The Little Boy

A little boy with his slate makes figures and calculates.

 THE LITTLE BOY

You know I think that little boy
Who gave his lunch one day
To help to feed a hungry crowd
Who'd come a long, long way

To hear what Jesus said to them,
Was standing near that night
And wondered what a boy could do
To make things come out right.

And I'm 'most sure that he was there
With all the sorrowing men,
That little boy loved Jesus, too,
I know He'd be there then.

And Easter morning when the stone
Had all been rolled away,
I'm very sure that little boy
Was glad 'twas Easter Day.

As home from church, our way we wend,
Brother gives flowers to his friend.

A polite boy gifts an Easter jonquil to his friend.

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"The Stories I Like" and Little Lambs

Antique postcard of a little girl pulling her lamb toy on wheels.

THE STORIES I LIKE

I like to hear the stories
Of days of long ago,
You find them in the Bible
And when you do you know

They're everyone as true as true,
And that is just the way
We know that Jesus came to life
On that first Easter Day.

 Draw an old-fashioned Easter toy. This one is a lamb on wheels.

3 Steps to draw this little Easter lamb.

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Easter Bells

Vintage postcard of Easter egg "bells" among the pussy willow.

EASTER BELLS

Hear the church bells ringing,
Telling of God's love,
Little children singing,
Of our God above.

Each bell tells this message,
''Jesus Christ arose,
No more is He in the grave,
He's triumphed o'er His foes. 

 

The Easter bunnies are never late,
At sunrise, they come through the gate.

Vintage coloring from the 1950s of children and Easter bunnies.

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Easter Message

EASTER MESSAGE
Little robins singing sweetly,
In every bush and tree,
All are singing the sweet story,
''Jesus died and rose for me.'' 

Jesus uses parables to convey a spiritual truth about God. Coloring page.

 

       "After Jesus and his disciples came to Jerusalem he taught each day in the temple. The chief priests and the leaders of the people wanted to destroy him but they didn't know what to do because the people were so devoted to him. In the temple Jesus told stories to make it easier for them to understand his teaching. His stories are called parables. He said the most important thing to do was to love God with all your heart and soul and mind and strength. And you should love your neighbor as you love yourself."

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Easter Songs in Verse and for Coloring

Two children hunt giant Easter egg postcard.

EASTER SONG
Tune: Jesus Bids Us Shine
Easter Day is here and we all are glad,
Every one is happy, not a one is sad,
Each a message bringing, singing loud and clear,
From our Lord and Master, our Savior dear.
Jesus Christ is risen, risen from the dead,
Rise up from the darkness even as He said,
Now He reigns in Heaven, sends His love so free,
To all of His children, to you and me.

        Now color a choir boy in church singing his Easter song for services...

      On Good Friday, there are special services in many churches. Sometimes there is special music that includes Easter songs. Above is a little boy who is a member of an Easter choir singing hymns for Good Friday or for Easter Sunday. He holds a hymnal with a cross on the front cover. A hymnal is a book of songs sung to God about his love and saving grace. There is also pictured here a stained glass window for you to color as well and Easter lilies too!

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Easter message with chics!

A vintage Easter postcard shows child with chics.

 EASTER MESSAGE
I am but a little Child,
And have not much to say,
But I wish you each and all,
A joyous Easter Day. 

       Learn to draw baby chics step-by-step with just a few shapes. Then color them in with your crayons. When you finish your Easter picture give it to a friend or family member to hang in their home at Easter time.

Draw two baby chics dressed in capes pecking away at crumbs.

But best of all,
At Easter time
Is when you wake
Right up and find

Two little chicks
Or maybe three,
Busy as a chick
Can be

Scratching here and
There to find
Good things to eat
At Easter time.

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"Easter Greetings" for all God's creatures...

"A Joyful Easter" with deer and pussy willow.

EASTER GREETING
We welcome each one today,
And hope each heart is brimful of love,
And although I'm quite small to have much to say,
I can speak of my Father above,

For Jesus has died on the cross,
And has risen for you and for me,
So this is the greeting we give everyone,
For from darkness we've all been set free. 

       Here is a Springtime puzzle for you to solve. Shade in all the sections with a dot to reveal the hidden picture below.

Here is a little puzzle for kids. Print and shade for answer.

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Why I Love Jesus

"A Joyful Easter" postcard shows Jesus with staff

WHY I LOVE JESUS

I love Jesus very much,
Shall I tell you why?
'Cause He suffered on the Cross
And for the world did die. 

