Garden Reporters: The Empty Tomb Live — Puppet Skit for VBS (20 min)

Sister to the Christmas Newsroom skit — same format, brand new story. The reporters are camped outside the tomb on Sunday morning. Roman guard puppets give shaky on-camera statements. Mary Magdalene rushes past the camera crying. The stone rolls away on cue. The angel puppet appears and gives the headline of the universe — He is not here. He is risen. The reporters chase the disciples to the upper room, ambush Peter mid-bagel, and finally hand the microphone to a kid in the front row to read John 20:31 out loud. Kids walk out understanding that the story of Jesus did not end on Friday.

Theme — The biggest story of human history did not end at the cross. The empty tomb is the headline that never stops printing.

What you get

• Full PDF script — feature-length Easter puppet broadcast (20 min runtime)
• Cast: 10 puppets (anchors, field reporter, two Roman guards, Mary Magdalene, angel, Peter, Thomas, plus a planted kid puppet)
• Two-area stage — news desk plus garden-tomb backdrop with rolling stone
• Built-in altar-call moment — invite a real kid up to read John 20:31 at the close

Best for

Spring VBS, Easter weekend service, resurrection Sunday children's program, and any closing-night slot that needs to land the gospel through the empty tomb.