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The Wonder of Easter is a series following Jesus on his final journey in Luke's Gospel.

Includes a Sunday school sessions, all-age service, outreach event and a family devotional book.

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The Wonder of Easter is a series following Jesus on his final journey in Luke’s Gospel. Want to know more? View the introduction Sunday School Sessions 5 x Sunday school sessions, including all-age talks and parent take-home sheets. More All-Age Service Plan An all-age service for Easter Sunday looking at ‘The Road to Emmaus’. More […]

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Wonder Walks by the Scottish Bible Society

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Eight different all-age walks to help explore the Easter story.

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This Easter pack is filled with everything you need for Easter. Filled with resources on different ways to tell the stories, crafts, community outreach ideas and more.

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Free Scottish Lego Easter Video Resources for Children, Schools and Churches

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Free Video Downloads: Discover the story of Easter through this LEGO animation, which takes us from Palm Sunday, all the way to Jesus' death and resurrection. Free Scottish Accent and Scottish Gaelic resources.

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Song from Friends and Heroes about the Last Supper and crucifixion

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Magical Little Minds - Read Along Storytime

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Kids Books Read Aloud Story 📚 I Love You to the Moon and Back By Amelia Hepworth

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I Love You Wherever You Are | A beautiful story about Mother's unwavering love

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Twas the Morning of Easter by Glenys Nellist

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‘Twas the Morning of Easter by Glenys Nellist - Storytime

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Discover the story of Easter through this LEGO animation, which takes us from Palm Sunday, all the way to Jesus’ death and resurrection. Follow the story of Jesus and His disciples and enjoy the creative, colourful sets along the way.

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The Easter Poem – Our 2016 Easter story for children

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The Story Keepers - The Easter Story - Jesus stories

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Guess How Much I Love You | Children's Book Read Aloud | Valentine's Day

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The Miracle Maker / Official Trailer (1999)

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Resurrection Eggs: The Story of Holy Week

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The Clip Clop Beat - Bob Hartman's Rhyming Bible Songs - Lyric Video

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Grow your own Easter Garden in an eco-friendly egg! Super simple to make & ideal for kids of all ages. Once the seeds have grown everything can be composted or recycled, here's how we made them.

In previous years we've made Easter Gardens in all shapes & sizes including these that we made with local school children. These Eggshell Easter Gardens are a great miniature version & so easy to put together with items most of us have at home. They're also small which means they're an ideal size to grow on a windowsill.

To Grow Your Own Easter Garden in an Egg you'll need:

:: 1 rubber band or some string

Start by creating a cross with the 2 small sticks, wrapping either a small rubber band or string around the centre to hold them in place. We found it easier & quicker to use a rubber band.

This cross reminds us of the one that Jesus died on on Good Friday.

Next pop your eggshell into an eggcup or small container & fold your kitchen paper until it's small enough to fit inside the egg. The eggshell reminds of the tomb where they laid Jesus body after he died & the kitchen paper reminds us of the white linen they used to wrap his body.

Pour over a little water so the paper starts to swell & then sprinkle over your cress seeds.

The water reminds of the tears that people cried when Jesus died, & the seeds remind us of the promise He gave, that He would return to them even though it seemed like it was the end.

Push your cross into the centre of the paper & pop your Easter garden onto a windowsill so it gets as much sunlight as possible. Remember to keep an eye on the growing seeds & gently water if the kitchen paper is looking dry.

In a few days your cress will sprout & the shoots of new life will grow all around your cross. A reminder that Jesus rose again on Easter Day.

After around 6-7 days your cress will be fully grown & ready to eat. Perfect to add to an egg sandwich!

If you're wanting your Easter Garden to be ready for Easter Day, an ideal time to start making it would be Palm Sunday.

Once you've finished with the cress in your Easter Garden, remove the rubber band from the cross & place everything else in a compost bin. Save the rubber band for another craft, or keep it safe to make another Easter Garden next year.

If you're looking for more ideas to explore Good Friday with young children you might like these.

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Grow your own Easter Garden in an eco-friendly egg! Super simple to make & ideal for kids of all ages. Once the seeds have grown everything can be composted or recycled, here's how we made them. In previous years we've made Easter Gardens in all shapes & sizes including these that we made with local school children.

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Ron's  Gone Wrong - Family Film Night Resource

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‍Babies and young children are welcome to stay in the service, but we also provide a crèche with PVG-checked volunteers, toys and games.

Junior Church (3-12)
AUC Junior Church offers children and young people a safe and friendly experience of the Christian community where they can feel respected and valued. Our activities range from baking to movie-making, creating collaborative pictures to co-operation games. We meet during the Sunday morning service.

The children participate in the beginning of the main service and then leave for Junior Church, often returning at the end. Four times a year we celebrate all-age worship, and children are invited to participate in delivering the service if they want.

‍Sunday 11am

‍ Where to find us
‍ 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL

Find out more about our church and what we do Find us on facebook.

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Children's Ministry - Welcome to the Children's Ministry page. We hope you enjoy your visit. Use this page to find out what's on in your area, what's happening in Synod, free resources for you to use and more.

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All About Easter:  A Resurrection Rhyme - Read by author Bob Hartman

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Yancy & Little Praise Party - Hosanna Rock [OFFICIAL PRESCHOOL MUSIC VIDEO] Palm Sunday Song

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ALLELUIA is a joyful expression meaning Praise the Lord! During Lent we omit the word Alleluia from our worship. Lent is a quiet, reflective season in the church year. Easter is a festive celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection when our Alleluias ring again loud and clear! Alleluia! Happy Easter! This…

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Today I am bringing you another kids craft courtesy of my mom, Christine Wolzl. It looks like a great little craft to help your kids understand the Easter story and most of the supplies you likely already have around your house. If you aren't a religious person, I still love the little cave idea to use for a bunny home this time of year or even as a bear den to help your kids learn about hibernation!

Sunday is Palm Sunday, and the beginning of Holy Week. A lot happens in the final week of the life of Christ, so I created a set of props to help your young child learn about and retell the story. Too often the real story of Easter gets lost in the excitement of bunnies, eggs and chocolate. Making this project with your child will help your child experience the real reason why we have Easter. The original idea for the paper plate resurrection tomb came from a couple of ideas found on Pintrest. I took that idea and expanded it to include Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday as well as Easter Sunday. It is an easy and fun craft to do with your child, and the props will help them share the story with others.
Here is how to make it:

Collect the items you will need:

a Styrofoam or paper plate (dinner sized)

a paper lunch bag

cardstock; white for the patterns, green for the palms, and assorted colours for little flowers

3 popsicle sticks

permanent Sharpie markers

Crayola or other regular markers

glue gun

scissors

craft glue

Cut the Styrofoam plate in half.
Glue the two halves of the plate together with a glue gun. Cut a tomb entrance in the front half plate.

Make a popsicle cross by cutting one of the sticks in half and gluing it to the full stick with your glue gun. I trimmed the rounded edges off as well, using a pair of pruning snips.

In the back half plate of the tomb, punch a small hole and insert the popsicle stick cross. I used a bit of glue gun glue to hold the cross in place.

Decorate the front of the tomb with grass, flowers, and stone work. Use permanent Sharpie markers as regular markers will rub off. The flowers can be drawn on with the Sharpie markers, or can be made from coloured card stock with a punch, or cut out freehand. The flowers and grass represent the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus goes to pray after his Last Supper, and where he is betrayed to the soldiers by Judas.

Download the pictures of Jesus and the bread and wine, and print them on white card stock. I have sized both images for this project in this Holy Week Craft Images pdf download.

The original Jesus image can be found here: http://familyfeastandferia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/JonahProjectJonah.pdf and the bread and wine can be found here: https://missionbibleclass.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/d07_meaning-of-lords-supper.png

Colour and cut out the Jesus figure. Cut a V notch out of the top of the figure in the white area. (The notch has to be big enough for Jesus to fit over the top of the cross.)

Colour and cut out the bread and wine picture. Glue onto a 2 inch by 3 inch piece of purple card stock which has been folded in half like a tent. This represents the table at the Last Supper.

From a piece of green card stock make 2 palm leaves and glue them to the top of the popsicle stick. This represents Palm Sunday.

Open a paper bag and then scrunch it up into a ball. This will be the stone in front of the tomb.
Line the props up in this order: Jesus, palm branch, bread and wine, tomb and stone.

As you read or tell the story of Holy Week, have your child do the actions with Jesus. You can tell the story in your own words, read a children's story of Holy Week, or read the sequence from out of the Bible.

For Pam Sunday, wave the palms in front of Jesus.

For Holy Thursday, have your child move Jesus behind the table with the bread and wine.

Then move Jesus in front of the flowers. This is the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus is praying.

For Good Friday, have your child hang Jesus on the cross (the notch made in the top of the Jesus figure slips over the top of the cross.)

Then take Jesus down from the cross, put him in the tomb, and roll the stone in front of the tomb.

For Easter Sunday, roll the stone away and bring the risen Jesus out of the tomb.

