Easter Traditions
This activity involves hiding colorful round, objects for kids to find.
What is an Easter Egg Hunt?
Easter celebrates the resurrection of this central figure of Christianity.
Who is Jesus Christ?
These marshmallow treats are shaped like chicks and bunnies.
What are Peeps?
This yellow baby animal is commonly associated with Easter and springtime.
What is a chick?
Easter’s date is determined as the first Sunday after this lunar phase.
What is a full moon?
This baby bunny, found on the doorstep, grows up to become the Easter Bunny.
Who is Sunny?
This is the smallest planet in our solar system.
What is Mercury?
This animal is said to deliver Easter eggs.
Who is the Easter Bunny?
This day, two days before Easter, commemorates the crucifixion.
What is Good Friday?
Papa has entrusted me with keeping the secret recipe for this brunch food. A traditional Easter and Christmas dish in our family.
What is Omelette?
This fluffy animal is often used as a symbol of innocence and appears in Easter imagery.
What is a lamb?
This Chilean territory is famous for its giant stone statues and shares its name with the holiday.
What is Easter Island?
This is the name of King Bruce's Aunt, who shares her name with a popular Easter flower.
Who is Lily?
This U.S. state capital is also the name of a famous Roman general.
What is Augusta?
This sweet bread, often marked with a cross, is traditionally eaten on Good Friday. A musician may also recognize the name of these from a rudimentary piece of music.
What are Hot Crossed Buns?
The 40-day period leading up to Easter is called this.
What is Lent?
The filling for these British sweet treats is a sweet mixture of sugar, glucose syrup, water, and dried egg whites.
What are Cadbury Creme Eggs?
Rabbits are known for reproducing quickly, making them a symbol of this concept.
What is fertility?
Easter can fall between March 22 and this latest possible date.
What is April 25th?
When the train tracks are ordered to be greased so that Chugs cannot travel, Sunny uses these treats to make the rails sticky again so that they can pass the mountain.
What are Jelly Beans?
This element, essential for life, has the atomic number 6.
What is Carbon?
In many cultures, eggs are dyed this color to symbolize new life and rebirth.
What is Red?
This meal, held before Jesus’ crucifixion, is often referenced during Holy Week.
What is the Last Supper?
These egg-shaped chocolates by Hershey’s are known for their pastel-colored candy shells and were first introduced in 1960.
What are Whopper's Robin Eggs?
This astronomical event marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the Vernal Equinox?
This system used to calculate Easter’s date differs from the astronomical full moon and is set by the Church.
What is the Ecclesiastical Calendar?
This town, ruled by a grumpy king, bans toys before Sunny arrives.
What is Kidville?
This country has the most time zones of any nation in the world.
What is France?
This White House tradition, that started in 1878, involves children playing various outdoor games on the South Lawn.
What is The Easter Egg Roll?
According to the Gospels, this Roman governor authorized Jesus’ crucifixion.
Who is Pontius Pilate?
This Italian confectionery company produces chocolate eggs that often contain small toys inside, popular worldwide during Easter.
What is Ferrero?
This biological process, seen in butterflies, is often used as a metaphor for resurrection and renewal.
What is metamorphosis?
The name “Easter” may derive from this Anglo-Saxon spring goddess.
What is Eostre?
This character narrates the story, much like Sam the Snowman in another Rankin/Bass special.
Who is S.D. Kulger?
This document, signed in 1215, limited the powers of the English monarchy.
What is the Magna Carta?