Have you ever wondered what kids really think about Easter? Parents try so hard to teach sacred truths with fun symbols. How do you think children in your life would respond to questions about Easter?
I wanted to know what children knew about Easter and how they would verbalize what they knew. 57 children responded to my survey. Kids are so candid. I hope you enjoy reading this series of posts as much as I did.
What is Easter?
| Paenoa (8) | Easter is about the resurrection about Jesus. |
| Anela (5) | Easter time is about the Easter bunny so he can be happy. |
| Evie (9) | It’s to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. |
| Annie (9) | It is celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. |
| Addy (7) | Celebrates the day the Jesus Christ rises from the dead. |
| Alise (12) | It is the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection after the crucifixion and suffering in Gethsemane. |
| Adam (4) | Jesus Christ. |
| Elisabeth (9) | Easter is a day when Jesus died. |
| Aubrey (4) | Eggs. |
| Jaxon (5) | A holiday. |
| Kobe (8) | A holiday. |
| Shen (10) | Celebrate in the rise of Jesus. |
| Gabby (6) | When we remember Jesus resurrection. |
| Sydney (7) | A time to celebrate Jesus’ death. |
| Eva (5) | Easter is when you celebrate Jesus’ death. |
| Sophia (6) | Easter is when you find eggs. It’s on a Sunday. |
| Kilikina (4) | Easter is when Jesus Christ comes. |
| Anonymous | It’s the day Jesus was going to die. |
| Ian (9) | Easter is a holiday because of Jesus Christ’s resurrection. |
| McKean (8) | Death of Jesus Christ and then when he resurrected. |
| Kailie (11) | When we celebrate the resurrection of Christ and how we will be Resurrected too. |
| James (3) | Easter is eggs and Easter bunny. That’s it!. |
| Kamila (5) | Easter is when Jesus woke up. |
| Lila (8) | Easter is about Jesus dying on the cross for us and about him resurrecting. |
| Samuel (6) | What is Easter? Sunday! Oh, WHAT is it? Hmm.. Jesus!. |
| Emmett (3) | Candy. |
| Amelia (10) | Easter is about when Jesus rose from the dead and Mary Magdalene looked in his tomb and he wasn’t there so she started crying. She thought Jesus was the gardener and he asked why are you crying, and she said, “Where did you take him?” And he said, “Mary” and she knew it was him. So, when Jesus was resurrected.. |
| Rachel (8) | Easter is the day that we celebrate Jesus Christ being resurrected. His body and spirit are together again.. |
| Dane (6) | Eggs. |
| Rory (4) | Easter is an egg hunt. Jesus. We have to be reverent. |
| Dezi (12) | A time where we get together and get free candy. |
| Ava (8) | Easter is something that we do as a family. |
| Shailym (10) | The day we remember Jesus. |
| Akilah (8) | Easter is when Jesus came alive. |
| Tayj (7) | Easter is on Sunday. |
| Zachary (4) | For jellybeans. |
| Tyler (7) | Jesus’s resurrection. |
| Shazer (5) | Easter Bunny. |
| Nizana (5) | Getting treats from the Easter Bunny. |
| Beau (8) | The day Jesus was resurrected. |
| Chase (10) | The holiday where we celebrate Jesus Christ’s sacrifice. |
| Ana Julia (10) | Easter is a holiday were people that are members of a church celebrate his resurrection. It is also a day to spend time with our families remembering the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. |
| Kalani (8) | Easter is a holiday that we celebrate Jesus resurrection. |
| William (5) | Easter is when your mom and dad hide the eggs and your brothers and sisters go find them. |
| Kyla (11) | To me Easter means going on an egg hunt and then learning about what Christ did that day. We have something fun and then we learning about something /do something else. |
| Bailey (10) | It’s the day that Jesus was resurrected. |
| Hina (4) | Easter eggs. |
| Lynlee (9) | It’s when Jesus Christ came to the city on Palm Sunday and he got crucified. |
| Ka’ihi (10) | It’s a holiday when Jesus was resurrected. |
| Keahu (6) | Easter is when Christ got resurrected. |
| Bratcher (5) | It’s where a bunny drops off candy and money. |
| Kate (10) | Easter is the day we celebrate Jesus’s last days on earth. Easter is the day he was risen from the dead. |
| Joshua (5) | It when the Easter bunny comes out and we get one of those eggs. |
| Emelia (5) | It’s where you get candy. |
What Does Your Family Do For Easter?