I hope you enjoy making this Holy Week craft with your child. Have a faith filled Easter!

I am a pinterest loving, party planning, bargain hunting, do it yourself-ing mom of two. I have a degree in graphic design but am lucky enough to spend my days at home with my two wonderful children Camden (5) and Keira (3). Rounding out the craziness in our home is our basset hound/bulldog Bassanova and our bantam bulldog Rumbull. I always have a project or two on the go and love sharing my ideas with others. View all posts by chantelledoll

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Cross Fingerprint Craft - AWANA Cubbies Bear Hug #18 or Wonderful Easter Craft

This craft has a lot of meaning behind it. I have such a heart for the message here. It's simple, but if you can grasp it, it is one of the most important lessons you will learn - you and your kids. It will transform your lives. This cross it made up of fingerprints. It's not just one child's fingerprints. This is meant to be made up of an entire class of kids who are making their individual mark. The message today is about the cross. The Christian message is simple: "All have sinned..." Romans 3:23. "While we were...sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8. "Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures." 1 Corinthians 15:3. We were born into the world as sinners. We can do nothing on our own to become good enough to earn salvation from a holy God. We need a savior who loves us so much that he would go through an agonizing death on the cross and become the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. His death replaced the Jewish blood sacrifice system originally established by God. This system was a foreshadowing of what would happen to the unblemished "Lamb of God" on the cross. The message of this craft I want to make very clear. As each child puts their unique fingerprint on the cross, I want them to see that Christ died for them. As you do this with an entire class, I believe it will be powerful to see each child make their mark.

As a introduction to those just checking in, I have been doing an AWANA Cubbies series to help out the leaders of my church. I create the crafts and prep them for our hardworking teachers. The entire series can be found if you hover over my "crafts" tab, or you can access it through this link. These are Bible crafts that can be taught at Cubbies, in your home, in your school or at Sunday School.

First off you will need a variety of colors of Acrylic Craft Paint

. You only use a little bit, and I love to have craft paint on hand for a variety of projects. Buying up a bunch of these will definitely be useful for other crafts in the future. Ideally, you'd have one color for each child so they can identify their unique fingerprint on the cross. Another option is to use stamp pads

, but there's not as much variety in color, and it would be more expensive to buy up a bunch of them. For smaller classes, the 8 color stamp pad I linked to might work.

I made a couple printables for this project to make life easier for you. One of the printables has the verses and the other one is just a plain cross. I recognize that people will use these for different purposes and want to give both options. If you have a lot of kids in your AWANA, Sunday School or school class, I imagine having a bunch of these lined up in a row and the kids lining up and moving down the papers one at a time, making their imprint on each one.

I use a paper plate for my pallet. It makes for an easy clean-up. You can put all of the paint colors out at one time (as pictured above) or let the kids choose their color and then squeeze it out. This was my sample project, so I just did it all at one time. If I was doing this with a line of kids, I would do one paint color at a time and squeeze as they chose.

One by one, kids come up and add their fingerprint color to the cross. To fill the entire cross, you will probably need them each to do a number of their color fingerprints spread out throughout the cross, depending on the number of kids. This can be a very exciting time or a solemn time as you encourage the kids to understand that Christ died on the cross for each one of them. I hope this activity can bring meaning to the kids in your circle of influence.

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At our one and only MOPS (Moms of Preschoolers) meeting of March (sniffle), we discussed the importance of sharing the Easter message with our children. The resurrection really is the touchstone of our faith, yet we generally put more spiritual emphasis on Christmas than Easter. So let's talk about religious Easter crafts for kids, y'all!

Religious Easter Crafts for Kids

But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. - I Corinthians 15: 13-14

After discussing the importance of Easter and talking about different religious Easter crafts for kids to help present the Easter story to them, we created these little Resurrection Gardens together.
Keep reading after the Resurrection Garden tutorial for more activities and religious Easter crafts for kids to use this season.
How to Make an Easter Resurrection Garden

For each Resurrection garden you will need:

1 12″ terra cotta pot base

1 3″ terra cotta pot

grass seeds

spray bottle

potting soil

craft moss

pebbles

small sticks

jute or twine

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1. Lay the pot on its side toward the back of the plate as pictured.
2. Spray the top of the pot and the back half of the place liberally with water
3. Cover with potting soil as shown then spray soil with water. Pack the moist soil as tightly as you can adding more water if needed
4. Sprinkle grass seeds over area then top with a little bit more soil to cover the seeds. Spray with more water.

5. Place moss in front of pot opening.
6. Add pebbles on top of moss
7. Lay two stick in the shape of a cross, then use jute or twine to wrap around the intersection of the sticks to hold them together.

8. Place cross in the soil to the side of the pot.

Continue to spray the soil each day until grass sprouts. I let Sweet T spray it each day and every time we do, we go over a very simple Easter verse.

He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Matthew 26:8a

Resurrection Garden Religious Easter Craft

Resurrection Garden Religious Easter Craft

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Here are some other fun religious preschool Easter crafts to help you share the Easter story with your kids.

Religious Easter Crafts for Preschoolers

Egging - I love that this Easter activity combines fun, sharing our faith, and an act of kindness all in one!

You've been egged in a good way!

Resurrection Eggs - These are effective even with very small children. We made these Christian Easter crafts for preschoolers during my very first year at MOPS.

Resurrection Rolls - Teach your children about Jesus and have your bread ready for Easter dinner!

Easter Resurrection Rolls

Grace Garden - This is similar to the Resurrection Garden but on a larger and longer-lasting scale. Hubs and I are waiting until the last frost to fill the containers on the porch. I think this is what should go in one of them! What a fun way to share the message of the resurrection with visitors to your home too.

Easter Sunrise Craft - No need to wake the kids up before dawn for an Easter object lesson thanks to this craft. 😉

Egg Carton Cross - For after the eggs are decorated

And if you're more the type to enjoy bunnies and eggs during the Easter season, try making bunny bait or yarn Easter eggs with your littles.

Happy Easter! Enjoy these religious Easter crafts for kids with your whole family.

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These Christ-centered Easter Crafts will help you and your family focus on the real reason we celebrate Easter - our Lord Jesus Christ.

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If your kiddos enjoy getting a little messy when crafting, then making these marbled paper Easter Eggs with shaving cream is the perfect craft project for them!

Spring is such a fun time of the year...the weather is finally starting to warm up (hopefully!) and I love crafting with all the pretty pastel, spring colors. Everything is so fresh and new again. I also love making decorations the spring holidays - St. Patrick's Day is one of my favorites, and of course Easter!

This is a great craft to make on a rainy (or snowy) day and the marbled paper technique can be used for other shapes, too!

Supplies
shaving cream
card stock cut into egg shapes
acrylic paint
tray or box lid
paintbrush, toothpick, or fork
newspapers & paper towels
scraper tool

How to Make Marbled Paper Easter Eggs

Right away this craft gets messy! Spray shaving cream onto a tray or box lid and have the kids spread it around. I actually used a cookie sheet lined with tin foil to make clean-up a little easier.

Let the kids decide on the colors of paint they want to use for their marbled paper and squirt it on top of the shaving cream. Make paint drops, lines, squiggles...be creative!

Then using a toothpick or another pointy tool (fork, paintbrush) start dragging the paint through the shaving cream. Make straight lines back and forth. Then do it again, but this time go up and down to start creating a marbled look.

Now time to get messier! Younger kids could need a little help with this step. Take the paper egg and place it on top of the shaving cream. Apply a little pressure to push it down into the paint & shaving cream, then pull it up and place on newspaper for a few minutes.

Using some sort of scraper tool (I used an old gift card) scrape off the shaving cream and let the paint dry for a bit.

As you make more Easter eggs, the paint will start to become less marbled looking and more blotchy looking...but it still looks fun and I bet the kids won't mind too much!

Once the paint has dried, display your eggs for Easter. I attached mine to some twine to make a little Easter banner to hang up in our house.

This project was first shared as a contributor post on A Night Owl.

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If your kiddos enjoy getting a little messy when crafting, then making these marbled paper Easter Eggs with shaving cream is the perfect craft project for them! Spring is such a fun time of the year...the weather is finally starting to warm up (hopefully!) and I love crafting with all the pretty pastel, spring colors.

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These felt Easter eggs are easy to make and better for the environment! Learn how to make your own reusable Easter eggs with this easy tutorial.
As I've written several times lately, reducing our waste is one of our family goals this year. To help with this goal, we decided to make our own fillable Easter eggs out of felt! These eggs are super easy to make, reusable, and eco-friendly. I'm also including a free printable pattern. I hope you enjoy!

DIY fillable felt Easter eggs
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These cute eggs are a fillable pocket that's perfect for holding small treats and candy!

If you missed the link above, download your Easter egg felt pattern here
Related: Toddler Easter basket stuffers that aren't plastic junk
How to make fillable felt Easter eggs

Print your pattern and cut out the pieces.

Hold each pattern piece in place against your felt and trace around using a fabric marker. Tailor's chalk or even a fine tip Sharpie will work, too! You will need all three pattern pieces for each egg. I made my eggs the same color front and back, but you can do whatever you'd like!

