Easter is much more than chocolate bunnies and egg hunts although those are fun I never want that to be Easters focus. It’s so much more! To help share the real reason for Easter I’ve gathered 18 Christ-centered Easter ideas for families. I hope you can find some ideas to bring Christ into your Easter celebration.
18 Ideas for a Christ-Centered Easter
- Make your own Thank You Jesus Easter tree. We want to teach our children thankfulness all year round so I created this project for my family that we have used at Easter. We have a LOT to be thankful for this year.
- Abby has done a GREAT job creating a Countdown to Easter activity to help your kids understand the Easter story. She has it all in printable form so you can take advantage of her hard work.
- Tricia shares a week of devotions focusing on Easter for the family. I need to share something real quick. As moms. we want to do it all and we want to do it perfectly. Your life might not allow for a full week of devotions. Don’t throw out the whole week, just choose one and do it. Don’t let perfectionism rob you!
- Allison shares 6 hands-on activities to teach the meaning of Easter.
- Rebekah shares 10 Easter basket ideas that focus on the meaning of Easter.
- Reinforce your lessons with this Easter memory game. Just download, print, and play.
- Rachel shared a free printable Bingo game that focuses on Easter.
- Here is an Easter trivia game for all you trivia buffs. Attention Camp family study up on your Easter story, we’ll be having a challenge!
- Here’s a great craft for your kids to reenact the Easter story.
- Teach the story of the Resurrection with Easter Eggs
Make a Resurrection Garden/ A great visual for the family.
- Here is another fun craft to make. The empty tomb and it’s edible.
- Here is a free printable to make a Resurrection Eggs necklace to bring a hands on lesson for your kids.
- These tie dye crosses would be a great craft for kids.
- Here is a whole pack of FREE Easter printables for preschoolers.
- Here are some books that teach about Christ’s death and resurrection that would make great gifts for Easter baskets.
- The Berenstain Bears and the Easter Story (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights)
- The Legend Of The Three Trees – Picture Book
- The Very First Easter (The Beginner’s Bible)
- The Week That Led to Easter – Arch Books
- Benjamin’s Box: The Story of the Resurrection Eggs
- The Great Easter Egg Hunt (A VeggieTales Book)
- Easter For Kids: A Fascinating Book Containing Easter Facts, Trivia, Images & Memory Recall Quiz: Suitable for Adults & Children (Matthew Harper)
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Remember you don’t have to do everything, pick and choose which Christ-centered Easter Ideas works for you and your family!
Thank you, Jesus, for your gift of everlasting life!
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Thank you for sharing these ideas with us at the Merry Monday party. I’ll be sharing on my FB page this weekend.
Thank you so much for sharing Shirley and thanks for hosting. Barb
Barb,
I love this round up of ideas! I work hard every Easter season to focus on the REAL meaning behind the season with my family. Featuring your post this week on Inspire Me Monday this week. Also Pinning, Stumbling, and sharing on Google+. Thanks for linking up with Inspire Me Monday!! Have a blessed week!
Thank you so much Nicole for sharing, pinning and stumbling my post! I really appreciate it. I also appreciate you hosting every week
These are all great ideas for Easter and to show the real reason we celebrate. Thanks again for sharing this on Merry Monday.
Thank you for sharing this with us at Funtastic Friday!
Thanks Joyce and thanks for hosting! Have a great weekend.
What wonderful ideas to remember the real reason for Easter. Thanks for sharing again at Merry Monday!
Thank you! Thanks for hosting.
These are such great ideas. I might have to make a big version of the resurrection eggs for the church Easter Egg hunt. Thanks for all the resources!
Yay! So glad I could provide an idea to help you. Have a blessed Easter! Barb
Thanks for sharing
What fantastic suggestions for remembering the true meaning of Easter. Thank you for participating in Merry Monday once more! their bookstore