#Easter countdown free#

Oh, and you can combine this with our Cross Easter Activities for even more Easter family fun. There is nothing that says you must stop! The point isn’t when you start and stop the point is to focus on the various names and characteristics of our Lord. But don’t worry about getting all 30 in before Easter! If you are getting a late start, you can finish after the official holiday. I have my children journal about the name and verse in their journal so they spend a couple of minutes really processing that particular name of Christ.

You could read the verse with your family over dinner or have each child read the verse on their own throughout the day. But there isn’t a right or wrong time of day to do it.

You could even put the strips of paper in a basket and pull one out when you want to spend some time focusing on it with your family.Įach morning, we pull off a new link and then read the verse that goes along with it. We put ours on a basket near the fireplace in the family room. You could make the chain and run it up the staircase railing or on a door frame. If you need a little help, check out the video above for more detailed instructions. The printable is set up for you to use two different colors easily. To put it together, simply print the file on cardstock and cut apart the strips. Also, if you have bigger sheets of scrapbook paper at home, just cut it down to 8.5×11 size and stick it in your printer. I find that tape doesn’t stick well to glitter paper.

#Easter countdown free#

You need the free printable file (linked below), two different colors of cardstock paper, and tape or a stapler. Why do we celebrate Easter? Because Jesus left His throne in Heaven and lived a sinless life on this earth so He could die in our place.Īs we journey to the cross with Christ, I thought it would be appropriate to study the names of Jesus, so we can see how incredible Jesus really is as we anticipate the single most incredible thing ever done for us: death on the cross.Ĭreating Your Names of Jesus Easter Countdown So I created a simple Easter countdown that not only brought with it anticipation of the most important holiday of our faith but also taught my kids the real meaning behind the holiday to begin with. If done right, it also helps children to fully understand the meaning behind it all. An Easter countdown is such a wonderful way to build anticipation, teach God’s truth, and bring the focus of the holiday to the right place every single day as we await that celebration. We count down to everything: Christmas, first day of school, time until vacation. Surely it deserves at least a tiny bit of the pomp and circumstance we give other holidays (especially Christmas!). Of course, we spend Easter Sunday at church, and we certainly make the day about Jesus, but this day is a celebration of the most significant thing in our lives. And yet, Easter usually comes and goes with little more than a few last-minute baskets of candy and a ham dinner.įor years, I felt a little guilty about this. Somewhere between New Year’s Resolutions, Valentine’s dates, and summer break lands what should be the MOST important holiday of the year. (I lightly wrote the same number on each yellow shape and the matching colored shape so I wouldn’t get confused.Do you ever feel like Easter is the holiday that somehow just gets left in the pollen dust? (haha) Then I will let the kids adhere the colored cardstock on the cross after we read the Scriptures. (I used black velcro to adhere the colored cardstock to the cross) Each day, starting with #1 Scripture above, we will first read the OT prophecy and then we will read the NT fulfilled prophecy.

Then I wrote the 18 fulfilled prophecies on scraps of colored cardstock. I wrote the 18 OT prophecies on a cross that I cut out of poster board.

Here is how I used the Scriptures above in a countdown. Soldiers would gamble for Jesus’ garments. Jesus would be silent before his accusers. Jesus’ price money would be used to buy a potter’s field. This year, the countdown will start on March 22nd. There are 18 main prophecies, so therefore I am making an Easter countdown for the 18 days before Easter. After some thought and research, I decided that we are going to teach our kids about the prophecy of the events surrounding Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection in the Old Testament and the prophecies fulfilled in the New Testament. I know Easter changes each year, but I still want to anticipate the big day by reading the true Easter story from the Bible in the weeks leading up to Easter. Happy Ash Wednesday! Although we don’t celebrate Ash Wednesday, it does mark the beginning of celebrating Jesus’ death and resurrection for many!Īnd this year I want to make an Easter countdown for my kids.