Easy Ideas To Make Easter About Jesus and More Meaningfull crafts and recipie ideas

I don't know about you but I get sick of all the materialism associated with Easter.  As a born again Christian these days are not just meaningful to me but sacred.  When we have gone to the store the Easter baskets have focused on everything except what the celebration is actually about.  I have seen soccer baskets, little kitty baskets, ect.  But I wanted something not only fun for my children, but would help to explain and enrich our experience of the Easter season.  Here I have collected some ideas from some great blogs that I'm going to use for my family and wanted to share them with you!  There are some important dates in the Easter week.  Each can be celebrated with simple crafts, bible readings, and foods to bring the meaning into focus not just for my children.  But for me too!  I have listed the important days with links to their explanation and significance and then links to different crafts and ideas for celebrating them.

The Happy Home Fairy has a great all around tutorial on Christ centered Easter Activities.  It started on April 1st but you can easily cater it to the Holy Week.  She has the free printables which are adorable, instructions, and a downloadable supplies list.  I love them!

Palm Sunday - April 13

Find out about Palm Sunday by clicking HERE.  The biblical account of Palm Sunday can be found in Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44; and John 12:12-19.

 

This lady at A Holy Experience has a beautiful and simple Grace Garden tutorial with lovely pictures that you and your children can follow to make on Palm Sunday which is this Sunday!  It is so pretty and you make a cave where Jesus was entombed.  You can plant wheat grass in it so the kids can see it grow.  On Good Friday the children put a stone in front of the hole of the tomb and on Easter Sunday they roll it away.  Christ Is Risen!  I love this idea!

 

 

Over at FreeKidsCrafts.com there is a very pretty Palm Leaf Sun Catcher tutorial.

 

Traditional foods for Palm Sunday can include figs, hearts of palm, and Pax Cakes

 

The Holy Monday and Tuesday

 

Lots of information on the week of Easter can be found at The Holiday Spot.  Holy Monday is when Jesus overturned the tables of the sellers in the Temple. Tuesday is when the Pharisees tried to trap Jesus into saying blasphemous anti-God statements.

 

These are more somber days and can be simply commemorated by reading the passages that describe them. Matthew: 21:13   

 

Spy Wednesday

 

The day that Judas accepted the silver to betray Jesus.  This is a somber day HERE is a printable coloring page.  And HERE are more Christian Easter Coloring Pages at Raising Our Kids.  Readings Luke 22:3-6, Matthew 26:6-15

 

Maundy Thursday

 

This is the day said to be when the Last Supper occurred.  There are tons of ways to celebrate the last supper where Jesus washed the feet of the disciples.  One way is for the whole family to wash each others feet after reading the passage.  Also sharing grape juice and breaking bread.  Baking a loaf of bread would be fun and we are going to make Hallah.  Here is a good link to information on foods of the Last Supper. http://www.rainbowcastle.org/maundyth.html

 

Good Friday

 

The day Christ was crucified.  Over at Whole New Mom a collection of Healthy Easter Desserts.  Also at Catholic Inspired she has several Craft Ideas for Good Friday.

 

Easter Sunday

There are so many traditions for Easter Sunday and the day is usually so full for everyone with church and Easter egg hunts that I want to keep anything else really simple and quick.  One is to have cupcakes, cake, or pie with trick candles for each person.  As the children try to blow out the candle and it relights you can explain how Jesus is the light of the world and everyone thought his light had gone out but it hadn't!  Greet everyone you meet with He Is Risen!

 

The Friday of the week is the Good Friday. This is the day on which Jesus was crucified outside the walls of Jerusalem, at the top of the Calvary hill. And the Christian belief says that Jesus sacrificed himself for the men's sins, to be died crucified.

This day is marked by solemn observations in memory of Jesus' crucifixion.For, Christians believe that by dying Jesus accomplished a reconciliation between God and man. And accordingly the crucified image of Jesus or, the Cross itself, came to be regarded as the main symbol of faith for the Christians.
Read more at http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/holy_week.htm#d26rILDt2eY7cHkQ.99

The Friday of the week is the Good Friday. This is the day on which Jesus was crucified outside the walls of Jerusalem, at the top of the Calvary hill. And the Christian belief says that Jesus sacrificed himself for the men's sins, to be died crucified.

This day is marked by solemn observations in memory of Jesus' crucifixion.For, Christians believe that by dying Jesus accomplished a reconciliation between God and man. And accordingly the crucified image of Jesus or, the Cross itself, came to be regarded as the main symbol of faith for the Christians.
Read more at http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/holy_week.htm#d26rILDt2eY7cHkQ.99

The Friday of the week is the Good Friday. This is the day on which Jesus was crucified outside the walls of Jerusalem, at the top of the Calvary hill. And the Christian belief says that Jesus sacrificed himself for the men's sins, to be died crucified.

This day is marked by solemn observations in memory of Jesus' crucifixion.For, Christians believe that by dying Jesus accomplished a reconciliation between God and man. And accordingly the crucified image of Jesus or, the Cross itself, came to be regarded as the main symbol of faith for the Christians.
Read more at http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/holy_week.htm#d26rILDt2eY7cHkQ.99

The Friday of the week is the Good Friday. This is the day on which Jesus was crucified outside the walls of Jerusalem, at the top of the Calvary hill. And the Christian belief says that Jesus sacrificed himself for the men's sins, to be died crucified.

This day is marked by solemn observations in memory of Jesus' crucifixion.For, Christians believe that by dying Jesus accomplished a reconciliation between God and man. And accordingly the crucified image of Jesus or, the Cross itself, came to be regarded as the main symbol of faith for the Christians.
Read more at http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/holy_week.htm#d26rILDt2eY7cHkQ.99

The Friday of the week is the Good Friday. This is the day on which Jesus was crucified outside the walls of Jerusalem, at the top of the Calvary hill. And the Christian belief says that Jesus sacrificed himself for the men's sins, to be died crucified.

This day is marked by solemn observations in memory of Jesus' crucifixion.For, Christians believe that by dying Jesus accomplished a reconciliation between God and man. And accordingly the crucified image of Jesus or, the Cross itself, came to be regarded as the main symbol of faith for the Christians.
Read more at http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/holy_week.htm#d26rILDt2eY7cHkQ.99