Introducing Activities for
Holy Week
Celebrate the Christmas season and prepare your hearts together. Each week of Advent, you and your family are invited to explore a theme — Hope, Peace, Joy, or Love — offered to us through God’s love born in the manger.
Discover Holy Week Activities: Make a Set of Resurrection Eggs
For a fun activity with the who family, make a set of 8 Resurrection Eggs to match the days of Holy Week described in this devotional. Shop for and assemble the eggs together. Then, hide one each day and, when it’sfound, place the egg and it’s contents in a bowl or basket. Throughout the week, watch the goodness of God’s promises grow!
(NOTE: Make sure the items you gather will fit in an Easter egg. The charm or miniatures aisle of a craft store is a great place to find them. You can also draw pictures of hard-to-find items or sculpt them out of air-dry clay.)
You’ll need…
- 8 Plastic Easter eggs labeled 1-8 with a permanent marker
- DAY 1- A donkey and/or palm branch (Jesus enters the city on Palm Sunday)
- DAY 2- A mountain goat or small knife (God’s covenant with Abraham)
- DAY 3- A rainbow sticker or temporary tattoo (God’s promises)
- DAY 4- a small dollhouse stool or table (Jesus confronting temple merchants)
- DAY 5- A goblet charm (the cup of suffering)
- DAY 6- A cross (the crucifixion) and a nail
- DAY 7- 1piece 1”x2” piece of partially torn blue fabric (the torn temple curtain)
- 1 stone (the sealed tomb)
- DAY 8- 1 flower (Mary and “the Gardener)
Discover Holy Week Activities: Let’s Grow!
Gardening together can reveal miraculous and hope-full process — just like our spiritual growth!
Instructions: Prepare the soil in your garden or pot, and plant flower seeds, a bush, or a tree. (If your kids are old enough, let each of them choose what they want to plant and grow.) Together, nurture what you’ve planted and watch it flourish. This is a miraculous and hope-full process — just like our spiritual growth!
Discover Holy Week Activities: Go for a Family Walk
God loves us so much, He gave us His son — the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Pray this prayer and pursAs you head out the door, challenge your kids to keep track of things they see or hear that remind them that God is always with them. At the end of the walk, ask everyone to share what they noticed. Thank God for these!ue life in His grace and truth.
Discover Holy Week Activities: The Best Way to Oppose Injustice is to Act in Love
(God so loved the world that He gave…John 3:16.)
Instructions:God gave His son to save us from our sin. Find someone who needs to feel seen and heard — no matter what they look like on the outside. That could be a local foodbank, a grumpy coworker, an elderly neighbor who is alone, a stretched single mom, a homeless person, or others you feel compassion for. Have everyone in your family share ideas and agree on one or two people they want to come alongside with encouragement.
Make an Easter basket to demonstrate your care and meet the need that moves you. Then, personally deliver it to the recipient and let your kindness show them that you’re happy to be with them.
Discover Holy Week Activities: The Seder Meal
Did you know the Last Supper was a Seder? A Seder is the meal that recounts the Passover story. When the disciples gathered for the last supper, they were sharing the Passover meal — Jesus’ last. Experience the significance of the Seder meal as a Christian family.
Discover Holy Week Activities: Recipe & Easter Movie Night
Make some Easter Story Mix and watch an age-appropriate Easter movie together to help you and your kids absorb the extravagant love and meaning of the Sunday celebration ahead.
Discover Holy Week Activities: The Ultimate Celebration
Instructions: The freedom Jesus brings us is pure J-O-Y! Make a Praise and Worship Playlist on Spotify. Let everyone contribute. Play it in the kitchen as you cook and enjoy it as you share an Easter meal together. Start a dance party to celebrate Jesus’ incredible “moves” this week.
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Celebrate Easter Sunday with your kids and neighbors. Read these verses with your kids “retell the story” with sidewalk chalk.
Discover Holy Week Activities: Pastry with a Purpose
Get messy! Have fun making Resurrection Rolls to enjoy with your family Easter meal. (Feel free to find a gluten free version.)
