Easter activities for kids

Download: Six Day Easter calendar for kids

The advent calendars that children do over Christmas sometimes seem like they'll never end. It's too much for many families to realistically do a craft every day. But the Easter period is a lot shorter, often with less travel to distant relatives involved. This means that you may have some extra time at home with your children over Easter, and it would be great to really focus them on what Easter is all about.

Carmelina Read has put together a free document with Bible studies from Luke and themed activities for children to do with an adult over Easter (updated for Easter 2017). There are separate questions and discussion points each day for younger and older children, with a prayer to follow.

You can do all six days, starting the Wednesday before Good Friday through to Easter Monday, or you could just do one or two as suits.

These ideas are adaptable for Sunday School programs, grandparents, babysitters, kids groups, or other times when you can spend an hour or so learning about Jesus though what the Bible says about his death and resurrection, and remembering it with focused crafts and music.

The series also works in a possible beginners' prayer diary, encouraging children to pray for people they might otherwise forget, such as missionaries they know. It could be the start of a life-long prayer habit.

We've tried to make the document as printable as possible, but you should be able to open it on your electronic devices as well. The translation Carmelina uses is the Easy-to-Read Version, but you could use any preferred translation.