In this post: Spanish resources and ideas for celebrating La Pascua and Semana Santa with your kids. Spanish Easter printables, videos, music and more!
Are you looking for activities to do at home with your kids this Easter?
Whether you are looking for faith-based or secular resources to celebrate Easter, you will find some fun ideas here!
Let’s hop to it!
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How do you say Happy Easter in Spanish?
To wish someone a happy Easter in Spanish, you would say ‘Feliz Pascua’ (feh-lees pahs-kwah). It is also commonly referred to as Holy Week ‘La Semana Santa’ (lah seh-mah-nah sahn-tah) and is one of Spain and Latin America’s most traditional, religious festivals.
Llamitas Spanish Easter Unit
Llamitas Spanish is a thematic curriculum for Preschool and Kindergarten. In addition to our full year curriculum, we also offer a few seasonal units including La Pascua.
This faith-based Easter unit is a wonderful way to engage your children in thematic, hands-on learning to celebrate Easter.
Shop La Pascua Seasonal Unit here
It includes an Activity Pack with games, worksheets like tracing practice, letter recognition, counting cards, coloring pages, flashcards and more! In addition, you get a magazine in Spanish with recipes, crafts and articles about the traditions behind Easter and Semana Santa (Holy Week).
What is Semana Santa?
Semana Santa is a religious tradition that takes place during the 8 days before Easter Day. It is also known as la Semana Mayor and is the celebration of the passion of Christ.
I remember during my year in Spain, I experienced Semana Santa and it was sombre but truly captivating.
Thousands of people watch on the streets as processions of huge floats decorated with religious statues of Jesus and the Virgin Mary and hundreds of flowers are carried by ‘costaleros’- usually men from the same church. They are followed by ‘nazarenos’ who carry crosses, torches or candles.
Marching bands play religious music and they start and finish at different churches across the city. It goes on day and night for the whole week.
Spanish Easter Music Playlist
There are so many fun Easter themed songs in Spanish including ‘Busca los cascarones’, ‘El conejito blanco’, ‘Conejito de Pascua’ and more.
Lately, we have been listening to my FREE Spotify playlist ‘Best Spanish Easter Songs for Kids‘.
Full disclaimer: This does include a lot of Christian songs.
There are some fun spring themed and faith-based children’s songs. Check it out and enjoy jamming with your kiddos!
Other fun Easter themed songs and shows we recommend include:
~ Felices Pascuas ~ YouTube song by Canta con Jess
~ Los pollitos dicen by Canticos
~ Un cuento de Pascua by VeggieTales
Illustrated Children’s Bible in Spanish
We also LOVE this beautifully illustrated children’s bible, available in my Usborne Books & More storefront.
We have owned several children’s bibles over the years, but this is by far our favorite. The illustrations are stunning and it includes over 25 of the most known stories from Noah’s Ark, and Joseph and the Dreams in the Old Testament, to the Birth of Jesus, his miracles and The Easter Story! It also includes several maps which I personally really enjoy!
The bible is also available in Spanish. The language is more appropriate for advanced level Spanish learners, so we usually use the English version for bible time, or pick out keywords from the Spanish title. I also think this would make a beautiful baptism/ dedication gift.
Related Post: Best Spanish Easter Books for Kids
Hello Bible Subscription Box
Hello Bible is a super fun, faith-filled subscription box for kids!
This is in ENGLISH. I wish a Spanish version existed- niche in the market you guys!
But I wanted to share it nevertheless because many of you, like me, are raising bilingual kids. English resources are a part of our home life too, and growing my kids’ faith and teaching them about Jesus is a priority. It is THE most important thing for our family!
What’s included?
Each month we receive a box with the sweet mascots Bella the Butterfly and Danny the Donkey. Each box includes books, fun art projects, activities, and parent guides to explore the Bible story of the month.
I love that each box comes with material for 2 kids! This allows for siblings to enjoy it together, or for the adult to partake in the crafts with their child.
Choose from: JUNIOR (3-5 years) ~ the Preschool box and EXPLORER (5-10) is the Elementary box.
I also love supporting small businesses that give back! Each HelloBible box helps provide education for children in Kilgoris, Kenya, meaning your subscription makes a difference!
Keep reading! Related posts:
Best Spanish Easter Books for Kids
Llamitas Spanish Seasonal Units
Top 5 Spanish Subscription Boxes
Founder of the Llamitas Spanish® Curriculum and former Spanish teacher. Corrie holds two Master Degrees in Spanish and Education. She lives in San Diego, California with her husband and two bilingual children.