Easter Zone

Easter lesson by Karl Bastian & Stanley Mearse exploring the fulfilled prophesies that prove Jesus IS the Messiah.

TONS of ideas/advice for planning an Easter Egg hunt.

Jesus rose from the dead to fix the problem of death once and for all.

Overview of Karl's Easter Outreach Family Game Show

A funny, MESSY story that illustrates the importance of being "hidden" in Christ instead of living for what the world offers.

This is a fun activity for little learners to practice washing feet. 

Your children can now create their very own Easter Comic Book! You provide the comic, they provide the illustrations!

Interactive lesson with a powerful teaching twist for upper elementary kids! Follow these instructions carefully and you will have a lesson filled with fun and laughter that ends with a somber challenge both for salvation and a surrendered life for kids already saved!

An 'egg' themed appreciation note for your volunteers at Easter.

This is a retelling of the classic story of The Three Trees written by Karl Bastian, provided here in three different formats. The original author is unknown. This is Karl's version of the beautiful fable. Ideal for Christmas or Easter.

It is our privilege to share the good news of the Gospel with the kids in our children’s ministries! Here are 4 tips for sharing the gospel with kids at Easter.

To ensure that all kids fare equally in your next egg hunt, use these Candy Land style cards. Each child gets one card and finds the one egg to match each color square. Also included a reverse egg hunt.

Dropping candy from a fire truck ladder and balloon launch!

Have fun this Easter by changing up your egg hunt!

Easter Scripture Readings in a whole new way!

An easy fun Scripture Memory game for Easter!

What is the purpose of Easter Sunday? Use this skit to explain it to children.

Put the focus back on hope in your kids lives.

This is a great Easter song sung to the tune of Jesus Loves Me.

Use an egg to teach children about being a sinner.

Celebrating Easter is an essential part of Christian ministry and when you do it “kids’ style” you will need Easter games for the classroom. Holiday Easter games maintain the flow of the theme and add excitement to your sessions. Since I have kids ages 6 to 11 usually, I like to keep things as uncomplicated as possible. Take a crack at these Easter-themed games and let the fun begin!

Flatman and Bobbin rediscover Jesus' death and resurrection

Download these free printables to use this weekend!

Save $$ and get better Easter Egg candy!

Our Good Friday Service plan to equip parents to talk to their kids about salvation.

An easter experience your congregation will not forget.

We played a guessing game to start with. I started with one of the younger children and worked my way up to a very young-looking spry older lady in the choir.

This game encourages Listening Skills and could be used at Easter for teaching about the Resurrection of Jesus or Lazarus.

Is your Easter hollow? Show the kids in your ministry how to not feel empty this Easter. 

Here are two Easter lessons designed for kids church or a midweek kids club outreach event.

Involve the parents with your next Easter egg hunt!

Kids travel through four different rooms to meet important people in Jesus' life and to experience the reality of what Easter is really about.

This is a great Gospel Illusion and Object Lesson for Easter to show how Jesus was killed and rose three days later! It uses a paper and pen to visually demonstrate this important truth.

Are you prepared for special needs kids in your ministry? Here are 10 tips to help you!

Did you know Paul used a legal argument to prove Jesus rose from the dead?

Are your preteens getting too old for Easter egg hunts? Here's a creative way to get them excited about Easter.

Because Easter Egg Hunts are so very secular, our Children's Ministries Department decided to "put Christ in the Easter Egg"...

We used this as an introduction and mood setter for our Easter Lesson. The kids learned about the origin of the cross and saw how it turned into something beautiful

Easter eggs are a great way to tell the Easter story. This is a game that leads into a powerful lesson.

A hollowed out egg is smashed, to the surprise of the children, to illustrate the surprise of Mary when she found the empty tomb.

An exciting event you can plan for your church to celebrate Easter.

A young boy learning how to be an ironsmith learns about Jesus in a powerful way.

A host asks three panel guests the question "What is Easter all about?"

God the Father loved us so much that He let His son die for our sins.

We had a community outreach event where we prayed with people and talked about God/Jesus and the true meaning of Easter.

The following ideas are intended to help families make the celebration of Easter more meaningful. We believe that Christians are in the best position to proclaim the “real” meaning of holiday, beyond Easter eggs, candy baskets and new clothes.

A fun way to present the resurrection eggs.

Make Easter Sunday memorable for the kids and the adults.

Easter Sunday is a special day for God’s children. In this children’s church program, the children look BACK at what Christ has done. They look AHEAD at what is prepared for them in Heaven. They look IN at their heart and make sure that Jesus is there. They look OUT at others who need to hear the message of God’s great love!