On this page you will find lots of suggested activities for you and your family to enjoy during the Easter break. From Easter craft and colouring in to story and singing time and delcious Easter baking - we've got it all! Use the uploaded resources and links below to keep your whole family busy during this holiday. Please share any of your Easter craft creations and baking successes with us through our twitter account @HylandsPrimary.
Easter Arts & Craft IDeas
Create chocolate-scented playdough by adding a few teaspoons of cocoa powder to a Basic Playdough Recipe. Create eggs, bunnies, cupcakes or why not fill up an empty chocolate box with your own creations
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Only 3 cupboard ingredients needed to have fun making these! |
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40+ Simple Easter Crafts | |
25+ Easter Crafts for kids | |
Ideas for creating your own Easter Bonnet at home | |
Easter Craft ideas using paper plates | |
EYFS/KS1 Easter Craft Activity Pack (use your twinkl login info to access this resource) | |
Easter Chick Paper Model | |
Simple origami Easter Bunny | |
Easter Bunny Mask Template | |
Easter Basket Craft | |
Easter Hat Craft |
Easter Baking & Cooking Ideas
Easter Kids' Recipes - BBC Good Food A collection of 44 delicious recipes to enjoy making with your family including iced biscuits, brownies, bunny cupcakes & other seasonal bakes |
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Little hands are ideal for rolling and shaping the simple vanilla biscuit dough and making the thumbprints ready for icing. |
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GoodToKnow Easter Recipes for Children 23 delicious recipes for children to try out this Easter |
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Lots of delicious treats including these bunny bottom cupcakes. |
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Simple Easter Recipe Booklet | |
Bunny Twist Bakes | |
Easter Nest Cupcakes | |
Hot Cross Bunnies |
Ideas for WOW Desserts to enjoy this Easter Weekend:
Please share any of your creations with us on twitter @HylandsPrimary
Easter Stories
Watch an animation of the Easter story as well as videos showing how Toby is preparing for Easter. |
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The Easter Story - powerpoint | |
The Easter Story - ebook (use your Twinkl login information to access this resource) | |
Peter Rabbit Easter Special | |
The Story of Easter - the beginner's Bible | |
BookTrust - lots of free interactive books to share with your children |
Easter Songs
Easter songs for young children |
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Children's Easter Song Collection | |
Easter songs for young children |
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Sing along to the lyrics of Little Peter Rabbit, Hot cross buns... |
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A simple song to enjoy this Easter - sung to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star |
Easter puzzles & Colouring in Activities
Younger Children | Older Children |
Fun Family Games & Activities
EASTER EGG HUNT Hide some Easter eggs (chocolate or plastic) around the house/garden and ask the children to find them. Work in groups to encorage teamwork & build confidence. |
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Stick Easter Crown Outdoor Activity Create an Easter bonnet/crown using all natural things from your outside area |
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Easter Quizzes: There are lots of these online to enjoy with your family or why not challenge another family by joining up on FaceTime or Zoom. |
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Treasure Hunt / QR Code quizzes Write some clues & riddles for your children to find things around your house/outdoor area. If you have access to a printer then you can type your clues into a QR Creator and then stick the QR codes around your house for your children to scan using a smartphone or tablet. |
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10 fun and creative things to do at home this Easter Weekend Whether it's baking some sweet treats, having an Easter egg hunt in the garden or enjoying a meal around the table - here are all the unique and fun things you can do at home to celebrate next weekend. |
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16 fun things to do in your garden with your family this weekend There is plenty of fun to be had in your garden, if you have one, whilst getting some fresh air with your family. From picnics to pebble painting, here are some great ideas and activities for the whole family to enjoy outside together: |
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FAMILY SPORTS DAY Gather your garden toys, sports and even kitchen equipment together and arrange a family sports day. Activities could include sprints, obstacle courses (making use of all children's toys) egg & spoon races and sack races. Activities could be timed to create some competition with other families over facetime & zoom. |