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 2022

• Easter Story Wheel (Anchors) – Create a story wheel that tells the story of Easter as you spin it around.
• Easter Story Trail (Juniors) – Hunt around for the 6 Easter Story posters, scan the QR code and watch the different parts of the Easter story in our narrated videos.
• Pancakes (Juniors) – A themed programme celebrating pancake day and looking ahead to Lent.
• The Last Supper (Company) – Find out what happened at the Last Supper and why it’s still important to us today, with this themed programme.
• Pancake Art (Seniors) – Get creative in the kitchen by making some artistic pancakes. Afterwards spend some time thinking about Lent and sacrifices we could make.

Anchor Activity Cards

• 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

• 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

• 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 Story Colouring Sheets (Juniors)
• How Many Easter Eggs? (Juniors)
• Easter Wordsearch (Juniors)
• The Impossible Easter Maze (Company & Seniors)
• Easter Large Activity Sheet (Anchors & Juniors)

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