Seasonal & Holidays

Easter Word Search

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10 words · 11×11 grid · Medium · Answer key included · Free printable PDF

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MARSHMALLOW
EASTERTIDE
CHOCOLATE
JELLYBEAN
PASSOVER
HYACINTH
DUCKLING
GARLAND
BASKET
BUNNY

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True stories

A three-story Easter egg

Vegreville, Alberta

In the small town of Vegreville, Alberta, stands an Easter egg taller than a house. Built in 1975, the giant pysanka honors the Ukrainian settlers who farmed the region and decorated real eggs each spring in their traditional folk style. It stands about 31 feet tall and weighs roughly 2.5 tons, its surface tiled with hundreds of bronze, silver, and gold triangles that catch the light. The design was such a puzzle that a computer scientist at the University of Utah helped work out how the thousands of pieces could fit a true egg shape. It can even turn in the wind like a weathervane, a quiet tribute to a heritage of patience and care.

The lawn the children won

Washington, D.C.

For years children rolled Easter eggs down the grassy slopes near the United States Capitol, until lawmakers, annoyed at the trampled turf, passed a law in the 1870s shooing them away. The youngsters were heartbroken. In 1878 President Rutherford Hayes heard of their plight and threw open the South Lawn of the White House instead, inviting families to roll their eggs there on Easter Monday. The gathering became a yearly tradition that still draws thousands today, and for generations it was one of the few public events in the city that was never segregated. A small act of welcome turned a closed door into an open lawn.

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Did you know?

bunny: The egg-laying Easter bunny began as the German Osterhase, a hare first written about in 1678 and carried to America by settlers.
basket: The Easter basket echoes old bird-nest customs: German children once built nests in caps and bonnets, hoping the hare would fill them.
chocolate: The first hollow chocolate Easter eggs were made by Fry's in Britain in 1873, once chocolate could finally be molded into shape.
passover: Easter's date depends on a church calendar's full moon, which can differ from the actual Moon seen in the sky.
hyacinth: A 1909 gardening book described hyacinths flowering upside down in water-filled vases, turning a spring bloom into an unexpected underwater display.
duckling: A duckling can learn to follow a moving object soon after hatching, a process called imprinting rather than ordinary training.
eastertide: During Orthodox Bright Week, sanctuary doors remain open through Easter celebrations, giving the holiday a visible symbol that lasts longer than Sunday.
garland: A garland needn't use flowers: Hawaiian leis can include shells, seeds, leaves, or feathers, turning many materials into a welcome.
jellybean: Jelly beans get their glossy shell from an old candy-making method called panning, the same technique used to coat chocolate almonds.
marshmallow: Marshmallows were first made from the sap of the marsh mallow plant, though modern ones use gelatin instead.
rabbit: Rabbits became a spring symbol partly because they breed so fast that ancient writers wrongly believed they could reproduce without mating.
carrot: Wartime British guides suggested carrot jam and fudge, turning a familiar root vegetable into an ingredient for the sweets cupboard.
sunrise: On Mercury, the Sun can rise, briefly set, then rise again at some places, because rotation and orbital motion compete.
crocus: Saffron comes from crocus flowers, but a different species from the familiar spring blooms pushing through late snow.
renewal: An eggshell is full of tiny pores, letting a developing chick breathe inside a sealed-looking symbol of new life.

Trivia

On which day of the week is the famous White House Easter Egg Roll traditionally held?
Easter Monday.
What is the name for a Ukrainian Easter egg decorated using a wax-resist method?
A pysanka.
The Osterhase, the original egg-bringing Easter hare, comes from the folklore of which country?
Germany.
Roughly how many jeweled Imperial Easter eggs did the House of Faberge make for the Russian tsars?
About fifty.
Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following which event?
The spring equinox.

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On which day of the week is the famous White House Easter Egg Roll traditionally held?

Easter Monday.

In their words

Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.
S. D. Gordon

Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.
Janine di Giovanni

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This easter word search is a free printable puzzle with 10 hidden words in an 11×11 grid. Find words like MARSHMALLOW, EASTERTIDE, CHOCOLATE hidden across, down, and diagonally. You can play it right here in your browser — tap the first and last letter of a word — or download it as a printable PDF with the full answer key on page two. It's free for personal and classroom use, so teachers can print copies for a whole class with no sign-up and no account. Word searches like this one are a proven way to build vocabulary, spelling, and word-shape recognition, which is why they're a favourite with ESL learners, elementary classrooms, and anyone who likes a quiet puzzle with their coffee.

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