Easter
This page takes you through some of the activities we had at
Messy Church on Good Friday, 14th April 2017. Have a look and try a few.
Weather cock
Can you see the weather vane on the church spire?
Look at the piece of cloth on the cane which way is that
blowing
Make yourself a weather cock out of card and decorate it.
A rooster crowed when
Peter denied that he knew Jesus. He
changed as the people around him changed from supporting Jesus to hating him.
The weather cock swinging around reminds us not to change
like Peter did.
Which sorts of people might need to know what the weather is
doing today?
How can wind direction affect the weather?
Crown of thorns
biscuit
Make a ‘crown of thorns’ by sticking chocolate sticks on a
biscuit
Jesus was made to wear
a crown of thorns. They did this to make
fun of him, because he said he was a king
It’s horrible when people make fun of you isn’t it? What things do you think they might have said
to Jesus to make fun of him? How would
Jesus have felt?
Easter garden
Put some soil in a tray and put three crosses in it. Put a flower in your tray to represent a garden. Make a tomb out of clay.
Put some gravel on for stones and some moss for grass.
Jesus was buried in a
garden. The cave belonged to someone
wealthy who asked if he could do
this. People had to be brave to admit to
knowing Jesus.
Can you think of some things you have to be brave to do?
Stone painting
On the stone, paint three crosses on a hill
Jesus was on a cross
with two other people on either side of him.
They had broken the law. One of
them asked Jesus ‘Remember me when you come as King.’ Jesus said ‘I promise you that today you will
be in Paradise with me’
Think of one thing you have done wrong. Say sorry to Jesus and thank him that he
loves you so much.
Three crosses
Make three crosses out of lolly sticks.
Put some playdoh in the bottom of an egg cup and stick the
crosses in it
Jesus was on a cross
with two other people on either side of him.
They had broken the law. One of
them asked Jesus ‘Remember me when you come as King.’ Jesus said ‘I promise you that today you will
be in Paradise with me’
What do you think it will be like to be in Paradise with
Jesus?
Bead cross
Choose 6 beads
Three of them need to be stuck together to make the cross
bar
Slide the first bead on to the middle of the thread
Thread both sides of string through the second bead
Now add the three stuck together with the thread going
through each end
Finally put both pieces of string through the last bead
Christians use the
symbol of the cross to remind us how important Jesus death is
As you look at your bead cross can you think of a different
bit of the story for each bead?
Easter card
Make a card for Easter
Jesus rose from the
dead. He is alive.
What do you think is the most exciting thing about Easter?
Sponge painted cross
Stick a cross on the sheet
Then paint around it with the sponge.
When you take the paper cross off you will see the cross
shape left behind
Jesus loves us so much
that he died so that we can live for
ever with God
As you sponge paint on the cross say thankyou to Jesus for
dying because he loves you
Paid in full
Stick pennies to a cross and add the little tag to say ‘Paid
in full’
When Jesus died,
anything we owe God for all the things we’ve done wrong, was paid back
We can say sorry to God whenever we do something wrong and
he will forgive us
Nailed cross
This cross has the nails already in it. Add some wool to the cross, wrapping it
around the nails to hold it.
The red wool represents Jesus blood
To die on a cross was
painful. It was a hard thing for Jesus
to do.
Can you remember something that hurt? Maybe you fell over or were hurt some other
way.
Rolling stone
Stick two sides of plate together
Cut out a hole from one of them to look like the tomb
Cut another to look like the stone rolling away from the
hole
Joseph of Arimathea
gave his burial place to Jesus.
Joseph had to brave to do this. He risked getting in trouble for it.
Can you think of things you have to be brave to do?
Plant bulbs
Plant a bulb in a pot
Jesus dying gives us a new life that lasts for ever
Take your bulb home.
As you watch it grow remember that Jesus gives us this new life.
Spice bags
Take a bit of each spice and put it in the bag. Tie it up to keep them safe.
The women took spices
to make Jesus body smell better
Smell the spices. Do
you like them or not? Which is your
favourite?
Sad and happy faces
Draw a sad face on one plate, and a happy face on the other
side
Jesus friends were sad
when he died, but they were happy when they realised he was alive again
How are you feeling today?
Sad or happy?
Easter story display
Colour in one of the people and wrap it round a tube to make
a character from the Easter story
Or stick tissue paper to the sunrise sheet to go behind the
empty tomb
We know what happened
to Jesus because it was written down by people who remembered it.
Why not try reading the story for yourself. You can find it in a Children’s
Prayer cross
Take a piece of paper and write on it or draw a picture of
anything you would like us to pray for you.
The prayers in here will be passed on to a team of people
who pray every month for Messy Church
Roll your paper up and put it in one of the tubes in the
cross
Egg rolling
Decorate a hard boiled egg and then see how far you can roll
it
The stone that was put in front of Jesus tomb was rolled
away. It would have been very heavy so
the people who found it were surprised
We don’t know how it was rolled away, except that God must
have done it when noone was looking
