Christ-Centered Easter Ideas
Donut Easter Tomb
Grab some donuts and donut holes and wa-la! You have a garden tomb ready for multitudes! Here are a few shared online:
Eat figs on Holy Monday
The day after His Triumphal Entry, Jesus cursed a fig tree. Read the scriptures about this story (Matt. 21:18-19; Mark 21:18-22) and eat some figs.
Angel Food Cake as Garden Tomb
I made this angel food cake tomb that turned out pretty great! I just used a store-bought box and cut it in half to make it a tomb. We added jam inside and used a sugar cookie as the door. My daughter helped me decorate it with shredded coconut (that we dyed green to make it like grass), crumbs of the extra cake, graham cracker trail, and we added a bit of crushed oreos for dirt. We just kind of threw it together and I loved how it came together and that we made it as a family! It doesn’t have to be angel food cake (I liked the pun), but if you do use it, take note that it is delicate and it wanted to slump over after an hour or so.
Bread Dove Rolls
Bake some cute bird rolls and serve with soup or your Easter dinner. You can talk about the dove mentioned at the baptism of Jesus or when Jesus mentions sparrows in His Sermon on the Mount. There are lots of recipes online to fit your family’s needs.
Jelly Bean Prayer Poem
Since Easter time is full of candy, grab a bag of Jelly Beans and make it Christ-focused with this poem! Download the free printable below to print and cut into little tags or roll inside plastic eggs.
Hot Cross Buns
They are beautiful and there are tons of recipes online that will suit your needs. The picture above has a recipe here.
Bake Lazarus Bread Rolls
Lazarakia (Little Lazarus Sweet Bread Rolls) are small, sweet, spiced Lenten bread rolls prepared and consumed on the Saturday before Palm Sunday. They mark the beginning of the Holy week and are a great way to celebrate and commemorate Jesus’ as a God of miracles.
Easter Egg Charcuterie
I took this screenshot from an account and I forget who the credit goes to, but this simple idea is genius! A little snack tray but in eggs makes a lunch so simple and fun! Although not Christ-centered, there are always opportunities to talk about Jesus so for this one, you could mention that God wants us to take care of our bodies and eat healthy foods.
