Easter is a time of joy, renewal, and celebration, making it the perfect opportunity for kids to get creative while learning about the holiday’s religious significance. Whether creating vibrant crosses, decorating Easter eggs, or making Bible story-inspired crafts, these 22 religious Easter crafts for kids are designed to inspire faith, creativity, and a deeper understanding of the Easter story.
1) He Is Risen Craft by Crafty Kids Play
This Handprint Easter Craft is such a fun way to mix creativity with a little reflection! It’s a great hands-on activity to bring the Resurrection story to life in a simple, memorable way. Plus, it adds a sweet personal touch to your Easter festivities while helping kids connect with the true meaning of the season.
2) Jesus Easter Tomb Craft by Crafty Kids Play
This “He Is Risen” Jesus and the Empty Tomb Paper Plate Craft is the perfect Christian Easter activity! It’s simple to make, hands-on, and helps bring the Resurrection story to life for little ones.
3) Tissue Paper Cross Craft by Two Pink Peonies
Easter celebrates Jesus’s Resurrection, but it’s important to remember what came before. This beautiful suncatcher combines the stark image of the Cross with Easter colors that reflect what happened just after.
4) Easter Story Egg Wrappers by DIY Family Time
These Easter story egg wrappers are such a neat idea. They combine traditional Easter eggs with a series of printables that tell the Easter story.
5) Easter Cross Craft by Fox Farm Home
Print up the cross template as the first step in a special children’s art project. Kids use the cross as a resistance painting prop for a colorful Easter painting.
6) Free Religious Easter Coloring Pages by Leap of Faith Crafting
This handy printable will help you manage the busy lead-up to Easter Sunday. Give the kids some religious Easter pictures to color while you are busy baking cookies, boiling eggs, or making Easter lunch.
7) Egg Shell Easter Cross Mosaic Craft by Kids Activities Blog
Finally, a use for all those multicolored eggshells that are a by-product of Easter. These beautiful crosses use different colors of eggshells for the cross and the background.
8) Paper Plate Resurrection Craft by My Joy-Filled Life
This paper plate craft is a unique take on Easter crafts. While most focus on Good Friday or Easter Sunday events, this one spans the whole 3-day story, all on paper plates.
9) Easter Story Stones by Rainy Day Mum
Use these simple designs to paint the Easter story on a series of stones. Find smooth river rock for the best painting surface.
10) He Is Risen Diorama Craft by Non-Toy Gifts
With this printable template, kids can make their own Easter diorama. After cutting out the pieces, they are ready to color and glue them in place.
11) Free Printable Easter Sunday School Activities by The Primary Parade
Here’s a simple mix of Easter Sunday crafts and activities. The printable pack has various things for kids to do, each with a religious theme, to focus on the real reason for the holiday.
12) Resurrection Easter Craft by Conservamom
This project is a printable craft that doesn’t just focus on one day in this important weekend. Instead, it tells the whole story by rotating the cover circle.
13) Easter Cross Craft by Homeschool Preschool
Preschoolers are often given a watered-down version of the Easter story, focusing only on the resurrection. This religious Easter craft offers the perfect opportunity to discuss Jesus’ sacrifice for all people that led up to His resurrection.
14) Crayon Suncatcher by Fox Farm Home
Here’s another idea for a suncatcher that shines. Shaved crayons are used to make these Easter suncatchers, which help focus on the beauty of God’s creation while also considering Jesus’ sacrifice.
15) Sweet Jelly Bean Crafts Bracelet by Natural Beach Living
Kids will pay attention to this next Easter craft since it’s made of jelly beans. More importantly, it has a printable copy of the Jelly Bean Prayer, which ties each color to Jesus’ sacrifice and resurrection.
16) Jesus is Alive! Easter Printable Pack by Simple Living Creative Learning
This printable pack includes activities related to Easter, from color-by-numbers to letter tracing and so much more. Kids of various skill levels can find Jesus-focused activities to occupy them in this pack.
17) The Easter Story 3D Egg Craft by Non-Toy Gifts
Here’s a printable with a different approach. Once cut out, colored, and glued, the pictures combine to form a 3D egg that tells the Easter story.
18) Jelly Bean Prayer Printable by Down Redbud Drive
This Easter printable is another presentation of the Jelly Bean Prayer. Kids can help pick out the jelly bean colors to fill the bags.
19) Handprint Easter Lily by Crafts by Amanda
Easter lilies represent purity, which Jesus maintained throughout his life. This is why his sacrifice was able to benefit all people. These handprint lilies are a perfect way to represent that this Easter.
20) Tissue Paper Cross Easter Craft by Hands On as We Grow
This tissue paper cross is an ideal craft for toddlers. It’s a pretty suncatcher that requires only contact paper and tissue paper.
21) DIY Resurrection Easter Eggs by Saving Talents
Hunting eggs is a big part of Easter and has religious roots. This activity helps reconnect the Easter story to egg hunts in a big way.
22) Easter Cross Craft for Sunday School Classrooms by Meaningful Mama
Download and print this cross printable in the days leading up to Easter Sunday. Kids can decorate it with multicolored fingerprints, and you can attach their picture.
Wrapping Up
With these 22 religious Easter crafts, kids can explore the true meaning of the season in a fun, hands-on way. From simple paper plate projects to more detailed creations, there’s something here for every age and skill level. These crafts aren’t just a great way to keep little hands busy—they’re also a wonderful opportunity to spark meaningful conversations about Jesus, the Resurrection, and the hope Easter brings. So grab your supplies, pick your favorites, and let the crafting (and faith-filled fun!) begin!