| Eva (5) | Celebrate |
| Aubrey (4) | Collect eggs. Chocolate. I don’t know. |
| Asher (7) | Easter Egg hunt |
| Nizana (5) | Easter Egg Hunt outside in our backyard |
| Shen (10) | Easter egg hunt Sometimes with my cousins |
| Keahu (6) | Easter egg hunt, read the scriptures inside the eggs, have a big dinner with all our family |
| Addy (7) | Easter egg hunts, talk about the Resurrection, go to church |
| Ka’ihi (10) | Easter egg hunts, think about the Lord, take the sacrament, spend time with family which now we’ll have to do on Zoom |
| Samuel (6) | Easter hunts and eat big meals |
| McKean (8) | Egg hunts, |
| Tyler (7) | find eggs, I don’t know |
| Tayj (7) | Find eggs. |
| Zachary (4) | Get as many eggs as you got. I got a lot of eggs on a mission but I got some for Ty. He’s a really good friend. |
| Sydney (7) | Go Easter egg hunting. Read about when Jesus was on his cross. |
| Shazer (5) | Hide Eggs |
| Dane (6) | Hunt |
| Amelia (10) | I like to make resurrection rolls and we also do eater egg hunts and go to church because it’s on Sunday. |
| Ana Julia (10) | My family has a family home evening and talks about what Jesus Christ did for everyone. We discuss about the things he did. Some of the things he did was to pay for all of our sins. The reason why he did this is because he wanted us to learn repentance, so that when we are done with this life, we can be forgiven of all the wrong things we did. |
| Kalani (8) | My family plays games all together |
| Anela (5) | My family, they stay in the home and they have to close their eyes before the eggs come, then they have to open their eyes and they find it. |
| Kamila (5) | On Easter we learn about Jesus. |
| Hina (4) | Open eggs (she means with the scriptures and little token inside) |
| Rory (4) | Put eggs out. |
| Gabby (6) | Read scriptures and eat |
| James (3) | See the Easter bunny. |
| Annie (9) | The Easter Bunny hides baskets with eggs in them, and we find them. |
| Kilikina (4) | They paint eggs and put them on a tree. And I love treats. |
| Anonymous | They teach about Jesus and they hide eggs. |
| Paenoa (8) | Wait what do you mean? Oh we bake cinnamon rolls oh wait what is that thing called? Resurrection rolls. I forgot the name. Hunt for Easter eggs, remember what Jesus did for us. |
| Emmett (3) | Watch church movies |
| Kailie (11) | We do a Easter egg hunt, we learn about the resurrection of Christ and Palm Sunday and the days leading up to his resurrection. |
| Lila (8) | We do egg hunts and we all have fun and have good foods that we all like. |
| Ava (8) | We find eggs and open them to see what we got. |
| Dezi (12) | We gather as a family and the kids get to look for eggs. We also go to our papas house and go over Jesus Christ’s death. And ressurection. |
| Akilah (8) | We get Easter eggs. |
| Adam (4) | We get to be together |
| Shailym (10) | We go on an Easter Egg Hunt and go to church. |
| Jaxon (5) | We go on egg hunts, get candy. |
| Kobe (8) | We go on egg hunts. |
| Elisabeth (9) | We hunt for Easter eggs |
| Evie (9) | We hunt for Easter eggs and usually make resurrection rolls (cressant rolls and marshmallows) |
| Ethan (7) | We just do Easter hunts, that’s all |
| Bailey (10) | We let the Easter bunny come and then he usually leaves Easter eggs outside and then we go outside and do it. He usually leaves money, too, so we collect that too. And then we count it all and then we get to keep it and the candy |
| Ian (9) | We make resurrection rolls and read the scriptures that are about Easter. |
| Kate (10) | We make resurrection rolls where you put a marshmallow inside and then we cook them and they come out and are empty like his tomb. Then we go on a Easter egg hunt on a walk and hide eggs that tell his story. We‘ll do the week where we go through everything and hang a picture up on the mantle about it |
| Lynlee (9) | We make rolls. It’s technically like Jesus Christ’s grave except we have a marshmallow and butter and we put them in the oven for three days and then we take them out. We take a walk and we try to find 10 eggs and we open the egg and we discuss what it’s about. And the very last one is empty because Jesus Christ is risen. |
| Beau (8) | We normally set up an Easter egg hunt and eat chocolate |
| Bratcher (5) | We open eggs and see what we got |
| Alise (12) | We paint and hunt eggs, do some crafts, read Easter scriptures, family dinner |
| Matthew (7) | We put up decorations and we put Easter eggs around |
| Rachel (8) | We set up an Easter Egg Hunt at home. |
| Joshua (5) | We usually celebrate it |
| Sophia (6) | We usually go to Kauai to see our cousins but we can’t go this year because of the Coronavirus. |
| Emelia (5) | We what we do is we get all the eggs inside or outside and then we open them and see what we have |
| Chase (10) | Well sometimes we talk about how he sacrificed himself, scatter eggs around and find them , and go to church and do an egg hunt there, but you know… the corona |
| Kyla (11) | When we first wake up, we wait till everyone’s awake and then we go on an Easter egg hunt, empty baskets and open up all the eggs. Then we take a picture with everyone with all the stuff off. Then we snack a little while and learn about what Christ did that day and why it’s so important |
Do You Remember a Favorite Easter? If Yes, Tell Me About It.
