Happy Easter from all at Bovisand
Here’s an Easter maze, word search and a quiz for you to print off and try at home!
Send your completed forms to us by post, email or or via Messenger/Facebook. Don’t forget to let us know your name, age & contact details and we’ll send you a surprise. Have fun! Can you help our chickens through the Park to find their mum?
Easter Word Search
Beach Bonnet Bunny Chick Easter Egg Flowers Goats Hunt Lamb ` Sunday Bovisand Spring Chocolate Holiday Family
Words can go in any direction and can share letters as they cross over each other
Easter Quiz
1. Does Easter happen on the same day every year? a) Yes b) No c) Only on Leap Years
2. What type of hat is traditionally made and decorated at Easter for a special parade? a) Baseball Cap b) Bonnet c) Bunny Ears d) Cowboy Hat
3. Which yummy food do you make on Shrove Tuesday? a) Pancakes b) Scrambled egg on toast c) Fish & Chips d) Roast Turkey
4. What is the religious name for the 40 days before Easter? a) February b) Dry January c) Lent d) Christingle
5. What type of cake-style bun do people eat at Easter? a) Rock cakes b) Sticky Toffee Sponge Pudding c) Scones with Jam & Clotted Cream d) Hot Cross Buns
6. How many countries around the world mark the Christian celebration of Easter? a) 38 countries b) 52 countries c) 95 countries d) 123 countries
7. True or False: Easter Island is a real place in the World
8. No quiz about Easter is complete without the Easter bunny! But, which other animal is commonly seen around Easter? a) Chick b) Cow c) Parrot d) Elephant
9. Most places celebrate by painting eggs in rainbow colours, but which country only has red Easter eggs? a) Italy b) Greece c) China d) Denmark
10. Which of these famous rabbits features in a Disney Classic movie? a) Peter Rabbit b) Roger Rabbit c) Velveteen Rabbit d) Thumper
11. Easter marks the start of spring when we start to see the animals, which of these animals can’t be found on the Park at Bovisand? a) Toads & Frogs b) Bees & Butterflies c) Woodpeckers d) Ducks & Chickens e) Goats f) Slow worms g) Lambs
Answers:
1. (b) No, Easter does not fall on the same day each year. The date of Easter Sunday is celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon, on or after the 21st March. In 2021 Easter Sunday is on 4 April.
2. (b) Bonnet. An Easter bonnet is made and decorated for Easter, usually as part of a goodhearted competition.
3. (a) Shrove Tuesday is the day we all get to eat pancakes 4. (c) The 40 days before Easter is called Lent
5. (d) One a penny, two a penny ….Hot Cross Buns are traditionally eaten on Good Friday.
6. (c) 95 Countries celebrate Easter, but many have their own traditions, here’s a few that are different to our traditions of Easter Egg & Bonnet decorating and of course, Easter Egg Hunts!
Germany – decorate Easter Trees and light bonfires
In Germany they decorate Easter Trees like our Christmas Trees and light bonfires.
In Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia they celebrate with a big water fight – soaking each other with buckets of water!
In Finland & Sweden children dress up as witches and call at their friends’ houses in the hope of receiving chocolate!
7. True! Easter Island is a real place. Why is it called Easter Island? The first- recorded European visitor arrived on Easter Sunday in 1722. So ‘Easter Island’ became its nickname. The island also has a Polynesian name, which is Rapa Nui, and means ‘naval of the world’.
8. (a) It’s a Chick. It wouldn’t feel like Easter without these little cuties!
9. (b) Greece only use the colour red to decorate their Easter eggs. The eggs represent the blood of Christ and rebirth. In Greece, they also play a household game with the eggs called Tsougrisma, which translates as ‘clinking’ and involves two opponents trying to crack the other’s egg first. https://www.thespruceeats.com/greek-easter-egg-game-1705738
10. (d) Thumper is the lovable rabbit in the Disney Classic Bambi
11. (g) Lambs – you can see them in the surrounding fields but they aren’t supposed to be found on the Park………these lambs paid us a visit from the fields behind us!