Easter 2025 Gift Guide for Catholic Kids

Easter is kind of a tricky holiday for gifts, if you have kids. It's not a gift-giving day on the order of Christmas, but we want to make it really special for our little ones.

My usual solution is to fill the Easter basket with a few outdoor toys for the warm-weather season -- a jump rope, sidewalk chalk, pail and shovel, bubbles, water blasters -- plus some Easter-themed activities, like a book about a saint or a Catholic coloring book. And of course, the requisite chocolate bunny.

Lent is far from over, but I'm starting to think about filling the Easter basket, accounting for shipping time. These sweet gifts will nurture your child's faith, and be lots of fun, too!

Decorate the cutest eggs (and make no mess!) with these genius egg wraps. And teach your kids about the first Easter at the same time!

Here's a fun idea for your Easter egg hunt. Get your kids a puzzle, then hide one puzzle piece in each plastic egg. After the egg hunt, the kids can stay busy putting together the puzzle. Keep up the Catholic theme with this Order of the Mass floor puzzle, or these mini saint puzzles.

Ignatius Press has outdone itself with the new collection of children's books for this spring. My four kids can't get enough of The Martins: The Extraordinary Family of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux!

If you're not familiar with The Adventures of Loupio, don't miss out on this darling comic about a little boy who is friends with St. Francis of Assisi. My family loves this series, and the newly released Volume 8: Crusaders and Pilgrims continues the fun.

Kids enjoy a good seek-and-find book, and mine are long-time fans of the Seek and Find Sarah and Simon series. The newest installment, The Childhood of Jesus, is great for the Easter basket.

Blessed Carlo Acutis will be canonized April 27, and my kids are planning a party to celebrate! This teenage saint is beloved by Catholic kids around the world. Share his story with this wonderfully written and illustrated book about his life, Carlo Acutis: Holiness for the Third Millennium.

A beautiful children's Bible is a perfect Easter gift for all ages. Tuck this one in the basket, then add reading it aloud to your family's daily routine.

I can't stop recommending the excellent The Holy Mass: On Earth as it is in Heaven. I learn new things every time I read some of it to my kids!

Looking for more Easter books? Check out these and these. And in the weeks before Easter, these Lent books would be just right to read aloud.

What kid doesn't love stickers? Perfect for the Easter basket, we are big fans of these Pray By Sticker books. And don't miss these glitter stickers and Easter stickers.

Kids can make seriously beautiful art with coloring books for Feasts of Our Lord and Lady, many different saints, Mysteries of the Rosary, and even "stained glass" to hang in your windows with Dover's Nativity stained glass coloring book. Perfect for family prayer time!

Blocks are a classic toy, and these stunning patron saint blocks help your baby learn about the saints while they build and play.

Keep little hands busy at church with a Future Saint Water Reveal book or Children's Missal Water Reveal.

Honor your child’s patron saint with a doll from Shining Light Dolls, or cute wooden saints from Saintly Heart. We love the magnetic dress-up of St. Therese!

Dozens of beloved saints come as peg dolls, so kids can play with them again and again, getting to know these Heavenly friends. (You can find even more options by searching "saint peg dolls" on Etsy.)

Raise your hand if you played Mass as a kid! We sure did, and now your kids can too, even using the proper names and materials with this pop-out paper Mass kit. For an even more durable (and beautiful!) version, check out wooden Mass kits.

Little ones who attend Catechesis of the Good Shepherd religious formation have a special devotion to Jesus as the Good Shepherd. Nurture that relationship with their own Good Shepherd play set, either paper or wooden.

Saint dolls are quick and easy to make at home with these lovely saint paper dolls that come as a printable instant download. Bookmark this page for an easy craft on future feast days!

These plush dolls of Our Lord and Our Lady are almost too cute to be real, and will be a heartwarming snuggle buddy for your little one.

When you pray the Rosary with a wiggly baby, they'll try to grab and chew the beads. Put safety first with gorgeous and baby-safe silicone rosaries.

Give baby his or her first rosary thanks to this wooden teether and rattle shaped like a one-decade Rosary ring.

Messy little eaters can stay tidy with an easy-to-clean silicone bib featuring the Meal Blessing prayer.

Wrap up your baby in Heavenly love with the coziest muslin quilts and swaddle blankets in saintly themes.

The whole family will be singing along with the delightful music from Making Music, Praying Twice.

The Saints and Heroes video series by CCC of America are Catholic kid classics, teaching the next generation all about the lives of the saints.

The Holy Heroes Glory Stories CDs are a great way for kids to get to know the saints and perfect for car rides (got a road trip coming up?).

Brother Francis movies are a great way to introduce younger kids to Catholic beliefs.

A subscription to Formed might just be the best media gift you can give. Kids can access movies, TV shows, audiobooks, CDs, and e-books about the faith.

A subscription to Catholic Family Crate is the gift that lasts all year, giving lots of opportunities to grow in faith and create special family memories. Don't miss all their Easter basket goodies!

Add a fun Catholic twist to family game night with a Catholic card or board game.

Kids will appreciate having their own prayer books, especially these fun superhero and fairy tale themed ones, with traditional Catholic prayers.

Encourage a child's growing prayer life with a Mass journal, Catholic growth mindset journal, or the Rise Up devotional.

Kids often do their best thinking (and praying!) when their hands are occupied. Try this Adoration coloring book or this one for your next visit to the Blessed Sacrament.

St. Therese was known to use "sacrifice beads" to find little opportunities of serving others. Kids can imitate her example with their own beads set.