Easter Skits for Children and Youth
Need Easter Skits for Youth or Children? Find Sunday School skits for children telling about the Empty Tomb. Hear the Easter Story! Also find Easter skits for Youth to do in church or for an evangelistic outreach! Everyone will hear the Easter Story and learn that Jesus Christ is Risen! Jesus is Alive! Hallelujah! If you are looking for Easter Sunday School Lessons you might want to visit our Easter Lessons page. You'll find free Sunday School lessons teaching about Palm Sunday, the Last Supper, and the Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ! When is Easter 2012?Easter 2012 is Sunday, April 8th.Good Friday is Friday, April 6th. Palm Sunday is Sunday, April 1st. Easter Skits for Preschool and Early Elementary
Easter Skit for Youth...
USE POLICY The e-BunnyEaster has become so commercialized that it is almost impossible to tell “Which came first: the Bunny or the Egg?” However, this skit helps sort some of that out, as our two heroes, Margo and Devin, seek to help their buddy, Fred (The e-Bunny) discover that there is more to Easter than just what is sold in a store.SYNOPSIS: Two of his friends from school recognize him and engage him in conversation about the real meaning of Easter. Fred begins to realize that no one is “going to find True ‘Hoppiness’ in Aisle 4 next to the purple grass.” He learns that the True Meaning of Easter is found in the Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God! A Word on the ResurrectionAll of our hope as Christians hangs on the Resurrection. The Apostle Paul said “And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.” (1 Corinthians 15:17) John tells the story of the Resurrection from the perspective of someone who was actually at the empty tomb, and as someone who actually saw the Risen Christ. His words echo down to us through the passing years. We hear him saying to us, along with Mary Magdalene, “I have seen the Lord!” And now there is no doubt; we have hope and we have a future.SYNOPSIS: Based on the words of the disciple John (John 20:1-30) the skit powerfully describes the biblical events from the finding of the Empty Tomb to the appearances of Jesus to His Disciples that week. NOTE: The skit is written with an Introduction and a Closing which help give the audience a sense of entrance into and closure of the story. Songs may be added at natural breaks in the story to produce an Easter Pageant event. (Song suggestions are given, but you may substitute any of your favorite Easter songs.)
The Story of the Empty Tomb/ The Empty TombThese two Easter Skits for Children are taken, almost directly, from the scripture verses found in John 20:1-18 (NIV.)The majority of the story is told by the Narrator, as the children act out the parts of the various people portrayed. Pre-readers will enjoy repeating their lines after the Narrator in The Story of the Empty Tomb. While Early Readers will enjoy the simple lines found in the skit written just for them, "The Empty Tomb." In both skits the setting is the area in front of and around the Empty Tomb on Easter Sunday morning. (A table with a sheet over it makes a lovely empty tomb!) In all cases, staging is something that can be done in collaboration with the students! If time permits, allow the children to do the skit more than once, trying out different parts each time. This will help them learn the story better. Be sure to start and end your class, or lesson, with prayer, thanking God the Father for sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for us. Thank Him, also, that Jesus rose from the dead on Easter morning, and that He is alive now and forever! Happy Easter! On a Personal Note...Easter skits are hard to write. One feels that one is "treading on holy ground" because the events in and around Easter are just so important to all of us.So, the skits I wrote for the young children are simply passages taken out of the Bible, copied down almost word for word, and split up among the various actors portraying the persons involved. (After all, it seems like a good way for children to learn the Bible stories!) Perhaps in the future I will "write" some more Easter skits for "Little Guys", again probably by copying down Bible text and assigning the lines to various actors. Or perhaps you might be persuaded to "write" them in the same way for your own classes. (It works for almost any Bible story.) To create your own "skit," choose a passage from the Bible and read it aloud. Have the children portray the persons in the story. Move around the room and say some of the more amazing verses together; verses such as when Mary Magdalene declares to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord!" Ask the children questions such as "How would you have felt if you had been... so-and-so?" Then your students will know (without doubt) that you are the best teacher EVER, and your classrooms will always be full of fun and learning! God bless you this Easter and always!
Sharon
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