Easter Crafts for Kids Page 1
Jelly Bean Poem and Frame Easter Craft
 What you will need: Smile Face Jelly bean Photo frame craft from Oriental Trading Company (Type in 48/3621 in the search box on the left to find this craft. They cost $4.94 for 12 frames) or use fun foam in Easter colors.
What to do:
1. Print out the poems onto card stock (Large file or small file) and cut them apart or print the following poem on index cards: (Printing Problems?)
Jelly Beans
By Carolyn Warvel
Five or six, or just a few,
Pop them in your mouth and chew,
Yellow, purple, orange, and blue,
Just remember it is true,
Jesus died for me and you.
2. Glue the jelly beans onto the frame and let dry. Glue the poem to the back of the frame. To finish, stick a magnet on the back.
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Note - It is illegal to publish this poem on any other web site without permission, even if you include the author's name.
Jelly Bean Poem
Fill bags with jelly beans and attach the following poem. Or type this poem on a piece of paper and frame. Glue fun foam jelly beans on the frame. (See craft above.)
Jelly Beans Tell a Story
Written by Barbara Hooks
Black is for the evil planned that night.
Yellow is for God’s Son Who is the Light.
Red is for the precious blood that Jesus gave,
Green is for the grass that grew beside the grave.
Orange is for the setting sun as soldiers slept.
Pink is for the rising sun as Mary wept.
Purple is for rulers who could not win.
White is for the cloth He left within.
Blue is for the water in the sea.
On the shore, “The risen Lord; Oh, could it be?”
Many people witnessed this great event.
Disciples watched as heavenward He went.
The angel said He would return
Exactly when we do not learn.
A bag full of jellybeans; help us tell.
A story of love, we know so well.
Share the candy; share the joy
Jesus died for girls and boys.
Printable Easter Invitation Card
The Card says, "Come and find out what Easter is
really all about."
The puppy in the picture is thinking, "Mine! Mine! Mine! All mine!"
Use this card to invite new students to your class or to get your regular students excited about the coming Easter season.
This printable card is available to members of Danielle's Place and The Resource Room
Memory Cross Easter Coloring Cards 
 Children of all ages love Memory Cross cards. They are fun to create and hard to put down. They are kind of like the song that never ends -- once you start opening them, you just can't stop. That's what makes them such a great memory device.
Memory Cross offers many different types: preprinted, coloring cards, and blank ones that you can use to create your own cards.
Go to Memory Cross to order yours today!
 Donkey Paper
Bag Puppet Psalm Sunday Craft
Children will have fun playing with this cute
donkey puppet. Go to Crafts
Page 6 on The Resource Room for directions.
Puppet Show:
Make the paper bag puppet craft above and use it for a puppet
show. After the lesson, use the donkey puppet to tell the story
of Palm Sunday from the standpoint of the donkey--how he was all
excited to give Jesus a ride on his back when he went to Jerusalem,
and how the people loved and praised Jesus, shouting "Hosanna,
praise to the Lord". Then let the children take turns doing
this using their own puppets. For an easy stage, cut a square
out of the bottom of a large box, leaving about 2" - 3" on each
side. The bottom will be the stage, with the box lying on its
long side. Paste palm leaves (using pattern cut from felt or construction
paper) all over box, and also scraps of fabric, or lay doll clothes
in front, to indicate the garments the people laid down for the
donkey to walk on. You can also use the color sheet (below) as
a backdrop inside the stage, and you can be sitting by it wearing
the donkey puppet.
Make
a Palm Branch. See the Easter Craft Page. Make a Cotton
Ball Sheep Craft.
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Jesus Ascending to Heaven Craft for Kids
 What you will need: 16 oz. foam cup, blue paper, card stock (Heavy paper, cotton balls, string, tape, and colored pencils.
What to do:
1. Before class, print out pictures of Jesus (A pattern for this craft is available to members only.) onto card stock and cut them apart. Cut star shapes from card stock. Punch holes in the middle bottom of the foam cups. Cut blue paper to fit around the cups and tape or glue it on.
2. In class have your children glue cotton balls on the cups to look like clouds and color the picture of Jesus.
3. When they are done coloring, tape a star to one end of a string and push it through the hole at the bottom of the cup. Tape the picture of Jesus to the other end of the string as shown in the picture. When your children pull on the string Jesus will ascend to heaven!
