Religious Easter Activities for Kids

With Easter right around the corner, you might be looking for some religion-centered activities for kids to do for the holiday. Here are some printables, crafts and activities for kids that focus on the religious aspect of the holiday.

Happy Home Fairy has a sweet collection of 20 activities to do before Easter she calls the Joy Journey. They can be done like an advent calendar in the days before Easter or you can just pick a few that you want to do with your family during the Easter season.

Little kids can make this easy cross craft from I Heart Crafty Things. She shows doing the background with construction paper but you could paint it, too.

This Easter story wreath from Wee Little Miracles includes major parts of the Easter story as well as some printable icons like praying hands, a chalice of wine, bread and a dove. You can print these out and arrange them on a wreath to help tell the Easter story to little ones or be reminded of the story through the season.

Sweet T Makes Three has a craft for older kids or adults to make. This resurrection garden is made with a terra cotta pot and plate and represents the empty tomb. It would make a nice centerpiece for your Easter table.

Sara J Creations has a religious Easter-themed bingo printable for playing at Sunday school or at home. The Bible verse Easter egg craft from The Growing Creatives would also be a fun Sunday school activity, or something you can do at home. The post includes printable verses or you can write out your own.

Looking for more ideas for meaningful religious Easter activities to do with kids? Equipping Godly Women has a collection of religious Easter crafts for kids, and Bombshell Bling has a big roundup of crafts, activities and food for the Easter season.

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The celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe is important throughout Mexico and other parts of the world. Her feast day is Dec. 12, and the celebrations honoring her appearance to Juan Diego in 1531 begin a few days before that.

Whether you celebrate yourself or just want to share about the celebration at home or in your classroom, Las Mañanitas: The Beautiful Celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a good place to start. The book, by Ernesto Joel Vega Rosales and Jeanette Gonzalez Seneviratne, with illustrations by Dana Sanmar, tells the story of a family’s celebration of the feast day in both English and Spanish.

They prepare with a novena, which is nine days of prayers and preparations. The children, Lucia and Pablo, are given special outfits made by their grandmother that look like what Juan Diego might have worn when he saw Our Lady. The book describes the prayers that are made each day, such as a prayer for respect for life, for families and for the indigenous people of the Americas, to name a few.

As told in the book, Juan Diego was a native Mexican born near modern day Mexico City. His given name was Cuaauhtlatoatzin, which means “He who speaks like an eagle.” When he converted to Christianity his name was changed to Juan Diego, and as he walked to church he passed a hill called Tepeyac. One day he heard the birds singing especially beautifully and a voice called him to go to the top of the hill.

There he saw Our Lady of Guadalupe, who asked him to tell the bishop she wanted a chapel built in her name at the foot of the hill. The bishop asked for a sign that Juan Diego really saw her, and later she had him collect flowers that she blessed and take them to the bishop. When Juan Diego dropped the flowers, an image of Our Lady could be seen on his cloak, which is still on display in her basilica to this day.

The feast day is celebrated as mañanitas, which includes singing, indigenous music and dancing, and children presenting flowers to Our Lady. Juan Diego is remembered today as being humble, brave and faithful, and was the first indigenous American made a saint.

The book is colorful and tells the story in a clear way, and it’s fun to have it both in English and Spanish if you teach Spanish or speak Spanish at home or in the classroom. It’s a great way to learn the basics of the celebration and the story of Juan Diego and why he is still remembered today.

About the book: 40 pages, paperback, published 2024 by Loyola Press. Suggested retail price $14.99.

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