🐣 Easter
A Sunday in March or April Ages 4–11
Easter is the most important Christian holiday. Christians celebrate their belief that Jesus rose from the dead three days after he died on the cross.
📅 Dates
| 2026 | Good Friday: Fri, Apr 3, 2026 · Easter Sunday: Sun, Apr 5, 2026 |
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| 2027 | Good Friday: Fri, Mar 26, 2027 · Easter Sunday: Sun, Mar 28, 2027 |
| 2028 | Good Friday: Fri, Apr 14, 2028 · Easter Sunday: Sun, Apr 16, 2028 |
Dates for Western churches. Many Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter on a different Sunday.
📖 What is Easter?
The Gospels tell that on Good Friday Jesus was crucified and buried in a tomb. On Sunday morning, women including Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found the stone rolled away and the tomb empty. Christians believe Jesus rose to new life — the Resurrection.
Easter is a day of joy. Churches fill with white lilies and songs of "Alleluia!" Its date moves every year: it is the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring.
Easter eggs are a symbol of new life. Many American families dye eggs, go on Easter egg hunts and fill baskets with treats. The White House has held an Easter Egg Roll on its lawn since 1878.
✨ Traditions
- Sunrise and Easter church services
- Easter lilies
- Dyeing and hunting eggs
- Easter baskets
- Family meals
🔤 Words to know
- Resurrection
- Rising from the dead to new life
- Alleluia
- A shout of praise
- tomb
- A place where a person is buried
✂️ Crafts & activities
Dye Easter Eggs with Food
You need: Hard-boiled eggs (with an adult), Water and vinegar, Red cabbage, onion skins or turmeric
- Simmer each food in water with a splash of vinegar (adults handle the stove).
- Let the dye cool and soak the eggs for an hour or more.
- Red cabbage makes blue, onion skins make orange-brown and turmeric makes yellow!
Paper Lily
You need: White paper, A green straw or pipe cleaner, Yellow marker
- Trace your hand and cut it out.
- Roll it into a cone with the fingers as petals and curl them with a pencil.
- Add yellow centers and push the green stem through the bottom.
🖍️ Coloring pages
Easter quiz
What do Christians celebrate at Easter?
Who found the empty tomb first, according to the Gospels?
Why are eggs an Easter symbol?
Which flower is often seen at Easter?
Since when has the White House held an Easter Egg Roll?
💭 Let’s talk
Spring brings new life. What new thing would you like to start this spring?
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