic
Mosaic Cross craft includes a printable cross.
How To Draw An Easter Basket video from Art for Kids Hub

Ideas for Easter Cards

Make a cut-out card using Easter Eggs.
Make an Easter Riddle Book.
Use tissue paper scraps to make a decorated card.

Easter Notebooking Pages

Productive Homeschooling’s Free Easter Notebooking Pages

Easter Notebooking Pages and Activities from Notebooking Nook
Easter Lapbook For Your Little Ones from Notebooking Nook
Easter Lapbook & Study from Cynce’s Place

Easter Poems

Easter poems that you can easily add your own fingerplay and movements to.

Easter Vocabulary

Easter, Resurrection, Tomb, Calvary

Movies

National Geographic In Search of Easter
The Story of Easter from Saddleback Kids
Animated The Easter Story
The Beginners Bible The Story of Easter
It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown
Jesus of Nazareth
The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ to Town Rankin Bass
Easter Parade
Sylvanian Families Bad Baby Easter Egg Mystery
Rick Steves’ European Easter
Risen
Peppa Pig The Easter Bunny
VeggieTales Easter Double Feature ‘Twas the Night Before Easter and An Easter Carol

Toys

Educational Insights Design & Drill STEM Garden, Flower Building Drill Toy
Lego Holiday Easter Egg Hunt Building Kit
Lego Painting Easter Eggs Set
Lego BrickHeadz Easter Bunny
Lego BrickHeadz Easter Chick

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