Telling the Story
- Children’s Story Bibles
- A Child’s Story of Easter by Susan Hardesty
- Let’s Celebrate Easter by Amy Beveridge & Rusty Fletcher
- My Easter Basket and the True Story of Easter by Mary Manz Simon
- The Tale of the Three Trees (The Story of the Three Trees) by Angela Hunt
- The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross by Carl Laferton
- Resurrection Eggs—by Family Life
- Benjamin’s Box by Melody Carson
- The Resurrection Eggs in Rhyme and Song, Miss Pattycake
Crafts
- Prayer pots
- Each family will need a flowerpot, five tongue depressors, five fabric flowers, floral tape, a marker, and Easter grass.
- Have adults or older children write the following prayer items on separate tongue depressors: our family; our community; our church; people who need help; thanks and praise.
- Next secure a fabric flower on the end of each tongue depressor with floral tape. Place the flower sticks and Easter grass in the flowerpot.
- Set the flowers on your table for family meals. The flowers can serve as a reminder of Jesus’ example as he prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. At each meal, pick a flower and pray for the item written on the stick.
- Create Easter cards to give away
- Resurrection Garden
- Palm branches using traced hands and paint sticks
Edible Reminders
- Resurrection Rolls
- Lamb cupcakes
- Robin’s Egg Nest Treats
- Cross Pretzels
- Make Peep S’mores
- Make Rainbow Pancakes on Easter Morning
Games
- Egg bowling
- Egg and spoon races
- Bunny hop—sack races
- Glow in the dark Egg Hunts
- Hide Empty eggs on Easter morning as a reminder of the empty tomb. (follow this up with some sweet treats!)
