Preschool and Elementary Easter Skit: An Easter Story
Use this fun skit, An Easter Story, to help preschool and elementary children learn the real meaning of Easter. During the scene, three children discuss the true meaning of Easter, and a teacher recounts the Biblical story of Jesus’ death and resurrection (found in Luke 19-24).
Characters:
- 3 modern-day children
- the Easter Bunny
- the Teacher
- Jesus on a stick pony
- 2 children dressed in Bible-time clothing
- Jesus carrying a large cross
- a Roman soldier
- a child in robes
Props:
Preschool and Elementary Easter Skit: An Easter Story
(Easter Bunny enters stage.)
Easter Bunny: Hey! It’s me! Happy Easter!
Child 1: Yeah, whatever. (Continues talking to the others.)
Easter Bunny: (Jumps around excitedly to get their attention again.) Hey! Hey! It’s me! Aren’t you excited?
Child 2: (sarcastically) Oh…yeah… sure. We’re real excited.
Easter Bunny: (Walks over and listens in on the conversation to see what’s going on for a few moments before speaking.) What are you guys talking about anyway?
Child 3: We’re talking about Easter!
Easter Bunny: Yeah! That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you! I’m all about Easter—and I’m here! (All the children laugh; the Easter bunny looks confused.)
Easter Bunny: Why aren’t you guys excited to see me?
Child 1: Oh! It’s not that we’re not excited to see you. Of course we’re excited to see you. It’s just that you’re not really what Easter is all about.
Easter Bunny: (perplexed) I’m not?
Child 2: No! You’re not! And that’s what we were just talking about!
Child 3: (Shows the Easter Bunny an open Bible.) It’s all right here! And we were just reading about how the disciples got the greatest surprise ever on that first Easter morning.
Easter Bunny: (excitedly) Let me guess! Let me guess! (Stops to ponder.) I know! I know! A super-sized, giant, extravagant Easter basket that’s this high (holds hand up) and filled with all kinds of candy! (Looks at kids and realizes he’s way off.) No?
All Children: No!
The True Meaning of Easter
Child 1: There’s so much more!
Child 2: Now don’t get us wrong…we like candy. It’s just that if that’s all Easter is about, it’s a pretty empty holiday.
Easter Bunny: If it’s not about me and it’s not about candy, then I’m lost.
Child 3: Exactly! That’s what Easter is all about!
Child 2: Easter is about Jesus rising from the dead! (Easter Bunny looks surprised but intrigued.)
Child 3: And Jesus came to earth to “seek and save the lost.”
Child 2: (Puts his arm around the Easter Bunny.) Let’s go talk about this some more while our teacher tells all these kids more about the real meaning of Easter.
(Everyone exits the stage.)
The Biblical Account of Easter
(The Teacher enters the stage. As the teacher speaks, children will pantomime the Easter story as described below).
Teacher: What happened was really incredible!
On Palm Sunday, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on a donkey. Everyone was so excited, praising Jesus and waving palm branches to honor him.
- Two children enter the stage and wave palm branches.
- They’re followed by a child dressed as Jesus and riding a stick pony.
- The palm branch-wavers and Jesus on the pony exit.
Teacher: But later that week, something very sad happened. One of Jesus’ friends named Judas met with people who didn’t like Jesus very much. Judas agreed to betray Jesus in exchange for 30 pieces of silver. This led to Jesus being arrested by soldiers—even though he never did anything wrong.
- Two more children enter the stage.
- One is dressed as Jesus and carries the cross on his back.
- The other is dressed as a Roman soldier. This child “mocks Jesus and pretends to nail him to the cross.
Jesus’ Death and Resurrection
Teacher: The soldiers beat Jesus and put a crown of thorns on his head. The soldiers made Jesus carry his cross to the place where he would die. Jesus hung on the cross while the soldiers mocked him. Finally, he died on the cross and was taken down to be buried.
- The kid playing Jesus “dies.”
Teacher: But that’s not the end of the story! People buried Jesus in a tomb.
- A child dressed in a robe enters and lays Jesus on the floor.
Teacher: But three days later he rose from the dead! He came back to life!
- Jesus jumps up.
- Everyone cheers!
Debbie Hardy
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