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Holy Week - What Is It?

April 3, 2025

Holy Week is a time of reflection of all the events leading up to Jesus's crucifixion - the good, the bad and the ugly. He was welcomed like a king, but in less than a week, everyone turned on Him and he died a brutal death. How does that happen?

 

It's easy to talk about the birth of a precious baby in a manager at Christmas. But, it can be difficult to talk about the events leading to the death of Jesus and Easter, right? By focusing on the gift of new life and how amazing it is that Jesus beat death, we can explain why we celebrate Easter in an age appropriate way for our kids.

Here are some ideas for how we, as parents, might talk about Easter while focusing on what it is we are really celebrating, Jesus’s conquering of death and His invitation to us for a new life with Him!

What is Holy Week?

Let’s start with Holy Week and how we can spend some time leading up to Easter and help our kids understand what led to Jesus’s death on the cross. 

Holy Week marks the week spanning from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, Jesus’s journey from the time He enters Jerusalem, until He leaves the grave. Holy Week always starts on the Sunday before Easter, also known as Palm Sunday. 

When we walk through the events of Holy Week with our kids, it gives a more full picture of our Easter celebration than a single day. So much happens in the week leading up to the death of Jesus, and when we track with these events in real time (day by day throughout Holy Week) it gives our kids (and us!) a real sense of how quickly the tides turned against Jesus. 


Holy Week for Kids


Resurrection Eggs 

Use these steps to make your own Resurrection Eggs: (also available to purchase in The Grounds Bookstore during the Easter season)

  1. Gather 6-12 plastic eggs (depending on the format you choose below)
  2. Use the Resurrection Eggs resource (below) for verses and objects that will go in the Easter eggs. 
  3. Place the corresponding object and a slip of paper that has the verses for that day on it in each egg.
  4. Each day leading up to Easter, open an egg, read the part of Jesus's story for the day and talk with your kids about what the significance of the object is. You might also follow up by asking what they think Jesus was feeling at that point, what they are feeling about the story, or what they have questions about. 
  5. Resurrection Eggs for Younger Kids - 6 day version
  6. Resurrection Eggs for Older Kids - 12 day version


Easter Blocks by GoodKind

GoodKind is a small business in North Carolina that aims to make resources that help families center their lives around Christ. These blocks follow a similar rhythm to the Resurrection Eggs, one small thing each day in Holy Week leading up to Easter. They have a full set that includes a candle, and a mini set for families who might not want to introduce fire into their Holy Week reflection. Both include a devotional booklet and blocks that depict an image from the story. 

Any way you go about it, spending a little time this month to give our kids a more full picture of what Easter is all about will serve your entire family as you get to know Jesus better and understand what a relationship with Him might mean for your life.

 

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