Easter activities that rise above bunnies and eggs

When your children or grandchildren think of Easter, what is the first thing that comes into their minds? Is it Easter Bunnies and Easter Eggs, or is it the sacrifice our Savior Jesus Christ made for us on the cross and how he rose again from the dead so we might live?

There is no shortage of Happy Easter activities and supplies for celebrating the secular version of Easter. With a little searching, however, one can discover many good ideas for reinforcing the true message of Easter as well. I made a quick search on Pinterest to look for ideas I might share and found several.

Here are two simple ones:

Make an edible Crown of Thorns with pretzel sticks and melted chocolate chips. The directions can be found here.

Make Resurrection Rolls with crescent rolls, marshmallows, butter, cinnamon, and sugar. The directions can be found here. The dough is wrapped around marshmallows. When they are baked, the marshmallows melt leaving the roll empty – like the empty tomb.

There are other resources available for reinforcing the true meaning of Easter. Many Christian bookstores sell a carton of Resurrection Eggs with simple reminders of the events that happened leading up to Easter. Bible storybooks and coloring books are also available to reinforce the Easter message. Feel free to check out my Pinterest board, “Easter Activities” for more ideas.

Enjoy celebrating Easter with your children in whatever way you choose, but take intentional steps to be sure they know the real Easter story.

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Easter activities that rise above bunnies and eggs — 4 Comments

Diane Stortz on March 25, 2013 at 4:34 pm said:

Janice, love the recipe for the rolls! And your Pinterest board is a good idea!

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Janice D Green on March 25, 2013 at 5:23 pm said:

Thanks Diane.

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Penny on March 26, 2013 at 5:46 am said:

This year with the children’s club I run I decided to spend more than one day teaching the kids about Easter. So, we’ve been cooking out way to Easter and learning about the story of Jesus along the way. So far we’ve made “Mo-More Easter Bunny Shortbread” (because Easter is not really about rabbits), “Peppermint Cream Crosses” (decorated with sweety jewels to remind us that Jesus is King) and “Hot Cross Buns”, next week we’re going to celebrate the Resurrection with the rolls you suggested but so far have never tried!
Cooking has certainly increased the discussion of what Easter really means and hopefully the memories won’t just be about the yummy treats. 🙂

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Wendy Sparkes on March 27, 2013 at 7:09 am said:

I love the Crown of Thorns & the Resurrection Rolls idea, Janice. I’ll remember that. It fits in nicely as another activity to do on Good Friday & Easter Sunday – relating well to my post today.

Penny – Glad you’ve included Hot Cross Buns! They’re the main theme of my post today. Haven’t heard of the peppermint cross with sweets before, but definitely like that as well! And yes, hopefully the memories won’t be just about the yummy treats, but a reminder of what Easter is truly about!

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