Designed by Tracey Lentfer
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 Story of Easter Spinner Game
 What you will need: Easter stickers from Oriental Trading (Or use clip art), paper, cardboard box, and a brad. To order stickers for this game go toOriental Trading Company,web site. Type in 36/568 in the search box on the left-hand side of the page. You can buy 12 pages of stickers for $2.95.
What to do:
1. Print out the Spinner Game Pattern onto blue paper (Large file or small file). Cut it out and glue it to a cardboard box. Punch a hole in the middle of the game board and the box. Make a spinner and punch a hole at the bottom. Insert a brad through the spinner, the game board, and the box and spread it out. Young children may have a hard time using the spinner so you may want to substitute a die (Large pattern or small pattern). (Printing Problems?)
2. Use one set of stickers to make the game board. Place one of each sticker on the game board as shown in the picture.
2. Give each child a set of stickers. Children take turns spinning the spinner and placing a sticker on a piece of paper that matches the picture the spinner lands on. If the spinner lands on a picture the child already has he loses his turn. The child who gets his picture finished first by using all the stickers wins. If you are using a die instead, children take turns throwin the die. Children place a sticker on their picture according to which picture on the die is facing up.
3. The stickers you don't use on the game board are "free stickers". The children can place them anywhere they want at the beginning of the game.
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Make
a Palm Sunday Donkey Colt Craft.
Make
a "He
is Risen Laced Paper Plate" Craft for Easter from our Easter Craft Page
Plant
an Easter Garden Craft from our Easter Craft Page
 Stick
donkey Toy Easter Craft for Kids - Your preschoolers will have fun riding on a donkey just like
Jesus did on Palm Sunday. This little donkey can also be used
to act out the Palm Sunday story. It is made from paper, yarn,
and a gift wrap tube or rolled up newspapers. The pattern for
this craft is available to members
only.
 Craft Stick
Donkey Easter Craft for Kids - This craft is made with craft
sticks, a craft spoon and yarn. The pattern for this craft
is available to members only.
 "He
is Risen!" Banner Easter Craft for Kids - This is a great Easter Craft for older children. Glue this Easter
Cross banner onto a wooden dowel and add a golden fringe to the
bottom.
Easter Folded Paper Game for Kids - Children pick a side, the teacher opens
it up and tells the children what to do such as, "Say, It is true,
Jesus loves me.
 Egg Carton Sheep Easter Craft for Kids - Jesus was called the Lamb
of God. He was our sacrifice. Children will love gluing cotton
balls or wadded up tissue paper on this cute little sheep. This
craft uses an egg carton cup and an egg shaped Styrofoam ball.
Children glue, wrinkled up tissue, cotton, or tissue paper onto
the body to make the sheep.
Also see Sheep Crafts
 Easter Windsock Easter Craft- This windsock is made from
card stock and crepe paper streamers. A pattern and directions
for this craft is available to members
only. Children will have fun coloring the pattern and then
taping crepe paper streamers to the bottom. They look beautiful
blowing in the wind. If you live in a rainy climate, you can laminate
the paper and use plastic streamers instead.
Easter
Lambs Color and Activity Sheet - This color sheet is available
to members only.
Palm
Sunday and Easter Bible Lessons
 Easter
Lesson - This lesson was sent in by Vicki Wiley. Children
fill a clear plastic cross with layers of different colors of candy
to remind them of different things in the Easter story. They could
also use beads to make a bracelet.
"Jesus
in a Big Parade" Bible
Lesson - Children
learn how people in Bible times showed love, and gave thanks and
praise to Jesus, and how they can show love and praise him. They
also learn that Jesus is very glad when we tell others about him.
This lesson is found on the Member Only section of the Resource
Room.
 "The Happy Day and the Sad
Day" Sunday School Lesson - Children
learn the sad story of Jesus' death, and the happy results of his
resurrection. Children color a fold up game and then play the game
with the teacher or their classmates. This lesson is found on the Member Only section of the Resource
Room.
 The
Last Supper - Jesus wants us to remember what he has done
for us. Children color Christian Symbol Easter Eggs and talk about
what each symbol stands for. This
lesson is found on the Member Only section of the Resource
Room.
Easter
Plays for Children
1. Easter Play - This play can be done at any time during the year
and there are no lines to learn (except for the preaching).
