The Best Props for an Ultimate Pesach Seder

By N. Willner

Props are a great way of bringing Pesach to life for the kids (and adults, too!) and there are many inexpensive options and ideas. Aside from their Seder use, the kids will play with these all Yom Tov!

If you want to keep things fresh and exciting, you can buy a few new things each year, so there's always a surprise and it builds up your collection. You can also take out some new things at the first seder and save some things for the second seder.

1. Backdrops

A backdrop in the room can really give the feel of Pesach and Mitzrayim in the house. Here are some examples:

Ancient Egyptian themed backdrop

Camel in front of pyramids backdrop

Pyramids in the desert backdrop

Egyptian desert scene with camel backdrop

Binder clips for hanging Pesach backdrops

I like to hang the backdrops from a bookcase, windowsill or whatever using these binder clips (this way you can take them up and down easily):

2. DRESS UP

An ancient Egyptian hat for the man/men of the house can be worn during Magid or to role play Pharaoh and this awesome head-piece for women:

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh hat for men

Ancient Egyptian head-piece for women

KIDS

Kids pharaoh costume

3. PROPS

KORBAN PESACH

What about a life-size Korban Pesach? This one is expensive, but is lifelike:

Life-size Korban Pesach lamb prop

Here's a smaller, less expensive option:

Small Korban Pesach lamb plush

Moses' Staff

Moshe's Staff was an integral part of the story and the kids will love this:

Moses staff prop

4. PUPPETS

Puppets are always fun. These are a bit pricey but fun (you'll need to add yarmulkes):

Moshe

Moshe puppet

Pharaoh

Pharaoh puppet

The sagely grandpa with all the answers:

Grandpa puppet

5. THE TEN MAKKOS

The Ten Makkos are always a fun part of the Seder and here are some things that can help make it even more fun.

BLOOD

DAM

Remember when you learned about the Mitzri and Jew drank from the same cup, but the Mitzri got blood and the Jew got water? This cool cup can really demonstrate that well:

Cup for demonstrating dam

FROGS

TZFARDEA

You can start with bringing out first one large frog as the Medrash explains happened, such as this one:

Large frog for tzfardea

And then when the kids start hitting it as the Egyptians did, you can start throwing these all over:

Small frogs to throw around

LICE

KINIM

Those lice must have made the Egyptians very itchy; I'm sure they needed these:

Lice comb for kinim

Lice treatment for kinim

WILD ANIMALS

AROV

There are many options and sizes, for example:

Wild animals prop for arov

PESTILENCE

DEVER

Make sure you have them all lying down. There are many options and sizes, for example:

Animal prop for dever

DARKENESS / CHOSHECH

Have everyone around the table wear one of these to get a feeling of what it was like:

Blindfold for choshech

DEATH OF THE FIRSTBORN / MAKOS BECHOROS

Have the “family” around the bed of their firstborn who died:

The family:

The family for makos bechoros scene

The bed:

Bed for makos bechoros scene

We hope these links were helpful!

Have a Kosher and Happy Pesach!