• Teach children about Easter with religious activities.cross image by cherie from Fotolia.com
  
  The celebration of Easter is the most important of all Christian holidays as what Christians believe happened this day is the very foundation of Christianity. In regard to children, the typical focus of this holiday is egg hunts, bunnies and candy. Teach children about the religious aspects of Easter incorporating some of these activities.
  
  

Stations of the Cross

• A very common religious display that can be found during Easter is the Stations of the Cross. This display shows Jesus' final hours before he died on the cross. There are a total of 14 stations, beginning with Jesus being sentenced by Pontius Pilate and ending with Jesus being laid in the tomb. A 15th station is sometimes included showing Jesus rising from the dead as the Savior. Each station is replicated through a picture, statues or actors. People move from one station to the next, learning and observing what happened to Jesus. By visiting a location where the Stations of the Cross are displayed, children learn about the love and devotion Jesus had for his people.
  
  

Jelly Beans Easter Poem

• Teach children about Jesus and Easter using different-colored jelly beans and the following poem:
  
  Red is for the blood He gave.
  Green is for the grass He made.
  Yellow is for the sunflowers so bright.
  Black is for the dark of night.
  White is for the grace He gave.
  Orange is for the sun He made.
  Purple is for the hours of sorrow.
  Pink is for our new tomorrow.
  A bag full of jelly beans,
  colorful and sweet.
  It's a prayer, a promise,
  and a child's treat.
  
  Type and print out the poem and attach it to a bag of jelly beans that contains each of the colors mentioned in the poem. Have the children recite the poem, and allow them to eat the jelly beans after the poem has been read.
  
  

Stained Glass Cross

• Help children create a stained-glass cross out of wax paper and crayons. Provide them with a large piece of wax paper and have them fold it in half. Peel the wrapper off of crayons--as many colors as you'd like. Using a hand-held pencil sharpener, have children sharpen the crayons, allowing the shavings to fall onto one half of the folded wax paper. Place the wax paper on a piece of scrap paper and place another piece of scrap paper over it. Place an iron--set on medium heat with no steam--on the paper for about 10 to 20 seconds, melting the wax. Remove the iron and allow the wax to cool. Once the wax has cooled, draw a block cross shape on the wax paper and have children cut it out, creating a stained-glass cross, which can be displayed for the celebration of Easter.