Passover Crafts for Kids

Last year I shared some Passover printables and seder plate crafts, but I’ve got a few more Passover crafts for kids to share this year that will make the celebration more meaningful for them.

One of the important symbols of Passover is the burning bush, which Yahweh sent to Moses as a sign that he should confront the Pharaoh who held the Israelites captive. This burning bush craft from Mrs. Jones’ Creation Station is a great one for Sunday school or to do with your kids at home. It uses a cup and tissue paper to simulate a fire.

Once that happened, the 10 plagues were set on the Egyptians, which are shown on this wheel craft from Crafting the Word of God. This is a good storytelling craft to use when you are talking about the plagues or for kids to color and use to remember what the plagues were. Jesus without Language has a set of plague dominoes you can print out and play with while you tell the story or after learning this part of the tale.

Speaking of Egypt, you can add a pyramid to your storytelling with this printable 3D pyramid from Don’t Eat the Paste.

The parting of the Red Sea is another important part of the story, because it allowed the Israelites to escape. Make this simple Red Sea craft from Meaningful Mama and you can have the sea flat and make it part when you get there in the story.

Make some peg dolls if you don’t already have them, which you can use in the above parting of the Red Sea craft or use to make a whole parting of the Red Sea tablescape for the Passover table or as a small world play scene for kids to use in the season. Get the details on this one from Shema Culture.

As if Diwali weren’t colorful and fun enough, The Festival of Lights: A Lift-the-flap Diwali Celebration by Namita Moolani Mehra, illustrated by Darshika Varm, makes it even more fun to read about with flaps and things to lift and pull to see more information or details in the illustrations.

The book is a story about a family getting ready for Diwali and what happens on the different days of the five-day celebration. There’s cleaning, shopping, crafting, food preparation and getting the home altar ready for the big day.

It covers decorating the outside of the house with rangoli, diyas and lanterns, buying sweets to share with family and friends, the sights and scents of the mandir (home temple), getting dressed up in new fancy clothes, the story of Diwali and celebrations with relatives.

Flaps (there are more than 140 in all) give you vocabulary words for different foods and definitions, as well as fun things like what’s inside the shopping basket or where the cat is hanging out. They also help illuminate the story of Diwali, which is the triumph of good over evil as Lord Ram defeated the demon Ravana to save his wife, Sita.

This pretty and colorful book helps kids understand what Diwali is and how it is celebrated, regardless of whether they practice it at home. This would be a nice book to keep in a classroom (it’s rated for kids ages 3-7) or to have at home to teach kids about Diwali even if it’s not something you celebrate. Where I live there are a lot of people from India so we are probably exposed to Diwali more than some other regions of America, but it’s a nice holiday to know about wherever you live.

Combine with the book Diwali and check out some fun lantern crafts and printables for kids to round out your experience.

About the book: 24 pages, hardcover, published 2025 by Wide Eyed Editions. Suggested retail prices $22.99.

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