Cut right along the line or just to the inside to avoid seeing any marks on your finished egg. You can also just make sure the marked side is "inside" when you stitch.

If you'd like to embellish your eggs, now is the time! I cut out some rough circles and tacked them down with a simple "X" of embroidery floss. You could cut other shapes with your felt, or even use ricrac. There's a really cute little flower piece in this felt tiki bookmark pattern that would look nice, too!

Once you eggs are decorated, it's time to add the back. I experimented with several different ways of doing this and found I preferred having the bottom portion of the back on the "outside."

Cut approximately 18″ of embroidery floss and separate it in half. Floss comes with 6 strands - carefully separate 3 of the strands so you now have two 18″ pieces with 3 strands each. Thread your needle and tie a knot on the tail end.

Begin by holding the upper back piece in place (You can also it in place if you'd like). Start stitching about an inch up one side, as shown. Insert the needle from the back to the front of the back piece only. This hides the knot and tail of thread.

Stitch the two egg pieces together. I did a simple running stitch fairly close to the edge, but you can do something more elaborate if you'd like.

When you get about an inch away from the opposite edge of your upper back piece, hold the bottom back piece in place.
You can secure your floss however you'd like, but there is an easy way to tie a knot in thread.
They will overlap. Stitch through all three thicknesses of felt once you reach this place. Keep stitching around until you reach the beginning!

Place your needle near where your sewing ends. Wrap your floss around the needle three times, then carefully draw the needle through the wraps to create a little knot!

I know I have photos of the process somewhere, but until I can find them please check out this tutorial on how to tie a knot for hand sewing from Our Daily Craft if you need help!

Stuff your eco-friendly Easter eggs and enjoy using them for years to come!

If you're interested in reducing your family's waste, you may also enjoy learning how to make your own beeswax wrap!
Once again, I hope you enjoyed learning how to make your own eco-friendly fillable Easter eggs!
The book Zero Waste Home is a fantastic resource that tells how the author reduced her family's waste, even though she has children. It's inspirational to those of us with little ones!

I you're interested in reducing your plastic consumption and use, you may also enjoy these posts!

Non-Toxic Easter basket stuffers for toddlers

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DIY Eco-Friendly Fillable Easter Eggs (with free printable pattern!)

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Notan is a Japanese concept that focuses on the play of light and dark. This fun cut paper heart uses the classic heart shape and combines it with a bright and beautiful watercolor background.

Supplies for this Notan heart painting...

The bare bones of this project are paper, scissors, and glue. Any paper in contrasting colors will make the repeating heart shapes "pop." Grab construction paper or colored copy paper- this Astrobright selection is my favorite!

The examples use watercolor paintings done on student grade watercolor. (It's totally worth the slight bump in price, I promise!) And if you choose to incorporate painted paper you will, of course, need paints!

Painting with watercolors...

Traditional Notan art doesn't include a variety of textures or color. It's all about bold shapes and the contrast of light and dark. I love the addition of color and texture to this cut paper art- but you can choose your path here!

Encourage your kiddos to choose a color scheme. The examples here are painted in analogous colors. Check out this color theory printable for more information on color schemes and color theory.

The fun textures in the paintings are easy watercolor techniques that involve plastic wrap and salt in wet watercolor paint. These techniques are so simple but result in such striking textures! Get the details on these watercolor techniques and more in this post!

Cut paper hearts...

Start with the same size paper for the cut paper heart as was used in the background. Fold the paper in half and cut a heart shape. Cut that paper heart in half on the fold line, or the line of symmetry.

Set one half of the heart aside. You will need only one side of the heart shape for this project!

Notan hearts...

Now that you have half a heart shape- every piece of that shape will be included in the art work. Follow alongside the outside edge of the heart, cutting a heart outline about 1/2″ to 1″ thick. These pieces can be thicker or thinner depending on how intricate the final piece will be.

Now here's the really, really important part. Arrange each piece of the heart on the paper as a mirror image. Cut one piece and then immediately flip it, like a mirror, directly across from the piece from which it was cut. Then cut another piece from the larger shape and do the same, assembling as you go.

Assembling 5-6 random pieces can be very difficult. (Especially if your paper looks the same front and back!) Trust me you want to keep track of the pieces as you work!) Don't worry about gluing anything yet, just keep laying them in place.

Glue the cut paper heart...

When each piece of the heart is cut and arranged on your bright and beautiful background its time to glue! Start by gluing one side of the heart and then move to the next largest heart shape and arrange it so that the inside points touch. Line up each piece of the heart shapes on the of symmetry of the heart. (If your kids aren't familiar with the concept of symmetry check out this free printable on the concept of symmetry.)

Move back and forth from one side to the next, lining them up.

Want to make your Notan heart right alongside me...

Do you love learning by watching? As an art teacher I find that video can be worth a thousand words. Follow along with the video above and I'll show you the process to create your own Notan heart art, step by step!

More heart art...

Check out this stained glass inspired heart painting!

These cut paper heart cards are so easy and so boldly striking!

These woven watercolor hearts are so pretty and great practice at basic weaving skills!

These DIY ring dishes are so simple- the only decoration needed is a single heart made from fingerprints!

If this Notan heart art inspired you I hope you'll share this post!

Every single social media share helps me to bring you more fun projects and free printables!

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8 easy Easter painted rocks for all skill levels - Rock Painting 101

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It's Easter time again, and oh my, do we have some fun crafts in store for you! Create til your hearts content with our 16 Eco-friendly Easter Craft Ideas.

This month, we bring you all the fab ideas for a craftastic Easter, with projects like our DIY baskets and egg shell planters. The kids and adults alike are sure to have a blast recreating some of our fav crafts.

Whether you forage through nature, or dig through the craft cupboard, we're sure you'll have all you need at home to complete these sustainable crafts.

What's more exciting than getting your craft on? Our Sarika and Sage creative challenge is back for the first time this year! Yep, you heard correctly. For a chance to win a $100 voucher to shop online with us, post a photo of your Easter craft to Instagram, and tag your image with #createwithsarika! Entries close April 19th, and the winner will be announced on Instagram shortly after.

Ready to start embarking on a craft journey until the Easter bunny arrives?

Here we have our 16 eco-friendly Easter Craft Ideas...
1- Egg Candles What You Need
Eggs, wax (I just used some old taper candles I had), wick (I used the wick from the aforementioned candles), spoon or popsicle stick to stir, bio glitter (optional)
Directions: 2- DIY Carrot What You Need
Wool, glue, green felt, tissue paper roll
Directions 3- Easter Gift Jar What You Need
Jar, paint, sponge, easter shaped sticker, ribbon, glue, paintbrush, bio glitter
Directions

Place a sticker onto your jar where you would like your window to be. We used an egg shape, but you could use anything you have.

Paint the jar using a sponge and make sure you have an even coat. You may need to do this step twice.

Once the paint is dry, remove the sticker carefully.

We painted glue around the egg shaped window, and then we sprinkled on some bio glitter.

Add some sweet treats to your jar, place the lid on top and tie some ribbon around for a thoughtful gift.

4- Blueberry Playdough Bunnies

Images by @meishaclaire
What You Need
Blueberries, water, pot, flowers, rollers, circle cutters
Directions

Bring a handful of blueberries to boil and then simmer until water is coloured.

Strain and use the water in your favourite playdough recipe.

Roll out playdough and make 3 small circles for the heads and 3 larger circles for the bodies.

Decorate with flowers or pieces from the garden

5- Egg Shell Planters What You Need
Eggs, paint & paint pens (optional), soil, plants
Directions

Break eggs near the top and empty the insides- save it for some scrambled eggs later!

Clean the inside with water and allow them to dry.

Paint outside of egg shells as you like. My kids opted to mix all the colours together to create a murky green haha. Once dry, they then chose to draw easter images on them with paint pens.

Fill with soil and either plant seeds or put hearty plants like succulents inside.

6- Nature Eggs
Images by @our_life_behind_the_lens
What You Need
Cardboard, scissors, glue, nature treasures, string
Directions

Cut Easter egg shapes from recycled cardboard.

Use pieces of nature you have collected on your walks to cover and create patterns.

Add string if you wish to hang as decoration.

7- Easter Baskets
Images by @sweet.little.soul
What You Need
Cardboard cup, scissors, twine, hot glue gun.
Directions

Cut even vertical strips down the sides of your cup. You will need to have an odd number of strips though.

Start gluing on twine and wrapping it around the base until you reach your cuts.

Weave under and over all the way until the top.

To make the top look neater we wrapped twine around the last 2 rows and secured with glue.

Cut 30cm lengths of twine and braid them together to form the handle.

Secure the handle to your basket and you're done.

8- Clay Easter Tags
Images by @meishaclaire
What You Need
Air dry clay, Easter shape cutters, string, nature paint, decorations (we used bio glitter and flowers), skewer, rolling pins, small dish of water.
Directions 9- Bunny Ears What You Need
Cardboard/thick paper, stencil, scissors, paint (we used the Sarika & Sage nature paints!) and paintbrush, pressed nature items, glue, string
Directions

Draw bunny ears template on to cardboard/thick paper and cut out with scissors.

