Easter is quickly approaching and I've been convicted this year to celebrate it better with the kids. I was thinking about how much of a big deal I make Jesus' birth at Christmas, but don't put that same enthusiasm and focus on Easter. This year is different!
I've heard people talk about the Resurrection Eggs and after scouring Pinterest for ideas, I decided my kids are a bit too young for them. Instead, I decided to adapt them and use an EASTER acronym I saw all over Pinterest. Pinterest also has tons of helpful tips for using the Jesus Storybook Bible with the EASTER acronym. (I can't take credit for that!) I did take time to look up Bible verses to correlate with each egg, though. I love our Jesus Storybook Bible, but I also think it's important to read scripture from the Bible to the kids. You'll notice each letter has an explanation, a correlating story to read in the Jesus Storybook Bible, and Bible verses you can also read as a family.
One additional thing I'm going to do is read them the story of Jesus' triumphal entry on Palm Sunday. Our Children's Ministry always does a great job of that on Palm Sunday, so we'll talk about it a bit more that day as a family. Then, I'll begin this EASTER countdown the Monday after Palm Sunday.
I've heard people talk about the Resurrection Eggs and after scouring Pinterest for ideas, I decided my kids are a bit too young for them. Instead, I decided to adapt them and use an EASTER acronym I saw all over Pinterest. Pinterest also has tons of helpful tips for using the Jesus Storybook Bible with the EASTER acronym. (I can't take credit for that!) I did take time to look up Bible verses to correlate with each egg, though. I love our Jesus Storybook Bible, but I also think it's important to read scripture from the Bible to the kids. You'll notice each letter has an explanation, a correlating story to read in the Jesus Storybook Bible, and Bible verses you can also read as a family.
One additional thing I'm going to do is read them the story of Jesus' triumphal entry on Palm Sunday. Our Children's Ministry always does a great job of that on Palm Sunday, so we'll talk about it a bit more that day as a family. Then, I'll begin this EASTER countdown the Monday after Palm Sunday.
I chose the following items to place inside the eggs, to correlate with the egg:
E: Heart. I cut a heart out of red paper.
A: Bandaid.
S: Cross & nails. I cut out a cross and added two small nails too.
T: Rock.
E: Strip of cloth.
R: empty!
We’ll open an egg, as a family each night, and read the Bible story/verses and talk about it as a family.
E: Heart. I cut a heart out of red paper.
A: Bandaid.
S: Cross & nails. I cut out a cross and added two small nails too.
T: Rock.
E: Strip of cloth.
R: empty!
We’ll open an egg, as a family each night, and read the Bible story/verses and talk about it as a family.
A few other ways we're going to celebrate, teach, and talk about Easter is with Resurrection Rolls. I'm sure you've seen them all over the internet, but it's simple - biscuits or rolls formed around a marshmallow (the biscuit represents the tomb and the marshmallow represents Jesus) and cooked in the oven. The marshmallow melts inside the biscuit and it looks "empty". Here's the version I'm doing this year: Easter Tomb Biscuits
Also, I have these Easter books we read each year that I love!
Also, I have these Easter books we read each year that I love!
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