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This post shares simple, kid friendly Easter art projects that families can make at home using basic supplies. Each activity doubles as a chance to talk with kids about the true meaning of Easter Jesus’ death, resurrection, and the empty tomb. The projects include a tape resist cross painting, wet chalk tape resist eggs, and a fun roll around egg craft using plastic eggs and paint. These hands on ideas are designed to spark creativity, teach the Gospel story, and make Easter week meaningful even during COVID lockdowns.

This post encourages families to decorate for Easter and Christmas in a way that points everyone toward Jesus. The writer shares how Christ-centered décor has sparked meaningful conversations with visitors and explains how hard it can be to find decorations that aren’t bunny themed. They highlight simple DIY options like mantel banners and wreaths made with inexpensive materials from dollar stores and hobby shops, showing that anyone can create faith-focused decorations at home.

This post explains how to make an affordable, kid-friendly resurrection scene since store-bought sets are often expensive and hard to find. Using simple materials like peg dolls, a tissue box, cardstock, crayons, and craft paint, you can create a DIY tomb scene with movable parts and painted figures. It works as both a meaningful Easter decoration and a hands-on way for kids to learn the story of Jesus’ resurrection.

This post shares a simple resurrection rolls recipe using crescent dough that busy families can easily make with their kids. Each ingredient represents part of the story of Jesus death and resurrection so parents can explain the gospel while baking together and use the empty roll as a picture of the empty tomb.

This post shares three meaningful Easter ideas for families: making Empty Tomb Resurrection Cookies with Scripture-based symbolism, creating or buying an Easter creche for kids to reenact the resurrection story, and planning a simple Good Friday lunch that walks children through the events leading to Jesus’ sacrifice. Each activity gives parents an easy way to point their kids toward the truth of the gospel during Holy Week.

This post offers three hands-on ways to help kids understand the Easter story: making DIY Resurrection Eggs with symbolic items and Scripture, creating Gospel Goodie Bags that connect snacks to key parts of Jesus’ final week, and crafting Easter Story Stones to retell the resurrection story again and again. Each activity is simple, kid-friendly, and designed to help families focus on the good news of the cross during the Easter season.

Easter traditions like eggs, bunnies, and baskets actually have deep historical roots. Eggs symbolize rebirth and were tied to the empty tomb; early Christians and even Martin Luther helped shape egg hunts. The Easter Bunny came from German traditions linked to a pagan fertility festival. Easter baskets originated in 7th-century Poland as food offerings blessed for Easter Sunday. To keep Easter Christ-centered, families can use ideas like a “Jesus Tree,” Easter countdown books, and special devotion routines throughout Lent.

Lent isn’t just a “Catholic thing.” Its roots go back to the first-century church, where believers used fasting and prayer to prepare for Easter and baptism. While many evangelical Christians don’t observe Lent because it’s not directly mentioned in Scripture, the season can still be a powerful choice not an obligation to focus on Jesus’ suffering, sacrifice, and resurrection. Instead of turning it into a works-based ritual, families can use Lent as intentional time to grow closer to Christ, reflect on the cross, and teach their children deeper faith. One practical, kid-friendly way to start is by building a simple Resurrection Garden and using it throughout Lent to prepare hearts for Easter.