Easter is an important celebration in the Christian calendar, where we remember Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross and his victory over death.  Easter usually falls in late March or within April.

To support leaders in celebrating Easter, we have put together a range of programme ideas that you could use:

New for 2025

• Easter Chalk Art (Anchors, Get Creative) – Get ready for Easter by creating some impressive looking pieces of art, themed around the Easter story.
• Easter Egg Battleships (Juniors, Get Active) -Take part in an Easter themed version of ‘Battleships’. Use your knowledge of the Easter story to answer trivia questions, in an attempt to find your opponent’s hidden Easter Eggs… before they can find yours!
• Easter Minute To Win It – Coming January 2025. (Company, Themed Programme) – Explore the story of Easter in a unique way, through a series of ‘Minute to Win It’ challenges. Use these challenges to help remind young people about significant moments from Easter, including Palm Sunday, the Last Supper and Jesus’ death and resurrection.

Anchor Activity Cards

• Painting Pancakes (Get Creative)
• The Easter Story Game (Get Active)
• Easter Story Wheel (Get into the Bible)
• The Easter Tree (Get into the Bible)
• Egg-cellent Nature Art (Get Adventurous)
• Easter Noughts and Crosses (Get Active)
• Lent Adventure (Get into the Bible)
• Easter (Themed Programme)
• Chocolate Easter Nests (Get Creative) (#BBatHOME)
• Easter Card (Get Involved) (#BBatHOME)

Junior Activity Cards

• The Easter Eggshell Story (Get into the Bible)
• Pancakes (Themed Programme)
• Stained Glass Cross (Get Creative)
• Easter Story Trail (Get into the Bible)
• Chocolate Filled Easter Nests (Get Creative)
• Chubby Bunny (Get Active)
• Find the Easter Story (Get into the Bible)
• Easter Taskmaster (Get Learning)
• Be a Good Egg (Get Involved)
• The Last Supper (Get into the Bible) (#BBatHOME)
• Mini Egg Cookies (Get Creative) (#BBatHOME)
• Easter Garden (Get Adventurous) (#BBatHOME)
• M&M Easter (Get into the Bible) (#BBatHOME)

Company Activity Cards

• 30 minute Hot Cross Buns (Get Creative)
• The Last Supper (Get into the Bible)
• Empty at Easter (Get into the Bible)
• Easter on Twitter (Get into the Bible) (#BBatHOME)
• Easter Rocky Road (Get Creative) (#BBatHOME)

Senior Activity Cards

• Pancake Art (Get Creative)

Activity sheets

We also have a number of worksheets for children and young people to complete as part of your activities or as an arrival activity. These include:

• Jesus on the Cross Spot the Difference (Anchors)
• Happy Easter Colouring Sheet (Anchors)
• Easter Bunny Dot to Dot (Anchors)
• Easter Large Activity Sheet (Anchors & Juniors)
• Easter Story Colouring Sheets (Juniors)
• How Many Easter Eggs? (Juniors)
• Easter Wordsearch (Juniors)
• The Impossible Easter Maze (Company & Seniors)

External resources

Other organisations have also produced some great Easter resources which your group could make use of.

• The Greatest Miracle of All (Bible Society) – A book aimed at children that tells the story from Palm Sunday to Jesus’ resurrection.
• Jesus Died for Me (Scripture Union) – A book, animated video and activity pack aimed at helping leaders to share the real meaning behind the Easter Story.

Share what you are getting up to

With so much happening to celebrate Easter we encourage you to post and share your activities on social media using the hashtags #Easter  and  #BoysBrigade.

If you need support using the resources …
Please contact us at programme@boys-brigade.org.uk or call 0300 303 4454