Easter Word Scramble (Free Printable with Answer Key)

The word list

All 20 words are ready above. For a church group, add a few words from the morning's story.

How to use an Easter word scramble

A scramble sheet is something children can do while others finish the pancakes, wait for the egg hunt to start or sit through a long family lunch. It asks for quiet concentration and a bit of spelling, two things that appear rarely on Easter morning.

1. Print a sheet per child and add a pencil, ideally a bunny pencil if you have one.
2. Set out the sheets at the breakfast table or in the basket.
3. Younger children can work with the word bank and read the letters aloud.
4. Older children can try without the bank, and race a sibling for fun.
5. Check the answers together before the egg hunt begins.

Easter variations

• Egg reveal. Write each answer on a slip of paper and tuck it inside a plastic egg. Solvers crack the egg to check.
• Sunday school team game. Teams of three solve one sheet together and tell the room one thing that each word means to them.
• Pastel race. Print the puzzle in two colors. The pink team and the green team race across the room to finish first.

Tips for a spring morning

Use the first letter hint for children who are just learning to read, since scrambled words feel less daunting when the first letter is fixed.

Solving beside a window with a bit of sunshine makes the whole thing feel more like spring.

Have a stack of scrap paper for children who want to write out the letters before testing combinations.

Printing for the Easter table

Pale yellow, mint or pink paper makes the sheet look seasonal. Ink saver mode keeps tile letters readable on a pastel background. The answer key sits on its own page, and a staple or a paperclip keeps the pages together in a basket.