Let your child paint to their liking.

Once dry, adhere flowers and leaves with glue - we used PVA.

Poke holes in to the sides and attach string or ribbon.

10- Dyed Eggshells
Images by @our_life_behind_the_lens
What You Need
Eggshells, vinegar, food dye, water, vinegar
Directions

Place the eggshells jar with water, vinegar and food dye.

Let sit for 2 hours.

Dry on paper towel.

Decorate with nature pieces if you wish.

11- Wet Felted Eggs What You Need
Wool roving, bowls, water, towels, dish detergent
Directions

We gathered 5 colours of roving from our craft cupboard (about 10g of each).

Split each colour into 3 parts (they don't need to be equal).

Fill a bowl with hot water (warm if the kids are working on this project too). You'll also need cold water in a 2nd bowl.

Roll the roving into balls and make sure you're rotating the wool around when you roll.

Squirt a pea sized drop of detergent into your hand, and then dip your wool ball into the warm/hot water.

Start rolling the wool around in your hands very gently at the beginning. Increase the pressure once you feel your ball begin to harden.

Dip your ball into the warm/hot water as needed.

Once your happy with the firmness of your ball, you can begin shaping it into an egg. I find the easiest way to do this is by rolling in my hands and putting more pressure on one side to form the tip of the egg. You can also shape by pushing your fingers in a vertical motion.

After you've finished shaping the eggs rinse them in the cold water and allow them to dry for about 2 days.

12- Bunny Binoculars
Images by @meishaclaire
What You Need
Two toilets rolls, stapler, glue, nature paint, two pipe cleaners, brown paper, flowers
Directions

Place toilet rolls side by side and staple each end to secure.

Roll brown paper around pipe cleaners and flatten out, glue to secure.

Paint toilet rolls. Allow to dry.

Make ear shapes with pipe cleaners and slide in between the middle of toilet rolls.

Place glue in front of ears and decorate with flowers.

13- Fizzing Eggs
Images by @mumma_and_her_cooks
What You Need
Bi-carb soda, water, vinegar. I added some Sarika and Sage nature paints, for an added surprise once the fizzing began, but you could also hide a little toy inside.
Directions

Mix bi-carb soda and some water in a bowl, I just guessed the amounts - you just don't want the mixture to feel too wet.

Just add some more bi-carb if it does. Take some of the mixture, and flatten it on your hand. Spoon on a bit of nature paint and then mould the mixture into an egg shape. I put the eggs into the freezer for about 15-30 minutes to help keep them together. Now you can use a dropper with vinegar to watch the Easter eggs fizz away...

14- Pinecone Bunnies
Images by @mumma_and_her_cooks
What You Need
A pine cone, a couple of pods and a bit of wool fluff for the tail. I just used a felt ball.
Directions
Use a hot glue gun to stick the pods to the pine cone for cute little bunny ears. And then to complete, stick a white bunny tail onto its bottom.
15- Eggshell Bunnies
Images by @sweet.little.soul
What You Need
Cardboard toilet roll, eggshells, wool felt sheets, cardboard sheet, hot glue gun, scissors, pen/texta
Directions 16- Easter Nature Art What You Need
Leaves, sticks, grass, paper, glue and an imagination
Directions
Use your imagination to create your own piece of nature art. You could make a bunny, bird, chick, or even some cute speckled eggs.
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If you like our 17 eco-friendly Easter craft ideas, you might also want to read last years Easter blog- Easter Crafts.

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It's Easter time again, and oh my, do we have some fun crafts in store for you! Create til your hearts content with our 16 Eco-friendly Easter Craft Ideas. This month, we bring you all the fab ideas for a craftastic Easter, with projects like our DIY baskets and egg shell planters.

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Create these easy cross pencil toppers that are perfect for Sunday school or for crafting at your kitchen table.

Cross Pencil Toppers

This easy craft is great for groups of kids of all ages. It uses pipe cleaners to create a simple cross shape with a red or pink heart in the center. (You can technically use a variety of colors for the heart.)

Create a cross and heart pencil topper while making your Easter craft, for Valentine's day or during Sunday School lessons. Whenever you want to show that Jesus Loves You.

Plus, as an added bonus, this craft promotes fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and following instructions. We love it when you can sneak learning into craft time.

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No time to make this cross craft now? Pin it for later!

If you're currently in the middle of planning your Sunday School lesson, save this pin and come back to it when you're ready to create. That way you'll be able to grab all the fun crafts when you're ready!

Why we love pipe cleaner crafts

Pipe cleaners are an amazing and frugal craft supply. You can purchase them at any crafts supply store or even the dollar store. Plus, they are fantastic for sneaking learning into your craft time.

Crafting with chenille stems promotes:

fine motor skills

hand-eye coordination

following instructions

teaches colors

practice counting

and more!

Because of all this skill-building. It's great for younger children and crafting during school time. Plus a lot of the craft projects can be used afterward for playing, decorating, or sharing.

Tips for making this Sunday School craft:

The Older children can handle all of the steps, but younger kids may need help cutting the pipe cleaners in half.

If you are crafting with a lot of kids, cut all of the heart pieces ahead of time.

Once created, the pencil topper can easily be removed and added to a different pencil. Which makes them great for kids to give as gifts.

Let kids create their crosses in different colors instead of just using brown

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More pipe cleaner crafts you will love!

Animal Pipe Cleaner Crafts - grab some googly eyes and create some fun creatures!
A pipe cleaner tree - Use a green pipe cleaner and some construction paper for this fine motor craft for kids.
- Use popsicle sticks and small pieces of pipe cleaners to create adorable love bugs.

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Easy Cross Pencil Toppers made from Pipe Cleaners

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Create these easy cross pencil toppers that are perfect for Sunday school or for crafting at your kitchen table. This easy craft is great for groups of kids of all ages. It uses pipe cleaners to create a simple cross shape with a red or pink heart in the center.

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DIY Easter Decorations: Top 10 Eco-friendly Ideas - Ecobnb

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Easter is around the corner! Why don’t we try some new kind of Easter decorations this year? Take a look at these Top 10 Eco-friendly DIY decorations!

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Telling the Easter Story and Jesus' Resurrection with Eggs

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It’s been a tradition in Christian families for years to us plastic eggs to teach children the meaning of Easter and the story of Jesus’ resurrection. While there are many Christian stores that sell the Resurrection Egg (TM) kits, I’ve found that making them on your own is fairly easy if you have th…

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I made a printable book that tells the story of Holy Week for children. The story is adapted from the book of Matthew, and the story is illustrated by your child and his or her handprints. 🙂

Each handprint picture is designed to be loads of fun, and easy to replicate! Even the youngest of children can participate in a handprint craft, and the craft also becomes a keepsake to be treasured. Imagine pulling this book out for years to come to read it to your children and grandchildren, saying things like "look how small your mommy's hand used to be!"

Each of your children can create their own individual books, or your family can work together towards making one book to be enjoyed by all. (If you do this, I suggest writing the name of the handprint artist in on each page.)

This book is simple to put together! Just print the page, then follow the handprint directions to complete the illustrations and make it your own.

If you absolutely hate paint mess, you can trace hands onto construction paper, cut, glue them onto the pages, and embellish with magic markers. Or if your child likes to draw, they can simply use the printable pages and illustrate the book with their own pictures.
Pages In This Book:

1 printable cover with a cross and directions for brightening it up with fingerprints

2 pages for Palm Sunday where Jesus rides the donkey into Jerusalem and the people cheer "Hosanna" with palm branches

1 page for Holy Monday that tells the story of the people selling at the temple and Jesus overturning the tables

1 page for Holy Tuesday that tells about Jesus teaching at the temple, and highlights Jesus' new commandment of love

1 page for Spy Wednesday where Judas schemes to turn Jesus in for 30 pieces of silver

6 pages for Holy Thursday- Jesus predicts Judas' betrayal, the first Eucharist, Jesus washes the feet of the disciples, Jesus' prediction of the denial from Peter, and Jesus takes them to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray.

4 pages for Good Friday- Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss, Peter denies Jesus, Pilot washes his hands of judgment, and Jesus is crucified.

1 page for Holy Saturday- Jesus is inside the sealed tomb

2 pages for Easter Sunday- an angel is at the tomb, and Jesus is risen!

That makes 19 pages total for the book, but I do offer an "abridged" alternative that only needs 9 pages to be completed.
Features Of This Download:

The download includes the story of Holy Week adapted from the Bible, and written in words that children can understand, but is not watered down

Colorful, hand-drawn borders surrounding each page

Full directions to complete each handprint illustration

Tips for making your handprint crafts successful

Options for binding your books

List of needed supplies

How to make "footprints" with your hand (for children whose feet are too big to fit on the page)

Different methods of completing the book

A possible schedule that follows Holy Week for completing the pages

A list that organizes the pages by color of paint used to make stamping the hands efficient

A list of pages to complete for an "abridged" version where you only need to complete 9 pages

The download of this book is available for just $8!
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My kids made these last year, and they loved every minute of it! It was a great way to learn about the story as Holy Week went along, and I know we are going to cherish these books for years to come. We spiraled ours, and I'm keeping them in my Easter stuff to be pulled out and enjoyed each year. 🙂
A few notes on things people are asking about: I called Holy Wednesday "Spy Wednesday" on purpose- it's an alternate name for that day. You can read about it here. There were a few typos on my original draft that I printed and did handprints on, however, they have been fixed in the final version, so pay no attention to what it says on the pages in the photographs.