Jesus rode through the city gates as the people
waved palms and shouted "Hosanna." Coloring page.

       "Jesus rode into Jerusalem at the season of the Passover feast. Passover is a holy Jewish observance. Jesus' 12 disciples were with him. On the road joyful crowds surrounded him. Waving "palm branches and shouting "Hosanna," they led him to the gates of the city. He entered the temple and overturned the tables of the money changers and scolded the men who were selling doves to be used as offerings. He said the temple should be a house of prayer and they had made it a den of thieves. Then he healed the blind and crippled people who came to him in the temple. The priests didn't like what he did. They were jealous of him and wanted to get rid of him."

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Easter Joys, Spring Redresses Nature

Vintage Easter Bunny Greeting

EASTER JOYS
Every bell is ringing clear,
Sending messages so dear,
Telling mankind far and near,
This is Easter Day.

Birds are singing in the trees,
Faintly sounds the hum of bees,
Fragrance wafting on the breeze,
On this Easter Day.

       Did you know that the tradition of purchasing "Easter clothes" of modern times, so widely advertised by merchants are only meant to emphasize the spirit of the day, quite as much as the "Easter egg" which is supposed to typify the germ of a resurrection of life?  So that as all nature is renewed and redressed in the Spring, it is fitting that mankind should follow. 

Draw an Easter bunny hiding eggs, step-by-step.

 If we make use of
Both our eyes,
We often find
As a surprise

The hidden nest
Of Mister Bunny.
Or possibly
His brother Sunny

And sometimes, slipping
Through the grass
We see Bre'r Bunny
Hopping past.

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To An Easter Lily

Antique postcard of child holding Easter lilies.

TO AN EASTER LILY

Tell me, lovely Lily,
Nodding in the field,
As you lift your petals white,
And sweetest fragrance yield;
Why are you so happy?
Why are you so glad?
When many people round about
Do look so very sad?

Thus the Lily answered,
Whispering soft and low,
''Can't you guess why I am glad?
Really don't you know?
Then I'll tell my secret,
If you'll bend your head,
I am happy on this day,
For Christ rose from the dead.''

 

As sister fixes eggs for Easter
Bunny becomes a carrot-feaster!

 

Very vintage coloring for Easter from the 1950s.

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Easter Sacraments

EASTER SACRAMENTS
BY HENRY PARK SCHAUFFLER

There is a Soul Gethsemane
Where I must kneel,
A prayer which I must pray
Till I can feel
That, though the anguish redden on my brow,
And Calvary's begun,
From Him I'll take the sacrament of Love: —
" Thy will, not mine be done."

There is a Resurrection Life
That I must share,
A tomb that I must leave;
And though I bear
The wounds which I have won upon my cross.
Transfigured, they will shine —
A sacramental pledge of Love with Faith,
To make His rising mine. 

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The Resurrection, Or Easter Day by George Herbert

 THE RESURRECTION, OR EASTER-DAY
BY GEORGE HERBERT

Up and away,
Thy Savior's gone before.
Why dost thou stay,
Dull soul? Behold, the door
Is open, and his Precept bids thee rise,
Whose power hath vanquished all thine enemies.

Say not, I live,
Whilst in the grave thou liest:
He that doth give
Thee life would have thee prize't
More highly than to keep it buried, where
Thou canst not make the fruits of it appear.

Is rottenness,
And dust so pleasant to thee,
That happiness,
And heaven, cannot woo thee.
To shake thy shackles off, and leave behind thee
Those fetters, which to death and hell do bind thee?

In vain thou say'st,
Thou art buried with thy Savior,
If thou delay'st.
To show, by thy behavior,
That thou art risen with him; Till thou shine
Like him, how canst thou say his light is thine?

Early he rose.
And with him brought the day.
Which all thy foes
Frighted out of the way:
And wilt thou sluggard-like turn in thy bed,
Till noon-sun beams draw up thy drowsy head?

Open thine eyes,
Sin-seized soul, and see
What cobweb-ties
They are, that trammel thee:
Not profits, pleasures, honors, as thou thinkest ;
But loss, pain, shame, at which thou vainly winkest.

All that is good
Thy Savior dearly bought
With his heart's blood:
And it must there be sought,
Where he keeps residence, who rose this day:
Linger no longer then; up, and away.

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