You will need
the CD, "All the Way to There" by John Berry. The play
is acted out to the song "How Much Do You Love Me?" I
had a 6 year old act out the part of the little girl, a teenager
for the teen and an adult for the married woman. This song (in case
you haven't heard it) talks about a small girl playing with a dinosaur
and she asks her father (played by the Pastor) if he wants to play
dinosaurs with her. He's reading a paper and puts it down and chases
after her.
(We had a
set of 3 stairs made that she could climb up). On the second stair,
she turns around and looks at her dad. (In the song, it says that
she asked, "How much do you love me? How much do you really
care?" Then the dad follows the song, by touching his heart
and stretching out his arms as the song plays the words "All
the way to there". They hug and the little girl exits. Next
scene is the teen calling her dad. She waits on the steps and he
drives up (two chairs put together as dad pretends to drive.) She
gets in the car crying. He anticipates that she needs to know how
much he loves her, so he taps her on the shoulder and again touches
his heart and stretches out his hands as the song plays "all
the way to there". They part with a hug.
Last scene
- a woman with a suitcase gives the dinosaur to her dad and kisses
him good-bye and waves. She goes to the stairs and looks very sad
and lonely (song says she's 1,000 miles away). Looking towards her,
but sort of over her head, he touches his heart and stretches out
his arms. She looks in his general direction and touches her heart
and stretches out her arms too. The play ends like this.
Next, the preacher
goes to the first step and talks about how joyous we are when we
first find Jesus. How everything seems fun and we have so much exuberance.
On the second step, the preacher talks about the "teen"
years in a Christian's life --the years of conformity (The trial
years). Finally, on the third step, we talk about the "married"
state - how we have learned to trust Jesus for better or for worse,
etc. and are waiting now to see Him face to face. Preacher should
emphasize that Jesus loves us "all the way to there".
I added some
very sentimental songs regarding how much Jesus loves us. At the
end, I had the cast come up one by one, starting with the little
girl and stand in front of the cross and put up her hands. I had
asked some key members of the congregation before the play if they
would come to the altar and do the same when they saw the cast doing
this. The effect was phenomenal. When I turned around, the entire
church was at the altar with their hands raised in praise!
Easy play,
minimum of props and we only needed one night of practice! Hope
someone can use this. Theresa
For more
craft ideas go to the Easter
and Spring Crafts Page
  Read
the children the book "The Parable of the Lily". (I found this book
at Wal-Mart for $6.00) and at K-mart for $4.28 in the Easter section.)
If you can't find it at either store, you can buy it online at Christianbook.com. You may also be able to find this book at Wal-Mart. An Easter Sunday school lesson that goes along with this book is available on The Resource Room.
Make a paper flower bloom - This is a simple and surprising craft. Fold up the petals of a paper flower and place it in a bowl of water. After a few seonds the flower will start to open. A pattern this craft is available on The Resource Room.
 Decorate a pot or plastic container (cottage cheese containers,
plastic cups, or other containers) with stickers. Tie a ribbon around
the container and tape it in place. Have your children
fill the pots with soil. Give each child a flower seed to plant
in the soil. Tell them that this craft uses many symbols
to remind them of what Easter is all about. The bow reminds
them of God's free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ.
The cross with red flowers reminds them that Jesus had to shed his
blood and die for our sins so that we could have eternal life.
Jesus died and was buried. When you see the new plant
emerge, you will be reminded of the new life you can receive
Cross
Easter Crafts
 Plastic
Canvas Crossmade
from ribbon and plastic canvas. You will need at least 20 minutes to complete this
craft. They can be used as bookmarks or as decorations. This is a great
craft for teens, and great to sell at craft fairs as a money maker. Click here for the directions and a pattern.
You can buy precut plastic canvas crosses that are ready to assemble from Oriental Trading Company. Go to www.orientaltrading.com and type in 48/2988 in the search box at the top of the page to find this craft. They cost $4.95 for twelve.
Sea
Shell and River Stone Easter Cross Craft
This craft is appropriate
for older children, ages 8 and older. This craft would be great for Vacation Bible School Craft.
What you will
need: wooden cross (The one pictured was purchased from Michael's
Craft Store for 99 cents. It's about 8" long.) Small river rocks
and sea shells. (You can use other things also like buttons, beads,
or seeds.), Grout (Found at hardware stores.) I used antique white,
tacky glue, rubber gloves, and sponge.
You can buy small
river rocks and shells like the ones I used for this craft from Oriental
Trading Company. (Just type in rocks or shells in the search
box to find them. They are under Craft Accessories.) The wooden crosses
are also available.
