Preschool Easter Theme Activities & Lesson Planning Ideas

Discover a variety of fun and festive preschool Easter-themed activities ! This page is filled with engaging, hands-on activities to help you plan exciting Easter lessons for your preschoolers. Whether you're looking for learning objectives, small group activities, whole group lessons, or independent learning center ideas,
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Featured Plan Activities

Below you’ll find activity ideas featured in our sample plan.

Art & Creativity
Egg Shaker Sensory Tray
Create a fun and engaging Egg Shaker Sensory Tray that encourages hands-on exploration and sound experimentation!.

Dramatic Play
Easter Bunny Dress Up
Set up a fun invitation for your preschooler to dress up as the Easter bunny! Suggested props: bunny ears, white and brown fabrics (long pieces that can be draped around their body), and clothespins to secure cloth.

Building & Small World Play
Small World Easter Play
Add Easter inspired accessories to small world play such as small colorful eggs, bunnies, and baskets.


Language and Literacy
Easter Egg Uppercase/ Lowercase Letter Matching
This Easter Egg Flip & Find Letter Match activity is perfect for preschoolers to practice letter recognition and matching skills. Print, laminate, and create a fun file folder game for hours of educational entertainment!

Physical Fine Motor
Assembling Plastic Eggs
Give children plastic Easter eggs that have not been put together. Have them find a top piece and bottom piece then assemble. You can even have them take the eggs apart again before the next child completes the activity..

Physical Gross Motor
Egg Hunt Gross Motor Activity
In this egg-citing gross motor activity, preschoolers become Easter Bunnies, moving around the room to collect eggs matching 2D shapes using movement cards, promoting physical activity, shape recognition, and coordination skills while having a hopping good time.

Other
Estimate the Number of Jelly Beans in a Jar
Place a jar full of jelly beans at the front of the room. Encourage children to work together to estimate the number of jelly beans in the jar.
Roll a Bunny
This Roll a Bunny Printable Preschool Activity is a fun and engaging way to teach your little ones about shapes and colors. Perfect for Easter-themed lessons or just for some creative playtime at home! Simply roll the dice and create different bunnies by matching shapes and colors.

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More Easter Theme Preschool Activity Ideas

Pick and choose the activities that best fit your group, schedule, and interests.

Plastic Egg Printing

Plastic Egg Printing is a fun and engaging activity that will inspire imagination and develop fine motor skills. Your little ones will love exploring colors and patterns as they create beautiful designs with plastic eggs. Perfect for Easter or any time of the year! View the Blog Post or View Member Instructions

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*Egg Shakers Song and Music Craft

Create egg shakers with your students following our Make Your Own Maracas Tutorial

After you create your eggs listen to the song in the video and sing along! Sing the song each day of the week. 

**Teacher Tip: For younger preschoolers that still place items in their mouth, consider purchasing egg shakers
Check out this video from Jbrary for a song to compliment your Easter Egg shakers.  
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Easter Chick Craft

Community Member Sheena W. of Building Blocks Family Childcare submitted this idea. 
​She invited her students to create a chick using two yellow circle cutouts, googly eyes, craft materials, and their hand prints. 
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Experiment with Colors while Dying Eggs

Dying eggs is such a fun hands-on way to experiment with colors! Explore what happens when.... eggs are left in for longer, only dipped slightly, colored with a white crayon, or dunked into multiple colors!
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Add some decorative finishes to eggs

Set out some glue, googly eyes, and construction paper for your preschoolers to add some extra flair to their eggs. This would also be fun to do with the hollowed out dyed eggs! View Member Instructions

Easter Egg Dough Decorate

Here is a fun and creative art experience to try! Form play dough into an egg shape (you can provide a card stock of an egg shape for preschoolers to build on if desired) then supply colored paste, beads, or other craft items for preschoolers to decorate with. View Member Instructions

Bunny Paper Tube Craft

Provide preschoolers with paper tubes, cardstock, markers, and stickers for them to create their own little bunnies. View Member Instructions

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Suggested Materials to Gather

Add Baskets, Bunny Ears, and Pretend Easter Eggs to your Dramatic Play Space.

Easter Bunny Dress Up

Set up a fun invitation for your preschooler to dress up as the Easter bunny! Suggested props: bunny ears, white and brown fabrics (long pieces that can be draped around their body), and clothespins to secure cloth.
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Create a Basket Factory

Gather supplies to put together Easter baskets and transform your dramatic play stand into an Easter Basket Factory!

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Create an Easter Store

Little Learners

Little Learners

Reader Member Tara K.  of Little Learners Daycare and Preschool Center created this adorable Easter Store in her space.

