Easter & Resurrection Printables for Christian Families: 8 We Use
Every March I start dreading the candy. Not the chocolate part, my kids would tell you I eat plenty of that, but the way the whole season tilts toward bunnies and plastic grass and somehow skips right past the empty tomb. My husband pastors the youth group at our church, so Easter is our Super Bowl. It matters. And I’m the one at the kitchen table the week before, printer humming, trying to give our three (eight, six, and a wild three) something to hold in their hands that points back to Jesus.
These are the eight things I keep coming back to. Some are printables I run off on cheap paper, some are clipart or SVG files I use for cards and little projects, one is even an embroidery design my mom helped me stitch. I’m not crafty in the Pinterest-perfect way. I just want my kids, and the Sunday school class I help with, to remember that He is risen. Here’s what’s worked for us.
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A Game That Makes the Whole Story Stick
This is a printable game built around the Easter story, the real one, from the garden to the empty tomb. I printed it, laminated the pieces with my little pouch laminator (a tip from another church mom), and we played it on Palm Sunday afternoon.
My six-year-old won twice and would not let me forget it. But here’s the thing. By the end she could tell me what happened on Good Friday and what happened Sunday morning, in order, without me prompting. That’s the win I cared about. I’m bringing it to my Sunday school class this year too.
He Is Risen Cross PNG for Cards and Mugs
This one’s a PNG image, a cross with a bow and the words He Is Risen. Not a printable activity, more of a graphic you drop into things. I used it on the front of the little cards we handed out after the Easter service.
The transparent background is what makes it useful. I floated it onto a cream-colored card in Canva, printed a batch, and my eight-year-old wrote names on each one. You could put it on a mug or a shirt too if that’s your thing. I kept it simple.
A Wooden Cross Bookmark Even My Three-Year-Old Got
A bookmark design, printable, with a rustic wooden cross and little daisies. I love a bookmark project because there’s almost no way for it to go wrong, and I have three kids of very different skill levels.
We printed them, cut them out (well, I cut the three-year-old’s), and punched a hole for a bit of ribbon. They went straight into our family Bibles. Mine’s still marking Psalm 23. The daisies feel like spring without screaming Easter-bunny, which I appreciated.
Bible Verse Bookmarks for the Sunday School Table
More bookmarks, but these come with Bible verses already on them, a whole set of designs. I keep a stack of these printed and ready because they’re the easiest thing to hand a kid who finished their craft early.
Last Easter I ran off a sheet of the ones with resurrection verses, John 11:25 mostly, and let my class color the borders. Some of those bookmarks went home in backpacks and some, I’m told, ended up taped to a fridge. Either way the verse is in front of them. Cheap printer paper holds up fine, by the way.
Flower Cross Line Art for Coloring and Cards
This is a flower cross done in line art, an SVG file. Don’t let the SVG part scare you if you don’t have a cutting machine. I just opened it as an image and printed it big, and it became a coloring page.
My six-year-old went heavy on the purple. The three-year-old went heavy on the table. It’s clean and pretty, the kind of thing I’d also use as the front of a homemade Easter card for the grandparents. If you do have a Cricut, my sister-in-law turned it into a vinyl decal for a window. Above my pay grade, but it looked great.
Watercolor Church Clipart for Bulletins and Banners
Watercolor clipart of little churches. This is the one I reach for when I’m making something for the actual church and not just my kitchen table, since I end up helping with bulletins and the occasional bulletin-board display.
The soft watercolor look does a lot of work with very little effort on my part, which is the only kind of effort I have time for in Easter week. I dropped a few of the church images along the top of a welcome sign one year. People asked if I bought it. I did not tell them it took eleven minutes.
Retro Christian Quotes SVG Bundle for Bigger Projects
A bundle of retro-styled Christian quote SVGs. This is more of a project file than a quick printable, and honestly it’s the one my husband stole for the youth group.
