🐣 Easter Poetry Activities for KS2: Spring Writing Fun 🌸
🌼 A Fresh Start for Spring
Easter is the perfect moment to bring creativity into your KS2 classroom. With new life all around us, pupils can use poetry to explore seasonal imagery, emotions, and traditions.
Whether you want quick writing starters or poems to perform in assembly, these Easter poetry KS2 ideas will help your class celebrate through words.
🔗 Also try: Festive Christmas Poetry Ideas for KS2
🥚 4 Styles of Easter Poems to Try
1. Mesostic Poem
An unusual twist on the classic acrostic — instead of letters running down the side, the word runs through the middle. Pupils love the puzzle of making the highlighted letters work.
👉 Example:
BunniEs bounce across the field,
Spring flowers open in the eArly morning sunshine,
ChocolateS wrapped in shiny foil,
Children gaTher with baskets full,
FlowErs bloom in colours bright,
MemoRies made this Easter day.
2. Haiku
Great for observation skills — structure + imagery.
👉 Example:
Chicks peck at the grass,
Daffodils nod in the breeze,
Morning sings with light.
3. List Poem
Ideal for vocabulary building — quick, flexible, and fun.
👉 Example:
Chocolate,
Footsteps,
Excited whispers,
Crinkling foil,
Tulips opening,
A golden sunrise.
4. Cinquain
Adds structure while practising grammar (nouns, adjectives, verbs).
👉 Example:
Basket,
Colourful, bright,
Hiding, waiting, exciting,
Chocolates, chicks, surprises,
Treasure.
🎉 Fun Easter Poetry Activities
💡 Mesostic Challenge – Give pupils the word EASTER or SPRING and see who can create the most imaginative mesostic poem.
💡 Poetry Egg Hunt – Hide lines of a poem inside plastic eggs. Pupils work together to rebuild the poem.
💡 Nature Walk Haikus – Collect spring sights, sounds, and smells outdoors, then turn notes into haikus.
💡 List Poem Swap – Pupils write an Easter list poem, then swap and add two new lines to a partner’s version.
💡 Assembly Performance – Let children read their best poems with props (bunny ears, flowers, baskets).
🔗 More seasonal ideas: List Poems for KS2 • Haiku Poems for KS2
👩🏫 Teacher Tips
Build a spring word bank (daffodils, chicks, sunshine, nests).
Link to RE lessons by writing reflective poems about new life or hope.
Encourage art links by illustrating poems as Easter cards or posters.
Give pupils time to perform — great for assemblies and family events.
🌟 Final Thought
Easter is about joy, hope, and celebration — the same qualities that make poetry sparkle. By trying these Easter poetry KS2 activities, you’ll give your class a chance to write, perform, and share their creativity in a seasonal way they’ll never forget.
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