Easter
This post takes you through some of the crafts at our Good Friday Messy Church on March 30th, 2018Easter Story on Pebbles
There are symbols to represent different parts of the Easter story
Choose some stones and copy the symbols onto them
Have a go at telling the Easter story using the stones
Cut out a palm leaf from green paper and tape it into a stick
People waved palm leaves as Jesus approached Jerusalem to cheer him on. They thought he would rescue them from the Romans.
Jesus came for another reason. He came to die. What did the crowds think about that?
Break a biscuit in half and attempt to join it back together again with icing.
If you manage to do it, celebrate by decorating the whole biscuit.
Judas was Jesus’ friend, but he led Jesus enemies to him
When a friendship is broken, Jesus wants us to mend it and forgive the other person. Do you find it easy or hard to forgive people?
Fold the card to make a cube
Then put dots onto each side to make a dice. Be careful how you do this so that you have sides for one, two, three, four, five and six.
The soldiers guarding Jesus threw dice to decide who would get his cloak
Play a game with your dice. See who can roll the biggest score.
Sand Cross
Fill it carefully with different colours of sand
Screw it onto the base
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.
This wood has the nails already in it.
Wrap some cord around the nails to show the cross shape.
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.
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 God paint on the cross say thankyou to Jesus for dying because he loves you
Make a cross and a tomb out of clay
The cross reminds us that Jesus died, but the empty tomb reminds us that he came back to life.
When you get home find somewhere to put it during Easter, to remind you what we are celebrating.
Paper plate tomb
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?
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
Easter Garden
Make a tomb out of clay
Choose a flower to be a garden
Then make them into an Easter garden
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?
Draw a picture of the Easter story
Then make a badge from it using the machine (with the help of an adult)
Easter is the most important celebration for Christians
Which is the part of the story you like best?
Marble Painting
Roll or shake them on the paper to make a colourful picture
There was a big, heavy stone blocking the entrance to Jesus tomb. But an angel came and rolled it away.
What do you think Jesus friends thought when they saw the stone rolled away?
Cut a butterfly out of paper and decorate it.
Tie a thread through and hang it from the branch.
When Jesus friends went to his tomb they thought he was dead. They were surprised when he spoke to them.
Have you seen a butterfly hatch? The cocoon looks dead, but a beautiful butterfly comes out of it.
Prayer Crosses
Jesus prayed before he was arrested because he was very worried about what was going to happen
God loves us to talk to him and tell him what we are concerned about.
Tattoos
Choose a tattoo and press it on
Do you know what part of the Easter story it represents?
Holy Week Scratch Art
Choose a picture and scratch it to see the colours come through
Everything seemed to be going wrong for Jesus and his followers, but then it turned to good when he came back to life again
Can you think of a time when things seemed to be going wrong, but they turned out well in the end
Easter Trail
Take one of the sheets of questions and find the answers in the pictures as you follow the trail.
Each picture has a clue to tell you where you will find the next one
When you get to the end hand your sheet in to the activity helper to get a small prize
Bead Cross
Your elastic will need to be folded in half with the ends tied together. Thread the beads on to make a cross.
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?
Choose a suncatcher
Decorate it with paint
When Jesus friends knew he was alive they were very excited and happy. They always remembered it.
When have you felt excited? How does it feel?
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
Or make a pipe cleaner tree with tissue paper leaves to go in the garden where Jesus prayed.
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 Bible
This cross has the nails already in it. Add some wool to the cross, wrapping it around the nails to hold it.
Some wool is red like Jesus blood
Some wool is black because the sky went dark
Some wool is white because Jesus rose again
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.
Cardboard tomb
Can you make a tomb out of all this cardboard?
Jesus was buried in a cave that had a stone rolled in front of the door.
How would his friends have felt?
Easter Garden
Make crosses and a tomb and add them to the Easter garden.
Colour in one of these pictures or doodle your own design on a blank sheet of paper
God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him would not die but have eternal life.
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