Silly rabbit! Easter is for Jesus!!!
You can find all of my Christ-centered resources for Easter here.
Make it about the lamb, not the bunny!

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Holy Week In Handprints- A Craft For Every Day Of Holy Week

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I made a printable book that tells the story of Holy Week for children. The story is adapted from the book of Matthew, and the story is illustrated by your child and his or her handprints. 🙂 Each handprint picture is designed to be loads of fun, and easy to replicate!

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This little knitted chick is quick and easy. He will make a great hanging festive Easter decoration or add him as a little 'extra' gift this year. He will make a great heirloom for years to come.

Made with oddments of orange and yellow double knitting yarn and a length of black for the eyes. You will need a little toy stuffing. 3mm single pointed needles were used. It is about 9cm tall when finished.

Abbreviations : k - knit. p - purl. st - stitch. tog-together. st-st - Stocking Stitch (k1row, p1row).

Main Body - Make 1

With yellow, cast on 10 sts
Purl 1 row
Next: increase into every stitch (20 sts)
Purl 1 row
Next: (k1, inc1) to end (30 sts)
Starting with a purl row, st-st 11 rows
Next: k2tog to end (15 sts)
Neck : Purl 1 row
Next: (inc1, inc1, k1) to end (25 sts)
Starting with a purl row, st-st 9 rows
Next: k2tog to last stitch, k1 (13 sts)
Purl 1 row
Draw thread through the remaining stitches and pull tight.

Sew down the row ends, add stuffing and seal up.

Beak - Make 2

Make one for upper beak and one for lower beak
With orange, cast on 10 sts
Knit 1 row
Draw thread through the stitches and pull tight

Tie in the row ends. Place two pieces together so the ridged knit rows are together, it will make the beak part slightly.

Attach the beak at the front at the neck. Sew two eyes in black immediately above the beak and one stitch apart.

Feet - Make 2

With orange, follow the instructions for the beak. Make 1 piece for each foot.

Attach the foot to either side of the front, lower body.

Wings - Make 2

With yellow, cast on 14 sts
Purl 1 row
Next: inc1, knit to last stitch, inc1
Complete the last 2 rows until there are 22 sts on the needle
Purl 1 row
Next: k2tog to end (11 sts)
Draw thread through the remaining stitches and pull tight

Sew down the row ends, the seam should be under the wing in the centre. Attach the cast on edge to the neck with a wing at either side of the body.

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This little knitted chick is quick and easy. He will make a great hanging festive Easter decoration or add him as a little 'extra' gift this year. He will make a great heirloom for years to come. Made with oddments of orange and yellow double knitting yarn and a length of black for the eyes.

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Resurrection eggs are colourful plastic or wooden eggs that help children engage with the Easter story. Each egg includes a Bible verse and an object or objects to symbolise that part of the Easter story.

Children can also make their own resurrection eggs by choosing the symbols themselves.

There are 12 eggs in all finishing with an empty egg to symbolise the resurrection.

Below are suggestions for symbols and verses that could be used:

1 The triumphal entry into Jerusalem

(Palm Sunday)

The crowds that went ahead of him, and those that followed shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David."
Matthew 21: 1-11; Mark 11: 1-11; Luke 19: 28-44; John 12: 12-19

Symbols:

palm leaf (real or paper); felt cloak; plastic/wooden donkey

2 Jesus at the temple

(Monday of Holy Week)

"It is written," he said to them, "my house will be a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers."
Matthew 21: 12-13; Mark 11: 15-18; Luke 19: 45-46

Symbols:

plastic/wooden/felt/paper dove

3 Jesus is anointed at Bethany

(Tuesday of Holy Week)

A woman came with a jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.
Matthew 26: 6-13; Mark 14: 3-9

Symbols:

perfume dropped on cotton wool

4 Judas agrees to betray Jesus

(Wednesday of Holy Week)

Then Judas Iscarriot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.
Matthew 26: 14-16; Mark 14: 10-11; Luke 22: 1-6;
John 13: 2

Symbols:

silver coins

5 The last supper

(Maundy Thursday)

"This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."
Matthew 26: 17-30; Mark 14: 12-26; Luke 22: 7-38; John 13: 1-30

Symbols:

wooden chalice and plate; clay/fimo bread; towelling

6 The Garden of Gethsemane

(Maundy Thursday)

"My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me."
Matthew 26: 36-56; Mark 14: 32-52; Luke 22: 39-53; John 18: 1-17

Symbols:

praying figure (pipe cleaner); silver chalice; play sword

7 The Passion

(Maundy Thursday)

The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again saying, "Hail, king of the Jews."
Matthew 26: 57-68 and 27: 11-31; Mark 14: 53-65 and 15: 1-20; Luke 22: 63 to 23: 65; John 18: 12-14 and 19-24; 19: 1-16

Symbols:

purple felt; rose thorns; string whip

8 Peter denies Christ

(Maundy Thursday)

"Before the cock crows today, you will disown me three times."
Matthew 26: 69-75; Mark 14: 66-72; Luke 22: 54-62; John 18: 15-18 and 25-27

Symbols:

wooden or plastic cockerel

9 The Crucifixion

(Good Friday)

"Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."

Matthew 27: 32-56; Mark 15: 21-40; Luke 23: 26-49; John 19: 17-37

Symbols:

wooden/metal cross; nail; cocktail stick spear; sponge; INRI sign

10 The burial

(Good Friday)

Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock.
Matthew 27: 57-61; Mark 15: 42-47; Luke 23: 50-56; John 17: 38-42

Symbols:

rock, linen strip

11 The women bring spices and meet an angel

(Easter morning)

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.
Matthew 28: 1-5; Mark 16: 1-5; Luke 24: 1-5; John 20: 1-2

Symbols:

spices (cloves, star anise, cardamom, cinnamon); feathers (for angels)

12 The empty tomb

(Easter morning)

"Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen."
Matthew 28: 3-10; Mark 16: 6-11; Luke 24: 3-12; John 20: 3-18

Symbols:

leave the egg empty, but decorate the outside of the egg with flower and butterfly stickers

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Resurrection eggs are colourful plastic or wooden eggs that help children engage with the Easter story. Each egg includes a Bible verse and an object or objects to symbolise that part of the Easter story. Children can also make their own resurrection eggs by choosing the symbols themselves.

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Various crafts and activities suitable for churches and families.

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Crafts and outdoor activities for kids and families

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Printable Easter Finger Puzzle with Bible Verses - Perfect for Home or Classroom use

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Looking for a simple yet super-fun craft for Easter? This adorable Easter Finger Puzzle is perfect to make at home with your own kids or in a classroom.

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I love anything and everything that helps keep kids focused on the true meaning of Easter... and that's Jesus! The more things that I can use to point toward Christ during the season, the happier I am. For this reason, I love the concept of the "Jelly Bean Prayer", and I love to use this with my kids! I made a brand new free printable that I'm calling "The Story Of The Jelly Bean", which is different than the traditional jelly bean prayer you may have heard. You can find all of my Christ centered Easter activities for kids here. Let's take a look at the story of the jelly bean with a free jelly bean prayer printable!

Guess what? This download is now also a part of my The Symbolic Holy Week & Easter Cookbook! This cookbook includes 23 recipes that point to the true meaning of Easter. It also includes 29 pages of bonus printables! You do not want to miss this amazing resource.

Free Printable Is At The Bottom

If you just want to grab your download and split, scroll to the bottom and click the blue download button with the cupcake easy peasy!

Is There Something Wrong With The Jelly Bean Prayer?

I used to have a different printable version of the jelly bean prayer here where sin is represented by the black jelly bean, and the grace of Jesus is white. It was brought to my attention (by multiple multiple readers) that this is an old concept originating from a racist mindset. I struggled with this at first, but after talking to my Aunt (who is one of the most awesome people EVER!) and several of my African American friends, I came to one conclusion. Sin and grace actually don't have colors. They are indeed colorless abstract concepts.

And now, as a good 'ol Southern girl that was born in Charleston and raised in South Carolina, I'm going to quote Dolly Patron. This is what she said when she took the name "Dixie" out of "The Dixie Stampede".

"When they said 'Dixie' is an offensive word, I thought, 'Well, I don't wanna offend anybody. This is a business. We'll just call it The Stampede,' ... You just do stuff not realizing, but as soon as you realize that it is a problem, you should fix it. Don't be a dumba**."

