Category Archives: Holy Week

Holy Week Days

Prior to Easter, start to preparing Sunday school children by counting down the days of Holy Week. Holy Week charts are a wonderful visual teacher’s aide and the crafts will prepare the heart’s of children for Easter.

A set of 8 charts, perfect for teaching children about Holy Week. Posters include descriptions history traditions and scriptures about Palm Sunday, Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday.

Plan your Sunday school lessons well in advance of Easter, so you can use a whole month’s classroom time teaching what events took place before Easter and Holy Week. You can use Biblical lessons about Passover Bible lessons from the Old Testament, ( see Passover page on this site).

Another idea is to follow the steps of Jesus prior to Palm Sunday, so they can grasp all the events leading up Jesus dying on the cross.

The Catholic faith places emphasis on the Stations of the Cross, and can be used by any religion.

Christian Easter Holy Week Box Craft Kit
This Easter craft kit has a variety of cardboard pieces that have Bible verse references to help tell the Bible story from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. Children will enjoy this craft kit in Sunday School class and change out the pieces to follow along with the Bible lessons about Holy Week.

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Lent Crafts and Ideas for Kids

The Lent season differs around the world and Christian denominations and the following Lent Crafts and Ideas for Kids will help in lesson planning.

Generally, Lent is preparing your heart for the Easter by fasting and prayer and lasts for 40 days. In most Christian denominations, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday until Holy Week.

The Sunday before Easter is Palm Sunday and that week is Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and some celebrate Holy Saturday, followed by Easter Sunday. Each calendar year will be different.

Lent Bingo Ash Wednesday Holy Week Printable Game
This bingo game includes 30 game boards and calling cards. The game images include: Almsgiving, ashes, Calvary, crown of thorns, desert, donkey, empty tomb, fasting, Last Supper, nails, palm branch, prayer, purple, silver coins, Stations of the Cross, as well as, washing feet.

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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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