What to do:
1. Glue your
decorations onto the wooden cross and let it dry overnight.
2. Make sure
all the objects are glued on well.
3. Mix the grout
according to the directions. Use rubber gloves and press the grout
into all the cracks. Don't try to do the whole cross at one time.
Work in sections. Let the grout set for a short time and them wipe
off the top of the cross with a damp sponge. Rinse out the sponge
and wipe it off again and again until it looks the way you want it
to look. Do the whole cross this way. Let it dry overnight.
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 This is a very inexpensive and easy craft for Easter. You can also tie a red  ribbon on the top of the cross or wind it around the middle to signify
the blood Jesus shed.
What
you will need: 2" masonry nails, 2 1/2" masonry nails, and thin wire. (Tru-Value
Hardware Store)
What
to do: Place the two 2 1/2" nails next to each other facing opposite
directions. Wrap the wire a couple or times around the nail
about 1/3 of the way from the top. Place the two 2" nails next to
each other facing in opposite directions. Place them on top and across
the 2 1/2" nails and wrap the wire around the nails to form a
cross. Bring the wire up and around to the head of the nail
at the top of the cross. Wrap the wire around the head and then
form a loop with the wire. Cut off the excess wire.
You can buy this craft as a kit from Oriental Trading Company, $6.95 for 12 crosses. Type in 48/3102 in the search box at the top of the page.
Here's a really fun craft for all ages.
What
you will need: Black construction paper, white typing paper, paper glue, crayons
or markers, (Highlighter markers work very well.) and glitter glue.
(optional)
What
to do:
1. Draw a stained
glass window shape on a piece of white paper. Cut it out. Try to make
the shape as tall and wide as the piece of paper. Place the window
shape on a piece of black construction paper and trace all the way
around about 1/2" from the edge to make a black window shape
that is a little larger. Also cut out a cross shape from black construction
paper. A pattern for this craft is available to members.
- Fold up the
white window shape at different angles making sure to crease the
fold each time you fold it. You can unfold it and then fold it again
at a different angle.
- Keep folding
and unfolding the paper until you can see that the patterns you
created by folding the paper are about all the same size.
- Unfold the
paper and trace the lines you created by folding the paper with
a dark marker. Color in the different shapes with markers and crayons.
- When you are
done coloring, glue the window shape on top of the bigger black
window shape. Glue the cross on top.
- You can also
add glitter glue to finish.
You can also
make this craft to be hung on a window and make the stained glass
part look translucent. To do this, cut the white paper and the black
paper the same size, but cut out the inside of the black shape to
make a frame. Prepare the stained glass part as described above, but
when you are finished, paint a very light coat of vegetable oil over
the paper. Wipe off the excess and let it dry. Glue the black frame
over the stained glass. Glue on the cross. Hang in a window to let
the light shine through.
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Tissue Paper Stained Glass Window Craft
1. Cut out an arched window shape from the middle of a piece of black paper. Discard the cutout part.
2. Place some clear contact paper on one side of the paper cover the cutout area.
3. Give your children colored pieces of tissue paper to "stick" to the cut out area. Sent in by Jeanette
Easter and Palm Sunday Games and Activities:
1. Act out the Bible lesson. Dress up the children in Bible clothes. (See making no-sew Bible costumes) . Using the palm branches they made in the crafts section below, have them act out the lesson. One child can be Jesus and one the donkey. As Jesus rides the donkey through the crowd on Palm Sunday the other children wave their palm branches saying, "Hosanna" and "Jesus, we love you." They can also take off their coats and lay them in front of the donkey.
2. Play "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" game for Palm Sunday. You can buy it any where you get birthday supplies. Use tape instead of pins.
3. Donkey Ears - Make donkeys ears for the children to wear on Palm Sunday. Just make a headband out of construction paper and attache large ears. Sent in by Jeannet
Easter Songs
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Easter Time
(Sung to: Jingle Bells)
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Easter time, Easter time,
D
We have so much to do.
G D
Time for bunnies, time for eggs,
A7
But time for Jesus too.
D
Oh, Easter time, Easter time,
D
Jesus showed His love,
G D
He died for us and rose again.
A7 D
He's with the Lord above.
If you like this song, consider purchasing "Praise 4 God ~ Just 4 Kids©" a collection of more than 75 simple songs and poems of praise
 
For more even Easter Crafts go to Easter Page 2 .
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