I also had an African American friend point me in the direction of a study where African American preschoolers were given a choice between a white baby doll or a black one, and they overwhelmingly chose white over black, associating negative traits to the black doll.

In 2010 the study was repeated, and similar results were found. Here is a quote in the conclusion of the article:

Spencer said the study points to major trends but is not the definitive word on children and race. It does lead her to conclude that even in 2010, "we are still living in a society where dark things are devalued and white things are valued."

I have no desire for the jelly bean prayer to contribute to this idea children may have, so I thought... why not write a new jelly bean prayer where the colors of the jelly beans actually represent things that are that color?

When you know better, you do better! (This is one of my favorite concepts of all time, btw.)

A Version Of The Jelly Bean Prayer That Actually Relates To Color

I decided to re-write the jelly bean prayer to actually relate the colors to the Easter story, and I love the result! I have nothing to say about this poem other than it was completely inspired by the Holy Spirit, because it honestly seemed to write itself.

The Story Of The Jelly Bean

The Story Of The Jelly Beans
White is for the bread they broke before the sad event,

Black is for the dark night in the garden where Jesus went.

Orange is for the sunrise on the day of His arrest,

Purple for the robe he wore- a "king" they called in jest.

Red is for the blood He spilled which was for me and you,

Pink is for His mother, whose heart broke into two.

The grass outside the tomb was green when Magdalene arrived,

And yellow is for her shock to find out Jesus was alive!!!

I really love the way this version of the jelly bean prayer goes through the events of the resurrection of Jesus in a chronological order, relating actual colors to the story. I hope this version of this jelly bean legend blesses your little ones this year.

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I used to charge for a version of this printable, but in an effort to change what the jelly bean prayer is, I am offering this download totally for free! Please share this link far and wide to inspire children to see Jesus' Easter story through jelly beans!

A large "story of the jelly beans" full page printable

A place card that can fold in half and stand up on a table top next to jelly beans

This same thing could be folded in half and stapled at the top of a bag of jelly beans as a "tag" on the jelly beans

Jelly bean story bookmarks

A whole lot of Easter awesomeness for kids for free!

Get your free legend of the jelly bean download now by clicking the blue button with my cupcake below!
Download Includes:
More Resources To Go With The Jelly Bean Prayer

Don't forget to check out my jelly bean bark recipe, which is the perfect pairing with this jelly bean prayer!

And check out my jelly bean display to go with this! 😁 So cute as a display and easy to make!

Silly rabbit! Easter is for Jesus!!!

Make it about the lamb, not the bunny!
You can find all of my Christ-centered resources for Easter here. And you can find all of my Lenten resources for kids here.

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The Story Of The Jelly Beans (Free Jelly Bean Prayer Printable!)

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I love anything and everything that helps keep kids focused on the true meaning of Easter... and that's Jesus! The more things that I can use to point toward Christ during the season, the happier I am. For this reason, I love the concept of the "Jelly Bean Prayer", and I love to use this with my kids!

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Free crafts, coloring pages, worksheets and other resources for kids.

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Science experiments, crafts etc. Ideal for clubs, Sunday school or at home.

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I love to celebrate Easter as a family. All the adorable spring themed crafts and activities, and cute chicks, bunnies, and eggs are awesome. But, I also want to be sure that my kids are reminded often of the REAL reason we celebrate Easter with such enthusiasm.

Today I'm sharing 19 Christ Centered Activities that are fun while also emphasizing the Christ in Easter!

Create a set of Resurrection Eggs, which help teach children the meaning of Easter. After making your eggs together, open one egg each day for the 12 days leading up to Easter.

Create an Easter Garden complete with an empty tomb to remind your children that Jesus is risen!

Gather your family for an Easter Story Family Night with fun and meaningful activities to walk through the complete Easter story as a family in one evening.

Read the book God Gave Us Easter, then use these great Easter Book Learning Activities to explore the story and meaning of Easter through book related activities.

Bake these fun Empty Tomb Rolls with your children.

Make a fun and easy cross to display with this Pom Pom Cross Activity .

Make a cross using an egg carton with this Easter Cross Craft .

This printable Easter Story Trivia Game is a great choice for helping your family learn Easter facts while also having a great time together.

While playing trivia, make these Resurrection Cookies or these Resurrection Rolls fun to signify Jesus' empty tomb.

This Easter Word Search Puzzle is a great way to keep kids busy while talking about the meaning of Easter.

Make your Easter Egg Hunt Faith focused with resources from this Faith Focused Easter Hunt .

Reenact Palm Sunday as a family with this Palm Sunday Craft.

I hope you have a wonderful time doing some of these activites wiht your family this Easter season!

He is Risen!

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19 Christ Centered Easter Activities for Families - Big Family Blessings

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I love to celebrate Easter as a family. All the adorable spring themed crafts and activities, and cute chicks, bunnies, and eggs are awesome. But, I also want to be sure that my kids are reminded often of the REAL reason we celebrate Easter with such enthusiasm.

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Everything you need for a great Easter celebration with your kids: Easter crafts, decorations, worksheets, coloring pages, baskets, egg decorating ideas, games, poems and more!

Take a look at:
DLTK's Top 10 Easter Ideas for Preschool

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2 sets of Easter prayer and reflective space activities- thinking about the themes of Easter (hope, forgiveness, new life, peace...) and exploring the Easter story (The last supper, Palm Sunday, Garden of Gethsemane, The Cross...) DOWNLOAD Easter themes activities outline DOWNLOAD Easter story activities outline DOWNLOAD Easter lesson plan DOWNLOAD Easter themes instruction cards DOWNLOAD...

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How to make your own Resurrection Eggs to help tell the Easter Story

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How To Make Your Own Resurrection Eggs

We recommend making your own Resurrection Eggs using the items listed below.
However, if you prefer, you can use our printable egg-shapedResurrection Eggs Cards instead.

Download, print and cut up these egg-shaped Resurrection Eggs Cards.

Place the items listed below (or the egg-shaped Resurrection Eggs Card) in each plastic Easter egg.
Use a permanent marker to write the corresponding number on the outside of each egg.

Items for Resurrection Eggs

Resurrection Egg #1
Any leaf to represent the palm branches that the people of Jerusalem spread on the road as they welcomed Jesus. You may like to cut the leaf to resemble a palm branch.

Resurrection Egg #2
Three coins to represent the 30 pieces of silver that Judas Iscariot received to betray Jesus.

Resurrection Egg #3
A small piece of terry cloth to represent the towel that Jesus used to dry his disciples' feet after he had washed them.

Resurrection Egg #5
A flower to represent the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus went with his disciples to pray before he was arrested.

Resurrection Egg #6
A piece of string to represent the rope that was used to tie Jesus up when he was arrested.

Resurrection Egg #7
A small stem of any plant with thorns to represent the crown of thorns that the soldiers put on Jesus' head as they mocked him.

Resurrection Egg #9
A toothpick with one tip dipped in red paint or nail polish to represent the spear used by the soldier to pierce Jesus' side.

Resurrection Egg #10
A small strip of white cloth to represent the strips of linen used to wrap the body of Jesus before he was placed in a tomb.

Resurrection Egg #11
A small stone to represent the large stone placed in front of the entrance to Jesus' tomb.

Resurrection Egg #12
Leave the 12th egg empty to represent the empty tomb.

Resurrection Eggs Script

Use this Resurrection Eggs Script to tell the story of Easter.
Download, print and cut up theResurrection Eggs Script.

Each numbered card tells part of the Easter story that corresponds to the object or image inside the Resurrection Egg.

Resurrection Egg #1 - Palm Branch

Jesus went to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. He rode into Jerusalem on a young donkey.
A large crowd spread their coats and palm branches on the road. The people shouted,
"Hosanna to the Son of David!"
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"
"Hosanna in the highest heaven!"
Matthew 21:7-9; Mark 11:7-10; Luke 19:35-38; John 12:12-13 Matthew 26:14-15; Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:3-5 Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:19-20 Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46 Matthew 26:47,50; Mark 14:43,46; Luke 22:47-48; John 18:3,12 Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 15:16-20; John 19:1-3 Matthew 27:31; Mark 15:22-24; Luke 23:33; John 19:17-18 John 19:31-34 Matthew 27:57-60; Mark 15:42-46; Luke 23:50-53; John 19:38-42 Matthew 27:59-66
Resurrection Egg #12 - Empty
On the third day after Jesus' crucifixion, the women brought spices to the tomb to anoint Jesus' body. But they saw that the stone in front of Jesus' tomb had been rolled away and the body of Jesus was not there. An angel told them, "Jesus is not here; he has risen from the dead!"
Matthew 28:1,5-7; Mark 16:1-6; Luke 24:1-6; John 20:1-2

Share the Gospel this Easter

Easter is a great time to share the message of salvation. As you celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, consider giving out unique Easter tracts such as The Lost Easter Egg Pop-up Tract during your Easter lesson, event or party. These Easter tracts feature clever pop-ups which tell the story of 3 children in search of a lost Easter egg. The 3 friends really, really want to find the lost Easter egg, just as God really, really wants to be with each one of us.