He used a couple of the faith quotes for slides and a t-shirt design for their spring retreat. I pulled one, He Is Risen in a fun vintage font, and printed it as a 5×7 to frame for our entry table during Holy Week. Bought the frame at the craft store for under four dollars. The retro style reads a little older, so my teens didn’t roll their eyes, which is its own miracle.
A Redeemed Cross to Stitch (If You’re Brave)
This last one is an embroidery design, a cross with the word Redeemed. Full confession: I do not own an embroidery machine. My mom does. So this became an excuse for a long Saturday at her house, kids running around, while she stitched it onto a tea towel for my kitchen.
It hangs by my sink now and I see it doing dishes every single day, which during Lent felt like exactly the reminder I needed. If you sew, it’d be lovely on a little zip bag or the corner of a pillow. If you don’t, find a friend who does and bring coffee. That’s my method.
A Few Last Thoughts
None of this has to be fancy. I think that’s the thing I’d tell a younger me, the one stressing the week before Easter because the table wasn’t Instagram-ready. A printed bookmark and a verse said out loud counts. A coloring page with too much purple on it counts.
Whatever you pull together this spring, I hope it leaves your kids with the one line that holds the whole season up. He is risen. He is risen indeed. That’s the part I want mine to carry to my mom’s house in the car, to school, into whatever comes. The crafts are just the hook. The empty tomb is the point.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Are these Easter printables PDF or editable Word files?
All 30 bundles ship as PDFs designed for print, not edit. PDFs preserve fonts and layout across home/school printers. Three bundles in this list (#4, #11, #19) also include editable Word/PowerPoint versions for teachers who want to add their class name or church logo.
Do these include the full Easter Week / Holy Week story or just Sunday?
22 of 30 bundles cover the full Holy Week — Palm Sunday entry through Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. The remaining 8 focus exclusively on Resurrection Sunday with empty tomb / risen Christ imagery. Each bundle review breaks down which days are covered.
Are these appropriate for non-denominational classes (Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian)?
Yes — 27 of 30 bundles use ecumenical language and imagery that fits most Protestant traditions. Three bundles (#8, #14, #22) lean Catholic or Orthodox with Stations of the Cross focus — useful if you teach in those traditions, but each review marks denominational specificity.
What ages do Easter resurrection printables work best for?
Most bundles target ages 5–10. For preschool (3–5), look for bundle reviews tagged "simple shapes" — #2 (Resurrection Garden Kids) and #7 (Easter ABC Bible Story). For tweens (10–13), bundle #19 (Holy Week Teen Journal) provides deeper engagement with discussion prompts.
Can I print these for a public school Easter party?
Public schools restrict religious content during school hours. For after-school programs, private Christian schools, and Sunday school — fully permitted under all 30 bundle licenses. For public school events, secular Easter printables (eggs, bunnies — not in this roundup) are needed instead.
How to assemble an Easter resurrection garden craft kit
- Print on cardstock. Print the bundle's Easter garden template on 110lb cardstock — typically includes a cover, three crosses, an empty tomb opening, and small "He is risen" labels.
- Cut and score. Cut along the printed dashed lines. Score (don't cut through) the fold lines on each cross so they stand upright. A scoring tool or the back of a butter knife works.
- Fill the pot. Fill a 4-inch terra cotta pot with potting soil up to 1 inch from the rim. For indoor classroom use without dirt mess, shredded paper or moss works as a substitute.
- Position the crosses. Press the three crosses into the soil at the top of the pot — Calvary on the highest point in the center, the two thieves' crosses slightly lower on each side.
- Build the empty tomb. Place the cardstock tomb arch at the front of the pot, opening facing forward. Position the small rock just outside the tomb's opening — the stone that was rolled away.
- Optional: grow real grass. If you start 7–10 days before Easter, sprinkle grass seed across the soil surface, water lightly daily, and keep in indirect sunlight. Live grass on Resurrection Sunday makes the craft memorable.