| Asher (7) | When I took off my shirt and did a snow angel in the snow, but it was cold |
| Nizana (5) | Yes, I got to go Easter Egg Hunting two times. One at our house and one at Gramma Lana’s house. |
| Keahu (6) | At Grandma Celeste’s house because she hid the eggs on the car and everywhere |
| Addy (7) | Coloring Easter eggs at my aunt Dude’s house |
| Ka’ihi (10) | The one where I got a Spider-Man bike. |
| Samuel (6) | Last Easter. In the wagon when there was something in it. It was jelly with Nerds on the outside. Madeline and me fighted over it and Grandma told me I could have it. It was the best Easter ever, and we got chocolate bunnies. |
| McKean (8) | Back in Texas, I got something I really loved. |
| Tayj (7) | One time I found a golden egg. |
| Zachary (4) | I liked the new Lightning McQueen surprise eggs |
| Sydney (7) | I remember one year I only got one egg, but it was the golden egg and there was money in it. |
| Shazer (5) | Yes, Easter Egg Hunts |
| Dane (6) | Hawaii |
| Amelia (10) | I like the Easters when we went to Grandmas house because I liked their house and cats and she had such funny Easter eggs that she hid. |
| Ana Julia (10) | My favorite Easter was 2018. The reason why this is my favorite Easter is because after church, My family talked about what Jesus Christ had done for all of us. Later on that day, my whole family got together and we had a big dinner. |
| Kalani 8 | 2019 last year was my favorite Easter. |
| Anela (5) | Yeah, a favorite Easter used to be when the people cannot do Easter so they only left the decoration of it. |
| Kamila (5) | When we watched a movie about Jesus and I wondered when he’ll come again. |
| Hina (4) | The soap (favourite token inside the Easter eggs). |
| Rory (4) | No. I think it was the one with eggs. |
| Gabby (6) | Yes, we went to church and all the teachers hid eggs and we got to find them. |
| James (3) | Eggies. And another eggie. |
| Kilikina (4) | Um, getting treats. |
| Anonymous | The one when we were with Granny and Grandad |
| Kailie (11) | Was in Texas at our friends Boston house, we had a big dinner with our friends. |
| Lila (8) | All of them. |
| Ava (8) | Yes. When we spend the whole day together with our family and I got to play with my cousins. |
| Dezi (12) | All of them. |
| Akilah (8) | I remember we were at this Easter Hunt at Dole Park and we found a lot of Easter eggs, and I shared some with my mom and dad. |
| Adam (4) | Yes, like coloring eggs, watching movies, and doing Christmas. |
| Shailym (10) | When I was really little, there was this huge field of eggs. |
| Jaxon (5) | When we went on a egg hunt and got tickets and stuff. |
| Evie (9) | I like the one in our family movie when I’m two and penny is one and we got blue Easter bunny ears. |
| Kate (10) | I remember an Easter awhile ago when I woke up and one of my stuffed animals – it’s a giant bunny rabbit that I still have – it was right next to the Easter. |
| Beau (8) | The primary Easter party last year |
| Alise (12) | The year we got real bunnies. |
| Matthew (7) | Last year, because the Easter bunny, she gave me a Pikachu. It fell out of the basket because it was so small. The basket was so small that she had to put it beside it. |
| Rachel (8) | My favorite Easter was when I found the Golden Egg at Uncle Shaun’s house. There was $5 in it. |
| Joshua (5) | My favorite Easter is when we get those eggs that aren’t the normal kind. They’re called the same candy but the wrappers are different. |
| Sophia (6) | We looked for eggs and I found the golden egg that had money in it. |
| Emelia (5) | Bratcher, he shook the egg and it didn’t do anything and Kyla opened it and it was a ton of money. We had a ton of coins in there and I got a ton of money. And there was something on the floor, a bunny lollipop and it had chocolate in it. But there was a chocolate one or a white one. We haven’t had Easter in a long time. |
| Chase (10) | My favorite Easter was the one where I woke up and there was a dollar on my bed and we did an egg hunt and they were all over. |
| Kyla (11) | Last year was really different because the Easter bunny left money in some eggs. |
I loved these responses. Thank you so much to the children (and their typists) who participated! Tomorrow we’ll see how the children respond when asked to describe the Atonement of Jesus Christ in “What Happened in the Garden of Gethsemane? and How Do We Repent? Kids Respond.
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