Besides telling the story of Easter with these Resurrection Eggs, you can also play some games with them. Here are several Resurrection Eggs games you can include in your lesson.

1 Resurrection Eggs Memory Game
Play a memory game with 2 sets of Resurrection Eggs.
How to Play:
Mix up all 24 opaque, unnumbered eggs and place them on a table.

Players take turns to open any two eggs.
If the eggs contain identical objects, you may keep these two eggs and open another two eggs.
Otherwise put the objects back inside the eggs and the turn passes to the next player.

Continue playing until there are no more eggs on the table.
The player who has the most Resurrection Eggs wins.

2 Resurrection Eggs Mix-up
Players must rearrange Resurrection Eggs and place them in their correct order. But each player can only look inside 2 eggs at a time.
Prepare 1 set of unnumbered Resurrection Eggs for each team.
See section above on "How to Make Your Own Resurrection Eggs" but do not write the numbers on the outside of the eggs.

Mix up each set of Resurrection Eggs and place them randomly in a row at one end of the room.
Each row should have a complete set of Resurrection Eggs but in the wrong order.
(Use egg cartons or sticky tack to keep the eggs in place.)

How to Play:
Have the players stand at the opposite end of the room.
On "go", each team sends 1 player to look inside any 2 Resurrection Eggs.
The player then rearranges the eggs to try to get them in their correct order.
When done, the player returns to other end of the room and the next player goes.

When a team is confident all their eggs are in the correct order, they must all raise their hands and shout "Happy Easter!"
The game master then checks their Resurrection Eggs.
If the order is incorrect, the team must continue playing.

The game ends when all the teams' eggs are in the correct order.

Variation for Younger Children:
For younger children, gather the players around the eggs to play.
You may also want to provide each team with this printableResurrection Eggs Order.

3 Resurrection Eggs Word Search
The Resurrection Eggs Word Search can help children remember the story of Easter. Download Resurrection Eggs Easter Word Search Download Solution to Resurrection Eggs Easter Word Search

Be sure to check out our Easter Word Search puzzles. This collection of printable word search puzzles are based on Biblical accounts of events leading to Jesus death and resurrection. Solutions to each Easter word search are provided.

4 Resurrection Eggs Hunt
In Resurrection Eggs Hunt, players must look for 1 complete set of 12 Resurrection Eggs, numbered 1 to 12.
Award Prizes for:
First player to find a complete set of 12 Resurrection Eggs.

Variation for Cooperative Play:
Play in the same way as above except there is only 1 set of Resurrection Eggs hidden, and everyone must work as a team to find all 12 hidden eggs within a given time.

5 Resurrection Eggs Spoon Relay
Players take turns to run to the opposite end of the playing area to sequentially pick up one Resurrection Egg at a time using a spoon. They must then walk back and place the egg in a row before passing the spoon to the next player. The first team to transfer all 12 Resurrection Eggs wins.
Supplies and Set-up:
Divide players into 2 or more teams. Each team should have not more than 12 players.
Prepare 1 set of Resurrection Eggs per team.
See section above on "How to Make Your Own Resurrection Eggs".

Each team stands in a line. Give the first player of each team a spoon.
At the opposite end, facing each team, place a basket containing a set of 12 Resurrection Eggs numbered 1 to 12.
(1 basket for each team.)

Players cannot touch the eggs with their hands.
They can only use their spoons to hold the eggs.

If an egg drops, pick it up.
Continue playing from where you dropped the egg.

The first team to sequentially transfer all 12 Resurrection Eggs and arrange them in the correct order wins.

For Younger Players:
Use bowls, cups or hands instead of spoons.

Planning an Easter celebration at home or in church?Check out our other Easter Games and Activities that will surely add an energetic buzz to the occasion.

Bible Lesson for Kids/Youths - Easter: Resurrection of Jesus

Discuss
1. Did you enjoy the story?
2. Do you celebrate Easter? Who do you usually celebrate Easter with? How do you celebrate?
3. Do you know why we celebrate Easter?
4. Do you know what Easter is all about?

Say
Although Easter eggs are not mentioned in the Bible, they are used by Christians around the world to symbolize the empty tomb of Jesus. Every year on Easter Sunday, we remember and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.

Discuss
5. Why did the women go to the tomb?
6. What did they expect to see in the tomb?
7. What did they see instead?
8. What happened to Jesus after he died on the cross?

Read
1 Corinthians 15:3-8

Discuss
9. Were the women (in Matthew 28:1-10) the only ones who saw Jesus after his resurrection?

Conclude
The women went to the tomb to anoint the body of Jesus with the spices they had prepared. But the body of Jesus was not in the tomb. The angel explained to them that Jesus had risen from the dead. Jesus is alive!
Jesus is the Son of God. He came to earth to die on the cross to take the punishment for our sins. And on the third day, Jesus became alive again.
Because Jesus died on the cross, our sins can be forgiven. We can be with God and have a relationship with him. We can become his children and will one day be with him in heaven.

Related Bible Passages about the Resurrection of Jesus
Mark 16:1-11; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18

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Resurrection Eggs are a great way to tell the story of Easter. Here's how you can make your own set of resurrection eggs using items that are really easy to find.

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Find Easter resources here to share with families or adapt to use at Sunday school or in a church service.

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Families on Faith Adventures at Home is a free resource from the United Reformed Church to help families worship and pray together and develop their faith during lockdown and beyond.

These resources draw on the materials are a 'pick and mix' selection of activites, prayers and challenges based around a different Bible reading.

No matter what your family make-up, hopefully you will find something useful and engaging in these materials.

Download a useful index of the stories and where to find them (PDF | 164kb)

Download resources

Advent bumper special A bumper issue for the Advent period on the theme "Are you ready?"

start/ welcome/ celebrate/ give/ wise men/ shepherds/ angels/ baby Jesus/ Mary and joseph / nativity / Christmas

17 th Oct 2022: She wanted to give - Luke 21: 1-4

The woman put two pennies in the offertory box - God looks at our hearts and sees our motives when we give in any way.

Widow's mite / pennies / giving / generous / faith

15 th Nov 2021 - Set free - Acts 16: 16 - 24

Paul and Silas cause a stir by healing a mentally-ill slave-girl who is being exploited by others. As a result they are sent to prison. (Linked with "Set Free Too")

evil spirit / exploitation / justice / freedom / captivity / preaching / healing / miracle

1 st Nov 2021 - All saints - Luke 10: 25-37

Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan to show what it means to love your neighbour as yourself. What does a saint look like, and how can we all be saints?

Good Samaritan / pass by / neighbour / greatest commandment / love / help / service / first aid

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This title offers everything you need to know to produce a thought-provoking presentation of the Easter story for Year 5 pupils of all abilities. This is a comprehensive handbook to accompany the web-based material, all of which has been thoroughly field-tested. It explores layout of the presentation space, multi-sensory elements and more. It explains the storyboard concept and provides information for accessing downloadable scripts. It includes information for preparing both the church and school communities, an exploration of practical issues and more. It is suitable for children's work leaders, clergy, worship leaders, church-based school's workers and the wider church congregation; Churches Together committee members, denominational group leaders, especially those with a community, schools or events brief. NB: The presentation is provided by the church for their local primary schools (Year 5 pupils). "The Easter Journey" is designed to unravel the story of Easter for Year 5 primary children. However, other KS2 Year groups may experience the presentation at the discretion of their teachers and in discussion with the organisers. The material places the story in its biblical and historical context. The book is designed to accompany a website, which contains helpful information and visuals about the presentation of material. The overall introduction also includes general guidelines for using the material and quoted comments from those who have experienced the presentations, as participants, teachers or members of the church-based team.

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The Easter Journey; An Imaginative Presentation for churches to use with primary schools by Moira Curry & Gill Morgan

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This title offers everything you need to know to produce a thought-provoking presentation of the Easter story for Year 5 pupils of all abilities. This is a comprehensive handbook to accompany the web-based material, all of which has been thoroughly field-tested. It explores layout of the presentation space, multi-sensory elements and more.

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Trails for families, churches, Sunday school, anyone!  Get out in nature and celebrate God.

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Spring, Valentine & Easter

Easter Egg Trail - follow the eggs, with wandering sheets and activity pages. QR codes.

Explore the Easter story and stations through all of your senses. QR codes.

Fresh ideas for celebrating Palm Sunday outside.

LENT CHALLENGES
Two challenge sheets to connect you outside over the 40 days.

One week of daily reflection sheets with images to add to your window or display

5 days of wondering, wandering, reflection and activity ideas for families in Half Term holidays
(or any time!)

Engage in wildflowers and wild wonders exploring characteristics and and scripture.

These resources are all available for free. If you would like to make a donation, simply click here.

valentine & love theme

Click here for lots of resources based on
"With Love"

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Spring, Valentine & Easter Easter Egg Trail - follow the eggs, with wandering sheets and activity pages. QR codes. Explore the Easter story and stations through all of your senses. QR codes. Fresh ideas for celebrating Palm Sunday outside. LENT CHALLENGES Two challenge sheets to connect you outside over the 40 days.

