Church Skits & Plays
An Easter skit for little onesThe Great Big Egg3+ actors · 5–6 min

Easter · 3+ actors · 5–6 minutes · Children 3–9 as mice, with a teen or adult narrator

The Great Big Egg

Some very small, very hungry mice find a great big egg in the garden, try to eat it, roll it and move in, then open it together and find it empty. A narrated Easter skit for kids 3–9, where every child gets a part and the mice have no lines to learn.

$8USD, tax included
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Running time5–6 minutes
Cast3+ roles · Children 3–9 as mice, with a teen or adult narrator
PrepNo rehearsal for the mice. The Narrator and the Oldest Mouse read it through once together and try opening the egg; brief the helpers before the service.
Best forThe children’s moment on Easter Sunday, an Easter program for families, Sunday school, preschool and kindergarten classes
ScriptureMatthew 28:1–6; John 19:41 (KJV)
ThemeGod raised Jesus from the dead, so the place where His friends came looking for Him was empty. “He is not here: for he is risen.”
FormatPrintable PDF

About the skit

Once upon a time, in a garden, there lived some very small, very hungry mice and one very old mouse in no hurry at all. One morning they find a great big egg. What do you do with it? Eat it (ow, my teeth). Roll it (half push one way, half push the other). Move in (there isn’t any door). So the whole church counts to three, and the mice pull it open.

It’s empty, and the mice are sure somebody took what was inside. They search under the chair, behind the pulpit and in the narrator’s pockets, then stare hard at the whole congregation, until the Oldest Mouse says nobody took it. Then she tells them about another empty place, with the angel’s words from Matthew 28:6, and the mice find out what you really do with a great big egg.

It fits the children’s moment on Easter Sunday, a family Easter program or a preschool class. The mice do whatever the Narrator says, so only the Narrator and the Oldest Mouse need the script, plus an optional Little Mouse. The staging notes cover opening the egg in full view, the run down the center aisle with three helpers, and why there’s no grave on stage for the youngest.

Read the first page

NARRATOR: Once upon a time, there was a garden. And in the garden lived some mice.

(The MICE scurry in, squeaking, and scatter around the front. The LITTLE MOUSE is with them.)

NARRATOR: Lots of mice. (The MICE wave at the congregation.) Very small mice. (The MICE crouch down small.) Very, very hungry mice. (The MICE rub their tummies.)

(The OLDEST MOUSE comes in last, taking her time, and sits down in her chair.)

NARRATOR: And one very old mouse, who was in no hurry at all.

OLDEST MOUSE: Good morning.

NARRATOR: One morning, the mice smelled something new. (The MICE sniff the air.) They followed their noses. (The MICE creep toward the middle, sniffing.) And they found… (The MICE see the egg and gasp.) …an egg. A great big egg. The biggest egg any mouse had ever seen. (The MICE stretch their arms out as wide as they can.)

LITTLE MOUSE: Whoa.

NARRATOR: And the mice asked each other: what do you do with a great big egg?

LITTLE MOUSE: Eat it!

NARRATOR: So the mice tried to eat it. (The MICE nibble at the egg.) Nibble, nibble, nibble. But the egg was very, very hard.

LITTLE MOUSE: Ow. My teeth.

NARRATOR: What do you do with a great big egg?

LITTLE MOUSE: Roll it!

NARRATOR: So the mice tried to roll it. Some mice pushed this way. (Half the MICE push from one side.) And some mice pushed that way. (The other half push from the other side.) And the egg went… (It doesn't move.) …nowhere at all. (beat) What do you do with a great big egg?

LITTLE MOUSE: Live in it!

NARRATOR: So the mice tried to move in. (The MICE lean on the egg, sit beside it, knock on it.) But there wasn't any door.

The script continues in the full PDF.

Characters

  • The Narrator, tells the story and tells the mice what to do; warm, unhurried, a teen or any adult
  • The Oldest Mouse, the grandmother or grandfather of all the mice, calm and in no hurry; an older child, a teen or a real grandparent
  • The Little Mouse, optional, 7–9: the smallest mouse who can talk, saying what every mouse is thinking
  • The Mice, as many as you have, ages 3 to 9; no lines, just squeaking, sniffing, searching and the last shout
  • Your congregation, counts to three with the cast when the egg is opened

Props

  • One great big plastic egg that opens in two halves, completely empty
  • Mouse ears for every mouse
  • Optional: whiskers and yarn tails
  • A shawl or apron and a chair for the Oldest Mouse
  • Optional: potted plants or your Easter lilies for the garden

What you get

  • The full script with stage directions
  • Cast list, props list and simple staging notes
  • Four discussion questions for a small group, youth group or Sunday school class
  • Performance rights for your church: perform it as often as you like and print copies for your cast

Performance rights

One purchase covers one church or ministry. Perform it as many times as you like, make copies for everyone in the cast and crew, adapt the lines and include it in your livestream. Please don’t resell the script or share the file publicly. Read the full license.

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Questions

Can I change the names or lines?

Yes. Change names and genders, trim lines for time or adapt a joke for your church. The script is yours to fit to your people.

Can we record and stream the performance?

Yes. You can include it in your livestream and post the recording on your church’s own channels.

How do I get the file after I buy?

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