¡Felices Pascuas! In celebration of  this traditional holiday we are sharing these Spanish language Easter cards with you! These can be printed, cut and then folded to make two different sets of cards, or even be printed on sticker paper for added fun. They would also make cute notes to share with family members and friends. Share them with your niños and see what they come up with. These cards are our little gift to you! Share and celebrate en Español!

 For a printable version of the easter cards featured above click here.

This Easter, instead of doing the same old boring egg hunt we do every year, I’ve decided to turn it into an opportunity for Vanessa to practice her Spanish reading skills while hopefully having a ton of fun!

The premise is simple: a scavenger hunt with clues in Spanish, but with a twist. All you’re going to need is a bunch of different color plastic eggs, paper, marker and whatever you’ll need to make your children’s Easter baskets, which I had no problem finding at my local Walmart.

Scrambled Clues

First, come up with a clue that will lead each child to his or her Easter basket. For example, “debajo de la almohada azul en tu cuarto” or “detrás de la puerta de mi baño” or where ever you chose to hide the basket.

Write the clue on a piece of paper and then cut up each word separately. Assign each child a plastic egg color and stick each word into a separte plastic egg. In Vanessa’s case, for example, I know I’ll be assigning her the pink ones. So let’s say I use the second clue, each one of her pink plastic eggs would include a scrap of paper with just one word, such as “detrás,” “puerta,” “baño,” “de” and so on.

Then you need to hide the plastic eggs just like you normally would. Explain the game to your children and have them go hunting for their assigned color. Once they have all their eggs, they have to work on arranging the words to be able to figure out the clue and go get their Easter basket!

I think my daughter, who’s totally into pirates, maps, clues and treasure hunts, is going to absolutely love this! And she’ll get to practice her Spanish reading skills along the way. Can’t wait to see if she’s able to unscramble the words and figure out the clue!

Disclosure: As part of the Walmart Moms program, SpanglishBaby received compensation and the product to facilitate this post. As always, all stories and opinions are our own.

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Objective: to use TPR (total physical response) to teach Easter vocabulary in Spanish. To encourage children to be creative and imaginative, using movement and word association while developing their bilingual skills.

1.  Create Las Orejas del Conejo (Bunny Ears)

You will need:

• Construction paper, crayons/markers, glue or staples

To make ears:

• Cut a piece of construction paper that will fit around your child’s head.
• Cut out 2 large rabbit ears.

Encourage children to decorate ears.

Attach ears to back of headband and your ears are ready!

2. Use plastic colored eggs as a visual for los huevitos

3. While children are wearing las orejitas, teach them the movements that are associated with each word below. Repeat various times to ensure that kids understand the association with words and movements.

Vocabulary:

• Para las orejitas- little ears (point to ears and make them stand up)
• Salta- jump (jump up and down)
• Come- eat (pretend to eat and nibble food)
• Buscar- to look for (put hand above eyes and pretend to look around)
• Los huevitos- little eggs (form fingers/hands in circles to show egg shapes)
• Dónde- where ( shrug shoulders and put hands up asking‘where”?”)

4. Act out Mi Conejito
Listen to Mi Conejito by Jose Luis Orozco (player below) or merely say the lyrics aloud.

Salta mi conejito 
Para tus orejitas 
Come tu sacatito, mi conejito, mi conejito (2x) 
El domingo de Pascua, 
Voy a buscar huevitos 
¿Dónde los escondiste, mi conejito, mi conejito (2x)

Mi Conejito by Jose Luis Orozco

Click here to download a PDF with the Mi Conejito activity sheet. The download will automatically start as soon as you click. Check your computer´s download folder to find the files.

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Easter Sunday, known as Domingo de Pascua in Spanish-speaking countries, falls on April 24 this year.  While many of us are getting ready to decorate eggs and fill up baskets with treats and other pastel-colored goodies, you can add to the list to print these adorable ¡Felices Pascuas! greeting cards that our amigas over at Viva Greetings created just for you.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD VIVA GREETING’S ¡FELICES PASCUAS¡ PRINTABLE CARDS