Spring is in full swing and Easter is on the way! From Easter egg hunts and photos with the Easter Bunny, we’ve got the perfect Easter fun to add to your calendar! This jam-packed guide is full not only of where to go, but Easter crafts, books, basket ideas and more to fill the season!
Easter Egg Hunts
- Underwater Easter Egg Hunt |March 27; 5:15 PM | Lenexa Rec Center
- Egg Hunt in the Trees | March 27-29 | Go Ape
- Easter EggVenture |March 28; 10-12 (Leawood, Downtown, Overland Park, Brookside, Lee’s Summit); 2 – 4 (West, Blue Springs, Spring Hill); Sunday, March 29 After 10 AM worship | Liberty
- It’s Hip to Hop | March 28; 10-12 | Corinth Square
- Belton Easter Egg Hunt | March 28; 10 am | Belton Memorial Park
- Egg Hunt Extravaganza | March 28; 4-6 | Cross Points Church
- Easter EggStravaganza | March 28; 4-7 | inspireU
- Easter Egg Hunt | March 29; 10 am | My Play Cafe- Lee’s Summit
- For Peeps Sake! Egg Hunt | March 29; 1- 3 | Ironwoods Park
- Easter Egg Hunt | Sunday, March 29; 2-4 | Westside Family Church (Lenexa and Speedway).
- EggVenture Hunt | Friday, April 3-4 | Faulkner’s Ranch
- Bunny Hop | April 3; 10:30-11:30 | Meadowbrook Park Clubhouse
- My First Egg Hunt |April 3; Noon | Blue Valley Recreation Activity Center
- Flashlight Egg Hunt |April 3; 8:30-9:30 pm | Blue Valley Recreation Sports Complex
- Harry’s Hop n’ Hunt | April 4; 10-12 | Harry Truman Library and Museum
- Bunny Hop | April 4; 10-11:30 | Green Street
- Riverside Easter Egg Hunt | April 4; 10-12 | Renner Brenner Park
- Bunny Egg-stravaganza |April 4; 10-12 | Broadmoor Park
- BunnyPalooza |April 4 & 5; 10-6 and 12-6 | KC Pumpkin Patch
- HOP in DOP | April 4; 10-12 pm | Downtown Overland Park
- Smithville Easter Egg Hunt |April 4; 10:00 | Heritage Park
- Boneanza | April 4; 10:30 | Waggin’ Trail Dog Park
- Raytown 14th Annual Egg-Extravaganza | April 4; 10-2 | Raytown Green Space
- Spring Fest | April 4; 11:00 | Zona Rosa
- Helicopter Easter Egg Drop | April 4; 3:00| The Summit Church
- Egg Dive | April 4; 4-5:30 | Blue Valley Recreation Activity Center
- Egg Hunts | April 5; 1:30-3:30 & 4-6 | My Play Cafe-Northland KC
Want to have your own Easter Egg Hunt at home? We’ve got you covered with ideas on how to help the Easter Bunny out with filling those eggs and baskets! (*wink wink*)
- Easter Basket Ideas from A-Z
- 50 + Things to Fill Easter Eggs (That Aren’t Candy)
- Creative Easter Egg Hunts in your own Backyard
Other Easter Events:
- Easter Bunny & Play | March 28; 9 & 11 | My Play Cafe- Lee’s Summit
- Meet the Easter Bunny |April 3 & 4; 1-4 PM for FOTZ members with reservations. A paid brunch is available too by reservation | Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium
- Photos with the Easter Bunny | April 4; 10:30 | Louisburg Cider Mill
- Cottonwood Tales Story Time | April 4; 10:00 | Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
- Meet the Easter Bunny | April 4; 11-3 | Scheels
- KC Northern Miniature Railroad Easter Train | April 4; 11-5 | Frank Vaydik Park
- KC Plaza Bunnies: A Kansas City tradition since 1931, the Plaza bunnies make their way across the iconic Country Club Plaza every spring. The oversized rabbits, known affectionately as Amy, Bess, Ellyn, Kate, Sue, Brian, Lee, Peter and Nicholas, are joined by a colorful menagerie of wonderland friends, including swans, a pelican and a turtle. See them March 7 through April 11!
Now what to do with all those eggs you dyed! Egg Shell Art to the rescue! Or, try our favorite Puff Ball Easter Egg Craft to keep the fun going!
Easter Services
Church of the Resurrection
Christ’s Passion: His Final Hours April 2 & 3 | 6:30
Service Locations & Times:
- Leawood (Foundry): Thursday, Apr. 2 | 6:30 PM or Fri. Apr. 3 | 6:30 PM
- All Other Locations: Thursday Apr. 2 | 6:30 PM
- Online: Friday, Apr. 3 | 6:30 PM
Good Friday Prayer Vigil
- Apr. 3 | Noon-3 | Resurrection Leawood
Easter at Resurrection
- Leawood | Saturday, Apr. 4: 10 AM (Kids’ Interactive Service) and 5 PM (Modern) – Sanctuary Sunday, Apr. 5: 7, 9, and 11 AM (Traditional) – Sanctuary
- West (Olathe) | Saturday, Apr. 4: 10 AM (Kids’ Interactive Service) and 5 PM | Sunday, Apr. 5: 7, 9, and 11 AM
- Overland Park | Sunday, Apr. 5: 7, 9, and 11 AM
- Spring Hill | Saturday, Apr. 4: 10 AM (Kids’ Interactive Service) and 5 PM | Sunday, Apr. 5: 9 and 11 AM
- Downtown at Kauffman Center for Performing Arts | Sunday, Apr. 5: 9 am 11 AM
- Blue Springs | Sunday, Apr. 5: 7, 9, and 11 AM
- Brookside | Saturday, Apr. 4: 10 AM (Kids’ Interactive Service) | Sunday, Apr. 5: 7 (Modern), 9 (Modern), and 11 AM (Traditional)
- Liberty | Sunday, Apr. 5: 10 AM
- Lee’s Summit | Saturday, Apr. 4: 10 AM (Kids’ Interactive Service) | Sunday, Apr. 5: 7 (Modern), 9 (Modern), and 11 AM (Traditional)
Lenexa Baptist
- Good Friday Communion Service | Friday, April 3: 5 PM, 7 PM & Saturday, April 4: 5 PM
- Easter Sunday | Sunday April 5: 8, 9:30, 11 AM
Evangel | Archie and Kansas City
- Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 5: 9 & 10:45 AM
Colonial Presbyterian
- Good Friday | Friday, April 3: 7 PM | South KC Campus
- Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 3 | South KC Campus | 6:30 AM, 9 AM, 10:45 AM | OP Campus | 6:30 AM, 8 AM, 9:30 AM, 11 AM
More Easter Fun…At Home!
By: Lauren Greenlee
Before or after heading to your favorite Easter egg hunt, consider these activities at home.
- Make Resurrection Cookies. If there’s anything better than cookies, it’s having cookies for breakfast! You can make these simple meringues the night before Easter. Each ingredient correlates with a verse describing Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection (i.e., vinegar reminds us that Jesus was forced to drink sour wine on the cross; egg whites remind us that he gave up his life so we can have eternal life; etc.). The finishing touch is when kids tape the oven door shut after placing the cookies inside (to represent sealing the tomb). Leave the cookies in the oven, turn the heat off, and in the morning, you’ll wake up to hollow meringues that remind us of the empty tomb! Christ has risen!
- Break Out the Resurrection Eggs. This fun and interactive way to tell the Easter story comes in a set of brightly colored Easter eggs, each containing a clue to the next part of the Easter narrative. You can start by hiding the eggs, or just take them out one at a time as you read the booklet about how the symbols inside represent Jesus’ life, death, burial and resurrection. We love to pair this tradition with the book Benjamin’s Box: The Story of the Resurrection Eggs by Melody Carlson, illustrated by Jack Stockman.
- When my oldest two were preschoolers, we stumbled upon a resource called Truth in the Tinsel, a wonderful Advent program with simple crafts designed to engage little ones in the story of Christmas. I was thrilled when I discovered its founder Amanda White created an equally immersive Easter program. White’s program is a printable download A Sense of the Resurrection that can be reused for years to come.
- A cursory web search will showcase a myriad of ways to make this visual reminder of Easter: a terracotta pot with wheatgrass, three crosses and empty tomb. The benefit of this Resurrection Garden is that everyone can enjoy the process of watching the grass grow (it takes a minimum of one week) and, once complete, it makes a perfect tablescape.
Special Easter Books
- Holy Week: An Emotions Primer by Danielle Hitchen; illustrated by Jessica Blanchard
- A Very Happy Easter by Tim Thornborough
- The Donkey Who Carried a King by R.C. Sproul
- The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross: The True story of why Jesus died and rose again by Carl Laferton; illustrated by Catalina Echeverri
- The Tale of the Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt; illustrated by Tim Jonke
- The Parable of the Lily: An Easter and Springtime Book for Kids by Liz Curtis Higgs
- The Legend of the Easter Egg by Lori Walburg; illustrated by James Bernardin
- The Legend of the Easter Robin: An Easter Story of Compassion and Faith by Dandi Daley Mackall; illustrated by Richard Cowdrey