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Resource pack providing everything you need for a 2 hour event with P7's

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Creative resources and family resources

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Parenting for Faith's free Journeying with Jesus resource. The last four of the weekly themes for Lent relate to Holy Week and Easter. Each one makes it easy for parents to explore the Easter story and relate it to children's and teens' own life and experiences.

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Free Easter activities and ideas | Get ready for Easter!

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Parenting for Faith's free Journeying with Jesus resource. The last four of the weekly themes for Lent relate to Holy Week and Easter. Each one makes it easy for parents to explore the Easter story and relate it to children's and teens' own life and experiences.

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Search results for: 'easter story' | Usborne | Be Curious

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Easter Resources Round-Up

Here is a selection of links from all over the place that that I hope you find useful for this Easter.

This Sunset / Sunrise craft is from my latest book of intergenerational resources, 'Broken Bits and Weirdness'. Links on the right to buy from Amazon, as paperback of e-book instant download.

Together Apart - intergenerational resources written for the pandemic

Crafts, Recipes and Games

Websites

Videos

The Comeback (Evangelical Alliance) REALLY GOOD!

How to make Palm Sunday Crosses

The Trader's Tale (Palm Sunday)

A Bad Friday

Easter with 1 sheet of paper

Stations of the Cross

The Easter Story in Finger Paints

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Easter Resources Round-Up Here is a selection of links from all over the place that that I hope you find useful for this Easter. This Sunset / Sunrise craft is from my latest book of intergenerational resources, 'Broken Bits and Weirdness'. Links on the right to buy from Amazon, as paperback of e-book instant download....

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Various Easter resources including videos, scripts and more.

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This library contains a huge variety of resources for children and youth and all-ages groups. These resources will help to grow understanding the Easter events and how Easter affects the salvation of every person in the world. The folders in this library contain specific resource types from Outreach (for those who have never heard) to Disciple-building (for those who hear about Easter annually and need a chance to dig deeper). Family friendly resources AND stream-able videos are all available to use and share for free in your online services as well. Just download the highest quality video possible.

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This library contains a huge variety of resources for children and youth and all-ages groups. These resources will help to grow understanding the Easter events and how Easter affects the salvation of every person in the world.

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Journey with us through Lent, Easter and Pentecost

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This Easter season, journey with Jesus on his path to the cross and celebrate his resurrection. We have a host of resources to help you reflect and celebrate, including our new children's Easter booklet.

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Resources for schools looking at the Christian faith and festivals.

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We are delighted to share with you our library of resources. You can use the filter feature below to find topics most relevant to your curriculum.

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These 12 eggs help to tell the Easter story. Can be used in Sunday school, school setting or at home.

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Exclusively available in the UK from One Way UK Creative Ministries. One of our most popular Easter resources! Watch Easter come to life in little hands! Each of these 12 colourful plastic eggs holds a different memory-grabbing object to take Jesus' journey to the cross and beyond right into your child's heart. NEW DESIGN for 2022 (pictures coming soon) same great content, new packaging.

Easy to use from home to classroom to church hunt, our durable plastic egg carton also includes a bilingual booklet in Spanish and English, telling the story of each object in simple language for children. You'll discover why 1.5 million have shared this life-changing message with children around the world!

These colourful plastic eggs provide a visual and interactive way for you to tell the Easter story. Each egg holds a small item which is part of the Easter message. As the children see and touch the items, they will remember the meaning they have with respect to the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ.

These are wonderful to use in family devotions, kids church, midweek clubs, church services and more!

Includes:
- 1 egg carton
- 12 plastic eggs with improved symbols inside
- 1 beautifully illustrated, bilingual storybook
- 1 set of colourful stickers

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Exclusively available in the UK from One Way UK Creative Ministries. One of our most popular Easter resources! Watch Easter come to life in little hands! Each of these 12 colourful plastic eggs holds a different memory-grabbing object to take Jesus' journey to the cross and beyond right into your child's heart.

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Resources, ideal for use in/with schools

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Easter - the death and resurrection of Jesus - 10 Must Know Bible Stories

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Easter - the death and resurrection of Jesus NEW

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scottish.bible - contact with domain owner | Epik.com

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The Real Easter Egg and chocolate bars. Ideal to give as gifts to families.

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The official home of The Real Easter Egg share the Easter story, share Fairtrade, support charitable causes

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These resources can be used for churches to create Easter trails or sensory stations.

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Spring, Valentine & Easter

Easter Egg Trail - follow the eggs, with wandering sheets and activity pages. QR codes.

Explore the Easter story and stations through all of your senses. QR codes.

Fresh ideas for celebrating Palm Sunday outside.

LENT CHALLENGES
Two challenge sheets to connect you outside over the 40 days.

One week of daily reflection sheets with images to add to your window or display

5 days of wondering, wandering, reflection and activity ideas for families in Half Term holidays
(or any time!)

Engage in wildflowers and wild wonders exploring characteristics and and scripture.

These resources are all available for free. If you would like to make a donation, simply click here.

valentine & love theme

Click here for lots of resources based on
"With Love"

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Spring, Valentine and Easter | muddychurch

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Spring, Valentine & Easter Easter Egg Trail - follow the eggs, with wandering sheets and activity pages. QR codes. Explore the Easter story and stations through all of your senses. QR codes. Fresh ideas for celebrating Palm Sunday outside. LENT CHALLENGES Two challenge sheets to connect you outside over the 40 days.

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These sheets are designed to be used to spark discussion through Holy Week from Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday. Each sheet explores part of the story through a different part of our bodies!

Palm Sunday - hands

A gift for Jesus - noses

Jesus speaks of his death - ears

Jesus washes the feet of his friends - feet

Jesus shares a meal - mouth

Good Friday - eyes

Jesus in the tomb - hearts

Now updated to include Easter Sunday!

If you would like something more similar to our Sunday packs the resources from other years are still available below.

These sheets are designed to be used to spark conversation and reflection based on the traditional stations of the cross.

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This sheet was designed to explain some of the symbols and messages of hope that Christians can recognise in Easter eggs. It is aimed at those without a faith.​

Emmaus Road

Many Orthodox Ukrainians will be celebrating Easter a week later, if you are supporting Ukrainian families in your community we are delighted to be able to share the Easter Story and Tick sheets in Ukrainian which can be used alongside our trail.

Huge thanks to Cricken Church in Dublin for sharing the translation with us.

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Easter resources from MC, including small booklets and ideas.

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**Click here to see a new and updated page for 2023!**
Here are some Lent and Easter resources to share with you, pulled together by Jane Leadbetter. Grab some new ideas or store away for another year:

BRF Lent and Easter resources

- Easter Family Time - An Easter minibook gift to give to Messy Church families. Multiple copies offer.
- Messy Easter - Three complete Messy Church sessions for Lent, Holy Week and Easter
- The Easter Story - for families to share
- BRF Lent reading - A selection of books suitable for reading during Lent - as gifts? For Messy teams?

Units in books

- Messy Church: New life in Jesus (Easter)
- Messy Church 2: Lent and Spring festivals

Free Messy downloads

- Messy Palm Sunday
- Messy Church at home ideas: Be Still (Lent), The Last Supper, Messy Easter 2020, Messy Easter 2021

Messy Church logos to download

Pinterest ideas

- BRF Messy Church Pinterest - Lent and Easter board with over 130 pins
- Kids Friendly NZ - Lent and Easter
- Lent ideas from Sandy Brodine

Miscellaneous resources and links

- Bible Society Lent and Easter resources 2021
- Church of England Lent 2021 resources
- Home for Good - excellent Mother's Day resources
- Easter Explorers (Diocese of Blackburn)
- Together at Home Easter 2021 resources
- Scripture Union Easter Alive free pack
- Scripture Union Pancake Party! free pack
- Scripture Union Footsteps of Jesus all-age Lenten journey + reflections
- Scottish Bible Society Wonder Walks for Lent and Easter 2021
- The Meaningful Chocolate Company Real Easter Eggs - these will not be in supermarkets in 2021 due to the Covid pandemic
- Experience Easter - bringing schools, churches and communities closer together
- Ten Ideas for Easter (Diocese of Bath and Wells)- Out of the Ark free Easter assembly plans - easy to adapt for Messy Churches
- Going For Growth Lent and Easter crafts
- Friends and Heroes 'Remember Me' Easter song video- 40acts challenge (UK)

Video clips

- Lent in Two Minutes
- Bible Society Easter Story Animations
- Explaining Easter with one piece of paper
- Shaving foam marbling Easter eggs

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Summary of Easter resources - Messy Church

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Click here to see a new and updated page for 2023!** Here are some Lent and Easter resources to share with you, pulled together by Jane Leadbetter. Grab some new ideas or store away for another year: - Easter Family Time - An Easter minibook gift to give to Messy Church families.

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Download Easter Story Trail Activity Card (including markers)

Easter Story Trail Videos
The videos can be accessed using the QR codes on the markers and are also available to view/download below.

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Easter - the death and resurrection of Jesus - 10 Must Know Bible Stories

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