As your church plans for Holy Week, you may want to use free Easter plays. The Easter scripts below are a hit with children of all ages.
Attendance at Easter worship is usually high. That offers great opportunities to present the message and meaning of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection.
Our church uses different creative elements to present the Resurrection. Maybe you need some free Easter plays or Stations of the Cross ideas. I pray that these Easter scripts help your children’s ministry and church outreach efforts!
3 Free Easter Plays For Kids
1. Easter Monologues/Stations of the Cross Scripts
We present these scripts in separate rooms, with props that fit each scene. It’s like a Stations of the Cross drama. But we limit the scenes to the Triumphal Entry (Palm Sunday), Last Supper, Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus’ Trial and Crucifixion, and Jesus’ Death and Burial.
After the last scene, a leader reads Matthew 28:1-10. Then we lead children in a time of celebratory worship, because Jesus is alive!
2. Large-Group Easter Drama
After using the stations idea, we created a full worship service. It incorporates similar sketches between singing. To transition between scenes, we use multiple verses of the classic hymn “Were You There?”
These Easter scripts use small groups of performers who have minimal lines. So it’s easier to use high school students or older kids for the parts. The scripts also use a narrator, who adds context to each scene.
