A 9 Day Easter Advent Calendar for Kids with a Family Devotional
Two years ago, I bought The Truth in The Tinsel to help teach Cooper about the real Christmas story. After our first Christmas with it, we loved it so much, I knew we needed something for Easter too. Since I couldn’t find exactly what I was looking for, I made my own Easter advent calendar for kids with an easy Easter family devotional!
Here’s a look at our 9 days of Easter advent countdown!
First, I filled 9 eggs with a clue for each of our Easter story devotions. We opened our egg each morning and then did the story in the evening before bed. Cooper loved opening his egg each morning!
My Easter Sunday packet includes a “cheat sheet” with all of the egg clues, scriptures and crafts altogether on one page!
Once I had that printed and the daily devotions, we were ready to go! 🙂
Day 1: The Last Supper
Cooper loved having his “snack” while we read our Bible Story!
Day 2: Praise the Lord!
“It’s a yeaf, Mommy!” I think opening his “twues” (clues) was his favorite part!
Day 3: Judas Betrays Jesus
Day 4: Pilate
This one was so much fun when we opened the egg and water spilled everywhere!! 🙂 The water and the handprint craft were a great way to talk about how Pilate washed his hands of the responsibility to crucify Jesus.
Day 5: Jesus is Mocked
As you can tell from this stinky face…we are *thrilled* with the smell of vinegar, “that stinky stuff” as Cooper called it! This was a stinky, but memorable clue! 🙂
But vinegar wasn’t the only way Jesus was mocked. After our scripture, we went outside and cut thorn branches from the rose bushes to make our own crown of thorns.
A little twisting and hot glue and we had a pokey crown–enough to give him a good idea of how Jesus suffered for us.
Day 6: Jesus is Crucified
This one took forever to convince Cooper that the clue was a nail and not a needle! LOL
Day 7: Jesus Dies on the cross
This was our last day of Spring Break. After Cooper declared this a “stay in your pajamas” day (what a nice way to spend the last day of break!), we spent the day digging with Easter eggs, building egg towers, and eating lunch out of Easter eggs. But most importantly, we ended the day remembering the Cross. Because, at the end of the day, nothing else really matters. Because, even in His darkest hour, He was fighting for me. And because, even in MY darkest hour, He is still fighting for me. Dying for me. Conquering death for me. All because of the cross.
That’s one of the reasons I loved doing this Easter advent calendar for kids so much. There’s no reason not to have fun with Easter eggs, but I sure did love the balance of both this year!
Day 8: Jesus is Buried
Cooper loved this one! He kept saying, “I am going to yock dis door weally tight so Jesus cannot get out!” Oh, but wait, son….Sunday’s coming! 🙂
Day 9: Jesus is Risen
And here is the video of the entire Easter story as told by my very sick, very hyped up from little sleep 3 year old! LOL! My favorite quotes…. “THE Pilate,” “Thorns made of crowns,” and “The sun came up. Yay!”
You can find detailed plans for all of these Easter family devotionals in my Easter Advent calendar for kids! Or grab this 5 week Easter Bible Unit for a more in depth study for preschoolers.
