Easter Activities Kids LOVE for Preschool and Kindergarten
Happy Easter, friend! 🐣
Looking for Easter activities for toddlers and preschoolers that are simple, meaningful, and actually keep little ones engaged?
Spring is the perfect time to bring playful learning into your day—think bunnies, eggs, and lots of hands-on fun. Whether you’re at home or in the classroom, these easy Easter activities help build fine motor, literacy, and math skills in a way that feels natural (and not overwhelming).
1. Play-Based Easter Activities
The activities where kids can learn new things while they feel like they’re just playing are my absolute FAVORITE kind! Little learners definitely absorb so much through play, so these fun activities are intended to feel like play, but practice important skills too.
Inside these busy books and busy boxes, kids will practice skills like:
Matching & tracing
Sorting & counting
Identifying letters & numbers
Naming shapes & fine motor
See which ones are best for your kids!
2. Easter Sensory Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Sensory play is one of the easiest ways to create engaging Easter activities for preschoolers.
Fill a bin with:
Plastic eggs
Pom poms
Shredded paper “grass”
Scoops, cups, or tongs
Let your child scoop, sort, and explore freely.
These types of Easter sensory activities support:
Fine motor development
Language skills
Imaginative play
If you need more ideas, take a peek at my favorite sensory bin activities.
3. Easter Phonics Activities for Preschoolers
Early literacy can be playful too.
This Easter phonics busy box includes interactive tasks that help kids practice:
Letter sounds
Matching
Beginning phonics skills
It’s great for independent practice, literacy centers, or small groups—especially when you need something engaging but purposeful.
You can check it out here if you’re adding more literacy into your Easter plans.
4. Easter Literacy and Math Activities Through Play
You can weave learning into everyday play with simple setups.
Some easy ideas:
Letter matching inside eggs
Counting jellybeans
Creating color patterns
Tracing lines or simple words
These playful Easter learning activities help build confidence while keeping things light and fun.
5. April Math Activities for Preschool (Easter Centers)
If you’re planning out your month, having a set of April math activities for preschool can make things feel so much easier.
These hands-on centers focus on:
Counting
Number recognition
One-to-one correspondence
Everything is designed to feel like play while still building strong early math skills.
If you want something you can rotate in throughout the month, you can find those activities here.
6. Easter Fine Motor Task Cards (Low-Prep Centers)
If you’re working on hand strength and wanting something ready-to-go, these Easter fine motor task cards are such an easy addition to your routine to make it extra fun.
They’re designed for hands-on practice…kids can pinch, place, and manipulate objects while working through fun Easter-themed tasks. They work especially well for morning tubs, preschool centers, or quiet time.
You can take a closer look at the activity here if you want something simple to grab and use.
7. Simple Easter Crafts for Toddlers
When it comes to Easter crafts for toddlers, simple is best.
A few easy favorites:
Painting paper eggs
Decorating with stickers
Q-tip painting
Gluing tissue paper
Focus on the experience, not the outcome. These little moments of creativity are where the magic happens.
You might also like these easy spring crafts for preschoolers for more low-prep ideas.
8. Easter Printables
Practicing early literacy and math skills is another activity that you just can’t overdo. Your little ones will benefit so much from being exposed to letters and numbers as early (and often) as possible.
Pointing out and naming letters and numbers as you go through your day is a great way to build foundational literacy and math skills. One way we’ve been learning letters, numbers, and other essential “little one skills” is through these Easter worksheets and printables!
They’re packed with activities to practice:
Coloring & tracing
Identifying letters & numbers
Letter sounds & shapes
9. Easter Books
Reading time is such a simple, happy time to snuggle up together and learn something or just be together with a good book or two. Toddlers and preschoolers LOVE that one on one time with people they love.
I find that the more I read for my own enjoyment AND read to my little one, the more he sees that behavior modeled and wants to do it himself. So, here are some of my all-time FAVORITE Easter books for toddlers and preschoolers.
10. Free Easter Fun
These free Easter activities are great for little kids and a fun addition to any Easter time learning sesh, in case you need some inspiration!
A Simple Reminder for This Season
You don’t need to do everything.
Choose one or two Easter activities for toddlers or preschoolers, keep it simple, and follow your child’s lead. The connection and joy you build together matter so much more than doing it all.
You’re doing a great job. 💛
Cheering you on and happy Easter!
