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Easter Party
Involve your kids by reaching out to friends by hosting an Easter party. Make simple invitations, put them inside Easter eggs, and pass them out.
Serve simple treats (cupcakes and juice, cookies and milk, or fruit and cheese) and play simple games. Hide eggs, play “hot potato” with an egg, egg toss (with boiled eggs), pin the egg in a basket, etc. Tell or read the Easter story from Matthew 28. Have fun!
Invite any children who do not attend church to go with you on Sunday.
OR plan an Easter meal and encourage your kids to invite unsaved or unchurched relatives to attend an Easter event or services with you on Easter morning and come home with you for lunch.
Easter Banner
Make an Easter banner. Let kids write each letter of “Happy Easter” or “He is Alive” on a piece of white copy paper or construction paper. Supply markers, stickers, crayons, and let them decorate the different letters. Tape them all together to make a banner. Hang outside Easter morning for all to see.
Resurrection Rolls
Just as some of the people in this week’s Bible lesson did not come to the feast (Matthew 22:1-14), there may be some you invite to the Easter party or to church who will not come. Remind kids that our job is to invite – we are like the servants in the story who gave out the invitations. We are to continue to love and pray for them. Say a prayer for each person invited.
I’ve included instructions for resurrection rolls here as an extra, if you like.
Resurrection Rolls
Ingredients:
• 1 can refrigerated crescent roll dough
• 8 large marshmallows
• ¼ cup melted butter
• Cinnamon
• Sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Directions:
1. Give each child one triangle-shaped section of crescent roll. This represents the tomb.
2. Each child takes one marshmallow which represents the body of Christ.
3. Dip the marshmallow in the butter and roll in cinnamon and sugar mixture. This represents the oils and spices the body was anointed with upon burial.
4. Lay the marshmallow on the dough and carefully wrap it around the marshmallow (not like a typical crescent roll up, but bring the sides up and seal the marshmallow inside).
5. Make sure all seams are pinched together well—sealed tightly like Jesus’ tomb was (otherwise the marshmallow will "ooze" out of the seams).
6. Bake about 12-15 minutes.
7. Cool.
8. Break open the “tomb” and it will be empty!