Decorate for Easter

Invite your students to decorate their space for Easter.
Paper egg shapes and markers paired with string and clothespins allow for children to make their own decorations while also supporting creativity and fine motor skills. View Member Instructions

Egg Dramatic Play

Craft an egg shell out of prop foam or other material for preschoolers to use during play. View Member Instructions

Egg nest and Eggs

Purchase an egg nest from a craft store or put one together with your preschoolers, they can use their prop in the dramatic play center. 
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​Egg Themed Building

Add plenty of egg and bunny related props to the building area this week. Egg cartons (new ones can be purchased at farm supply stores), plastic eggs, paper easter grass, toy carrots as well as toy bunnies and chicks.
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Build Structures using Plastic Eggs

Use play dough or clay, and plastic eggs to build structures. In addition to a fun building activity, this is also great for building fine motor skills.
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Small World Easter Play 

Add Easter inspired accessories to small world play such as small colorful eggs, bunnies, and baskets. ​View Member Instructions

Small World Easter Maze

Add props to the construction center for preschoolers to create their own mini Easter egg hunts or mazes.
Suggested props: mini chalk boards (or paint wood blocks with chalkboard paint), mini eggs, little bunnies, felt or cloth in a variety of colors and of course a variety of blocks. View Member Instructions

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Easter Theme Sign-in Activity

​Welcome your students to class with this engaging name recognition activity. 
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*Flip and Find Easter Egg Letter Match

This Easter Egg Flip & Find Letter Match activity is perfect for preschoolers to practice letter recognition and matching skills. Print, laminate, and create a fun file folder game for hours of educational entertainment!
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Easter 3-Part Cards

This Easter-themed 3-part cards printable activity is perfect for preschoolers to learn and identify Easter symbols and objects. Engage your little ones in a fun and educational activity this holiday season!
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Easter First Sounds Clip Cards

These Easter first sound clip cards are a fun and interactive printable activity for preschoolers! Help your little ones practice their phonics skills while celebrating the Easter season. Perfect for homeschool or classroom learning.
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Name Practice: Feed the Bunny

This Editable Feed the Bunny Name Game and Worksheets is a fun and educational preschool activity. Build literacy skills, practice name recognition, and improve fine motor skills while feeding the adorable bunny! Easily customize the game with your child's name for a personalized learning experience. Perfect for Easter or anytime learning fun!
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Easter Egg Letter Hunt 

Hide Magnetic Letters inside plastic eggs. Place the eggs around the classroom, playground or other designated area. Give children baskets with specific letter cards. Once they find an egg, they open the egg and see if it matched one of their letter cards. If it does, they put it in their basket. If not, they put it back for someone else to find! Children will practice letter identification as well as get some fine motor practice as they find and open each egg. View Member Instructions

5 Easter Eggs Preschool Rhyme

Here is a fun Easter egg rhyme on Youtube that you can do during circle time. 
This activity could be done with felt or plastic eggs!
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We’re Going on an Egg Hunt by Martha Mumford
The Easter Egg by Jan Brett
Duck & Goose, Here Comes the Easter Bunny! by Tad Hills
Happy Easter Mouse by Laura Numeroff
Here Comes the Easter Cat by Deborah Underwood and Claudia Rueda
The Night Before Easter by Natasha Wing
Markey and the Great Easter Egg Hunt by John Grogan

* Bunny Basket Counting Cards

Teach your preschooler to count with this adorable Bunny Basket counting cards activity! Download and print these fun cards for a hands-on learning experience. Help your child master numbers 1-10 in a cute and interactive way. Perfect for Easter or anytime learning!
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Sorting by Color & Size

This Easter egg sorting activity is the perfect way to engage your preschoolers while developing their color and size recognition skills.
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Easter Chick Number Match Mats

This adorable Easter Chick Number Match Mats activity is perfect for preschoolers! Help them practice counting and number recognition with these printable mats. Simply match the chicks with the corresponding number eggs. A fun and engaging way to celebrate Easter while learning essential math skills! Try this for Free!

