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Jelly Bean Prayer

The Jelly Bean prayer is a poem used for Easter to teach children the Bible story of Jesus Christ.

Each color of the popular Easter candy has a sentiment and shares the story about the love of Jesus Christ.

Like the candy cane message for Christmas, this Easter candy refers to each Jelly Bean color with a significant meaning!

Easter is a great time to include Jelly Bean Prayer crafts during Sunday school and Bible School.

The Religious Easter prayer is an inspirational Sunday school and church idea for children! Children will love these faith-based Easter candy and ideas with a fun twist!

Printable Jelly Bean Gospel Tags

The prayer is as follows:
Red is for the blood He gave
Green is for the grass He made
Yellow is for the sun so bright
Orange is for the edge of night
Black is for the sins He made
White is for the grace He gave
Purple is for His hour of sorrow
Pink is for our new tomorrow.

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Christian Easter Crafts for Kids

Sunday school teachers will spend a lot of time teaching the Biblical stories behind Easter to the children, as well as, completing Christian Easter crafts for kids.

A Christian Easter craft will help reinforce each Bible lesson for children like kindergarten and elementary ages kids.

The religious Easter crafts on this page are so familiar like Jesus riding into Jerusalem, Jesus in Garden of Gethsemane, as well as, the Empty Tomb and Resurrection of Christ!

Below are some wonderful Christian Easter crafts and be sure to visit the Palm Sunday, Lent, and Christian Easter party idea pages.

While reviewing the Biblical Easter story, remind children that each and every one of them are reborn when they allow Jesus into their lives as the Savior.

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Palm Sunday Crafts

The Sunday before Easter is known as Palm Sunday and this is when Jesus rode into the City of Jerusalem, on a donkey, after Passover* and these Palm Sunday crafts will have everyone shouting, Hosanna!

The people in the City of Jerusalem were so excited to see Jesus Christ and many used Palm branches to lay on the ground or held them up in the air as they shouted, Hosanna!

The people who followed Jesus knew He was the Messiah, the one chosen by God to build His church upon and save the people.

Little did any of the follower’s of Jesus realize just how the Easter Bible story would unfold and that Christ would be condemned to death and die on the Cross in just one week.

Easy Christian Easter Crafts for Kids

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Saint Patrick’s Day Crafts

Saint Patrick’s Day crafts for kids can be use by both Catholic and Christian Sunday school teachers.

St. Patrick’s Day has become a popular holiday for secular society, but Catholic and Christian Sunday school teachers can explain that Saint Patrick’s Day is really a religious holiday and teach the true inspiration about all the Missionary work Saint Patrick did in the United Kingdom.

DIY Saint Patrick Worksheets
This 45-page printable set for children includes so many activities and learning pages.

The activity and worksheets include: breastplate Prayer page, coloring pages, fact sheet, handwriting pages, Holy Trinity and Shamrock activity pages, Language arts pages, mazes, puzzles, mini book, pages with quotes from Saint Patrick’s writings and so much more!

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