How to do Easter with under 5s

When my children were young, I was keen to start doing things for Easter, but it’s hard to know where to start. Christmas is so much easier as long as you omit the killing of the babies by Herod. But Easter can seem like sharing a story of barbaric torture and death.

I would recommend:

* Finding an age-appropriate way to share the Easter story.

Keeping it age age-appropriate is essential. I once showed the film Lion of Judah to a group of children and discovered that some of them found it really scary – so it’s worth remembering You know your child best so listen to them and think about what would be best for them at the age they are this year. Remember – Easter comes every year so this won’t be your last chance to share the story with them!

* Finding a fun way to celebrate Easter.

This may or may not directly relate to Jesus, but doing something fun together means you are building a tradition which helps grow your relationships. It’s hard to imagine when they’re young, but your children are likely to want to repeat things you do now for many years so choose something you’ll enjoy as well as them!

Having said this, here’s some ideas which could serve as one or both of these: