Easter Plays and Skits for Kids

Whether you want to emphasize the religious importance of Easter or would rather focus on Easter eggs and the Easter Bunny, a play is a way to engage children around the holiday. Easter plays and skits for kids include performances that children act out and ones that they can simply watch and enjoy.

Free Easter Plays and Skits

If you only have a small budget or no budget for an Easter play, these free plays and scripts will provide you with what you need.

Worship Drama and Dance

Worship Drama and Dance features a small selection of Christian plays and skits, including eight selections designed for Easter and Palm Sunday. Options include "Choices" where the disciples of Jesus reminisce about him in the days after his death, "Super Hero" which portrays Jesus as the ultimate super hero and "Light, Truth, Love," a monologue about Easter.

Jewell Ellen Smith

Jewell Ellen Smith was the author of multiple plays for Easter and other Christian holidays. Her plays have been made available by her family for nonprofit groups to use for free. Twenty Easter plays are available for download online. While plays are free to produce, her son requests that you e-mail him if you choose to produce one of her plays, so he can keep track of their use.

Sunday-School-Center.com

Sunday-School-Center.com features a few Easter skits for children and youth. Skits are organized by age level. One of the site's most popular skits is "The e-Bunny," a play that discusses the commercial side of Easter.

Christian Crafters

Christian Crafters presents sixteen different Easter plays and skits for multiple age groups and levels. Options range from the "Eleven Minute Easter Musical" to "The UN-PASSIONATE Christ... What If?" and "What's Easter All About?" Some of the scripts are designed to be performed as puppet shows.

Let's Skit Crazy

Let's Skit Crazy from Christian author Fred Passmore features multiple free Christian skits, including many that are appropriate for Easter. Many of the skits have accompanying music or sound effects thay may be purchased and downloaded to use in your performance.

Puppets for Jesus

Puppets for Jesus offers a free Easter puppet show designed to be performed with two puppets. The show focuses on the verse Mark 16:15 to teach about Easter and that Jesus is alive. The script also comes with a lesson and review questions.

Easter Plays and Productions for Purchase

Taylor Made Productions

Taylor Made Productions sells Christian skits for a flat fee. Plays for Easter include "Noah's R," a discussion about what is important during Easter, and "This Man, Jesus" which has actors playing witnesses who talk about the character of Jesus. All plays are royalty-free, and you are allowed to make changes to the scripts before performing them. After purchasing a play, it is able to be downloaded, and you may print as many copies as you like.

The Drama of Easter

The Drama of Easter by Rhonda Wray is a book that features twenty different performances related to Easter and the events surrounding the holiday. All pieces may be performed royalty-free. Multiple types of performances are included in the anthology.

Cross the Sky Ministries

Cross the Sky Ministries presents "Shout It Out! - Youth Sunday 2," a selection of youth-led worship services. Included in the book is an option for youth-led Easter worship service which includes three skits and other creative ideas.

Short-Christian-Skits.com

Short-Christian-Skits.com has multiple skits for purchase, including individual sketches that may be used to help tell the Easter story. You may purchase an Easter Collection, which includes five sketches related to Easter, for a discounted price.

The Heart of a Christian Playwright

The Heart of a Christian Playwright offers 13 different Easter skits for purchase. Skits are designed for teens and older adults and discuss the message of Easter. The option to order a custom script is also available.

The Skit Guys

The Skit Guys are a Christian comedy duo known for humorous skits that end with a bigger message. You may purchase "Have You Reached Your Verdict?", a skit that stages the trial of Jesus in modern times, focusing on Matthew 26:57-68.

Contemporary Drama Service

Contemporary Drama Service has an extensive collection of plays about Easter that may be purchased and produced. Plays are grouped by those designed for all ages, children's musicals and special children's plays. Easter monologues are also available.

Choosing Easter Plays and Skits for Kids

The performances you choose depend on a few factors, and they can help you to narrow down your search. Some things to consider include:

Length of the program (Plays are longer, and skits are shorter.)
Location
Child or adult performance
The number of people in the audience
Props, scenery and costumes
Are the kids part of the play or part of the audience?

Keep in mind that most plays allow for you to adapt the script to make it work for your group. You may want to change lines to make it easier to memorize, or add characters so that more people can be involved.