The Easter Bunny Who Overslept

🐣 The Easter Bunny Who Overslept

Can the baby chicks deliver Easter on time?
A toddler Easter story lesson with crafts, snack ideas, a game, and more! Grab the entire lesson with the matching printables and coloring pages right here: CLICK HERE

STORY: "The Easter Bunny Who Overslept"

It was the night before Easter, and everyone was ready — except for the Easter Bunny!
Tucked into his cozy burrow under a blanket of mini carrots, he snoozed right through his alarm.

Ding! Ding! Ding!
Nothing.

Three baby chicks — Pip, Peep, and Cheep — peeked in and gasped.
“Oh no! He’s still asleep!”

The chicks huddled up.

“Someone has to deliver the baskets!”
“Someone has to hop across the hills!”
“Someone has to save Easter!”

So they slipped on the bunny’s giant shoes, grabbed his egg-filled delivery bag, and dashed out the door.

The chicks wobbled, tumbled, and even crashed into a daffodil — but they kept going!

They dropped eggs in baskets.
They tucked mini carrots in flowerpots.
They left a note on every porch:

“The Easter Bunny had help this year — from his best little chick friends!”

Meanwhile, the Easter Bunny yawned and stretched as he finally woke up.

“I missed Easter!” he shouted.

But when he rushed outside, he saw kids laughing, eggs hidden, and his empty bag sitting by the door.

Then he spotted the chicks — fast asleep in a flowerpot with egg dye on their feathers and carrot crumbs on their beaks.

He smiled.

“They saved Easter.”

CRAFT: “Chick Helpers” Paper Puppets

Materials:

Yellow paper circles
Orange triangle beaks
Googly eyes
Bunny ears (cut from pink/white paper)
Popsicle sticks

Let kids glue their chicks together and put on a puppet show retelling how the baby chicks saved Easter!

SNACK: “The Easter Bunny Overslept Mix”

Serve in colorful cupcake liners!

Mini marshmallows (bunny pillows)
Cheesey Cheddar Crackers of Bunnies & Carrots (the blanket)
Pretzel sticks (chick legs)
Bunny crackers or pastel cereal (Easter treats)

Let kids mix their own as a hands-on snack activity.

Snack: “Sleepy Bunny in a Bed” Graham Cracker Treat

A sweet little bunny snack tucked under a fruity blanket!

Ingredients:

Graham crackers (bed base)
Banana slices (bunny face)
Mini marshmallows or yogurt drops (bunny paws or pillow)
Strawberry or apple slice (blanket)
Chocolate chips or raisins (eyes and nose)
Optional: whipped topping or cream cheese (for glue or fluff)

Instructions:

Create the bed:
- Lay one full graham cracker square flat on a plate as the “bed.”
Make the bunny head:
- Place a banana slice near the top center as the bunny’s face.
- Use chocolate chips or raisins for the eyes and nose.
- Add mini marshmallows for paws peeking out of the blanket!
Add the blanket:
- Place a thin slice of strawberry, apple, or fruit leather over the lower half of the cracker like a cozy blanket.
Finishing touches:
- Add a mini marshmallow or yogurt drop pillow behind the bunny's head.
- Optional: drizzle a little cream cheese or yogurt “fluff” around the edges!

Learning Tie-In:

Reinforces sequencing (what comes first—pillow, bunny, then blanket!)
Encourages creativity and pretend play with food
Ties perfectly to stories about sleep, bedtime, or resting bunnies

GAME: “Bunny Snooze Relay”

Objective: Can the chicks finish Easter before the bunny wakes up?

One child pretends to be the Easter Bunny (laying down or sitting)
The other kids (chicks) take turns running to hide toy eggs around the room
When the "bunny" stands up — time's up!

Perfect for movement, turn-taking, and lots of giggles.

🎵 SONG: “Chick-Chick Easter Dash”

(To the tune of “The Ants Go Marching”)

The chicks go running one by one, hooray! hooray!
They’re off to get the Easter done, hooray! hooray!
With carrots and eggs in baskets too,
They flap and hop — they’ve got a crew!
And they all go dashing out to save the day — Chick-chick hooray!

Encourage kids to flap, hop, and pretend to carry eggs while singing!

TAKE-HOME PARENT NOTE:

Today your child heard The Easter Bunny Who Overslept — a silly springtime story about baby chicks who save the day! We made chick puppets, mixed a fun Easter snack, and played a relay game. Ask your child how the chicks helped and which part made them laugh the most!

Try retelling the story at home using the puppet craft they brought home.