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Egg Carton Color Matching

This simple math activity would also be fun for preschoolers to help make!
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Easter Bunny & Carrot Shape Match

This Easter Bunny & Carrot Shape Match is a fun printable activity for preschoolers! Help your child learn their shapes while enjoying the holiday spirit. Perfect for learning at home or in the classroom.
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Estimate Jelly Beans in a Jar

Put children into small groups, supply each group with a jar and some jelly beans. Place a jar full of jelly beans at the front of the room. Encourage children to work together to estimate the number of jelly beans in the jar.
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Easter Basket Math Recipe Activity

Get ready for some Easter fun with these Easter Basket Math Recipe Cards! Designed to help preschoolers practice essential early math skills, such as counting, number recognition, and comparing objects, this activity offers multiple play options for differentiated learning. Perfect for creating reusable learning center activities. Buy Now

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​Easter Egg Patterns Using Plastic Eggs

Have children create patterns using colored plastic Easter eggs. You can set up different types of patterns in the math center with a basket filled with plastic eggs that can be used to finish the patterns. Invite children to finish the patterns by putting the correct color egg at the end of each pattern.
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Easter Egg Positional Phrases Scavenger Hunt

Play a fun game of Easter Egg Seek and Find by calling out a positional phrase to help children find the eggs. For example: "Find an egg under a chair." You can have all of the children play at once or take turns. For added fun, each child could have their own Easter basket to collect eggs in!
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Egg Carton Shape Building

Cut apart and paint an egg carton, pair with an unaltered egg carton flat for children to create shapes or mazes with. View Member Instructions

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Dissolving Peeps Investigation

Engage your preschoolers in a fun and educational Dissolving Peeps Investigation! Watch their faces light up as they learn about science through hands-on exploration and discover what happens when Peeps meet different liquids. Grab your lab coats and get ready for a sensory-filled adventure!
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Egg Scooping Sensory Bin

​Set up a bin of water filled with plastic Easter eggs. Give children various utensils such as a ladle or tongs. Have children scoop the eggs out of the bin and transfer to an empty container. Make this activity even more festive by using food coloring to dye the water a spring color like pink or purple!
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Magnetic Egg Sorting

This activity was submitted by community member Sheena W. of Building Blocks Family Child Care. 

For this activity you will need about 10 sturdy plastic Easter eggs, various objects (some magnetic), a magnet wand, and tape or glue for the eggs (optional). 
Fill about half of your eggs with magnetic items such as bolts, bells, paper clips, and chenille sticks. Fill the other half with non-magnetic items such as small rocks, pom poms, and erasers. 
You can place your eggs in a bed of shredded paper for added appeal. 
Challenge children to use their magnetic want to sort the eggs into two different baskets; Magnetic and Not Magnetic. 

Older children may be interested in opening the eggs after the activity to explore which items were magnetic and explore them further. For younger children, be sure to seal the eggs. 
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Easter Egg Sink or Float

Invite your preschoolers to experiment with buoyancy with a fun sink or float experiment. Provide Easter eggs in a variety of sizes along with a variety of items children can put inside to test if they sink or float. 
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Easter Themed Sensory Play

Carrot Sensory Bin from Erica P. Erica's Educare Learning Center
Chicks and Eggs from Erica P. of Erica's Educare Learning Center
Easter Eggs & Rice from Felecia J. of Mrs. Felecia's Playhouse Preschool
Chalk Egg Bin by Erica P. of Erica's Educare Learning Center
Easter Eggs and Tongs Bin by Erica P. of Erica's Educare Learning Center
Sensory Bin Created by Sheryl M. (I loved how she used the Egg Dipping Tongs!)

Dissolving Jelly Beans

Set up clear containers with different liquids such as vinegar, milk, dish soap, soda, water, and juice. Put a few jelly beans in each container. Have children observe the jelly beans before they go in the liquids and then at different intervals after being added to the liquid. Invite them to make a guess of which liquid will dissolve the jelly beans the fastest. View Member Instructions

Microwave Peeps

Place several Peeps on a paper plate. Have children make guesses about what they think will happen to the Peeps when they are put in the microwave. Put the Peeps in the microwave for 30 seconds and observe. Take the Peeps out of the microwave (caution, the Peeps may be hot!) and have students describe what they see. View Member Instructions

Grow Herbs inside Eggs

Take eggshells that have been cracked at the top  in order to plant different types of herbs to grow in the classroom! Rinse out each shell and then have children decorate their eggshells. Add potting mix into each shell and then herb seeds of your choice. Place in a spot that gets sunlight and water according to the seed instructions. Have children observe their growing herbs! View Member Instructions

Easter Egg Sensory Play

Create an egg shape out of cardboard, pair with colored rice (rice dying tutorial can be found here) for children to decorate with.
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​More Easter Science Preschool Activities

• There are a variety of items you can add to your sensory table for Easter week some ideas include: Pastel Dyed Rice or Pasta, Shredded Paper, Pretend Easter Eggs, Chicks, Carrots, or Dried peas
  

• ​Easter Egg Sticky Wall from Toddler Approved
  
• 20 Science Activities with Plastic Eggs from Inspiration Laboratories
  
• Magnet Science with Easter Eggs from Modern Preschool
  
• 11 Egg Experiments for kids from I Game Mom
  

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 Easter Egg Necklace

This Easter Egg Necklace activity is a fun and creative way for preschoolers to work on their fine motor skills while celebrating the Easter holiday. The children will enjoy stringing the eggs onto the string, as well as adding beads, stickers, and drawings for decoration. This activity also promotes creativity and coordination. View Member Instructions ​Find more fun and educational uses for them on my blog post.

Egg Relay Race

Setting up an egg relay race is simple and the kids will love it!
You need a spoon and egg for each child, try using plastic Easter eggs and hard boiled eggs so children can see the difference. 
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*Chocolate Bunny Number Puzzle

To support fine motor and math development set out some number puzzles like this Chocolate Bunny puzzle. 

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Fine Motor Sweeping Mats: Egg Hunt

Get your little ones in the Easter spirit with this printable preschool activity! These Easter sweeping mats are perfect for practicing fine motor skills while having fun. Simply print and laminate the mats for endless hours of entertainment. Ideal for Easter-themed playdates or classroom activities.
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Easter Egg Shape Hunt

Get your little one moving and having fun with this adorable Easter-themed gross motor activity! This printable activity will engage your child's gross motor skills while they search for the hidden eggs. Perfect for preschoolers, this activity is a great way to celebrate Easter and promote physical activity at the same time. Print it out today and let the egg-shaped fun begin!

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Egg Roll

Give each student a plastic egg. Set up a start line and a finish line. Have the children roll their plastic egg from one end to the other. You can play different variations of this game to keep it fun and interesting such as having to roll the egg only using their feet, rolling the egg only using their hands, having to crawl and roll the egg, or even having them roll the egg by pushing it with their noses or forehead. Any variation you choose will be great gross motor play! View Member Instructions

​Egg Pass

Sit in a circle and pass a plastic egg from student to student only using spoons. View Member Instructions

Assembling Plastic Eggs

Give children plastic Easter eggs that have not been put together. Have them find a top piece and bottom piece then assemble. You can even have them take the eggs apart again before the next child completes the activity. You could extend this activity by having students match colors to create Easter eggs with a top and bottom that are the same color.
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Egg Scooping

Tongs are a great addition to your egg and water sensory bin! Kids love using them and they are a good tool for hand-eye coordination and fine motor development. View Member Instructions

Stringing Plastic Easter Eggs

Supply a shoe string and some plastic eggs for kids to put on the string! This can double as a patterning activity if desired. View Member Instructions

Pom Pom Bunny Tail

Provide pom poms and bunny cutouts for children to place "tails" on the bunnies. For added math enrichment try inviting children to match by color.
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​More Easter Physical Development  Preschool Activity Ideas:

• Hula Hoop bunny hop: Set up hula hoops (maybe 6, you can also use ribbon or silk scarves in a circle) a few feet from one another. Challenge children to hop from the inside of one hula to the inside of the next. Do all 6, then do somersaults back to the beginning and get hopping again!
• Set up Easter egg hunts inside and out. Hide eggs in places that will get children squatting, up on their tippy toes, jumping, and crawling. 
• Easter Eggs-ercises from The Seasoned Mom
• Easter Scissor Practice from Itsy Bitsy Fun
• Easter Play Dough Mats from 3 Dinosaurs

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Egg Faces Match-up

Draw eyes (or use eye stickers) on the top half of plastic Easter eggs. Then draw a mouth on the bottom. 
Draw faces that children can match-up to convey different emotions. 
Ask your child to guess what emotion the face is displaying. Can they practice making that face? 
Take the assembled eggs to circle time. Pass the eggs around in a circle while playing music. When the music stops, each child makes the face that is on their egg. View Member Instructions

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Teamwork: Play a Group Game Together

To encourage group play and turn taking set out this fun roll and build a bunny activity found inside our Free Easter Pack

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Easter Egg Coloring Party

Invite families to come to the program to color eggs with their child. 
You could provide simple egg dying stations or set out plastic eggs with sharpies to decorate. View Member Instructions

Bunny Cakes

Make up some bunny cakes for snack, these adorable bunny pancakes are almost too cute to eat. Another fun option would be to make some in oval shapes for children to decorate with sprinkles as Easter eggs.
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Easter Decorating Showcase-Parent Involvement

Send home an egg cutout, invite families to decorate in any way they wish and then bring
back to display in the classroom. View Member Instructions

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