Easter Message

EASTER MESSAGE

I bring a message of good cheer,
Upon this Easter bright,
Jesus Christ is risen today,
And to the world brings light.

 

Lambs Leaping Paper Cut Border

        Download and print out the pattern below. The dotted lines indicate where the image will be folded to continue the leaping lambs silhouette seamlessly after it is unfolded. The number of images "linked" together in one continuous chain is determined by the length of the paper being cut. Use a very thin paper to make your cutting easier. Cut away the areas indicated by the design. (see image above and read text on the pattern below. This paper-cut may be used as a border around an Eater bulletin board in a classroom or as a paper chain for a shelf at home.

Lambs Leaping paper cut border for the classroom.

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Easter Day

 EASTER DAY

On Easter Day I love to think,
About our Savior dear,
How He died and rose again,
And cast out every fear.

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"Jesus Knew" and Palm Leaf Paper Cut Border

JESUS KNEW

'Course everybody loved Him,
The folks that knew, I mean,
And the disciples sorrowed
A lot, 'cause they had seen

Their Jesus die upon the cross;
They laid Him in the grave
And wondered how it was He'd said
He came the world to save.

They only knew that He was gone,
They felt most awful blue,
'Cause they were just plain, common folks,
A lot like me and you.

But Jesus knew that He would rise,
And everything would be
Just like He said, so Easter Day
Brings joy to you and me.

Easter Palm Border: Paper Cutting Craft

Sample of what the palm leaf paper-cut will look like.

       Download and print out the pattern below. The dotted lines indicate where the image will be folded to continue the plams silhouette seamlessly after it is unfolded. The number of images "linked" together in one continuous chain is determined by the length of the paper being cut. Use a very thin paper to make your cutting easier. Cut away the areas indicated by the design. (see image above and read text on the pattern below. This paper-cut may be used as a border around a Easter bulletin board in a classroom or as a paper chain for shelves in a home, if you like.

Pattern for palm leafs cut-out.

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"Tis Easter Day"

"Whoever wants to serve me must follow me,
so that my servant will be with me where I am.
 And my Father will honor anyone who serves me."
 John12:26

IF
If I had been with Mary
That first glad Easter Day,
When she brought spices to the tomb
And found the stone away,

I'm sure that I'd have been as glad
As anybody there
And I'd have looked among the rocks
And almost everywhere,

And maybe I'd have been the one
To hear the dear Christ say,
''Go tell my friends, now sorrowing,
I rose. 'Tis Easter Day.''

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Easter's Brightness

A little girl smells the Easter flowers on an antique postcard.

EASTER'S BRIGHTNESS
'Most everybody has new clothes
Or hats or something fine
At Easter, and I think sometimes
The sun just tries to shine

A little brighter so the flowers
Will hurry up and bloom
To show the world how Christ came out
From that dark, dismal tomb.

       Did you know that eggs, chrysalis and kernels of grain were all familiar symbols at Easter long ago? With the egg and chrysalis we are most familiar, but in olden times grains of kernels were also used. In England a tiny cross, together with grains of barley and wheat were once found in the center block of oaken mantel pieces. The custom had long been forgotten when it was recalled by this discovery of the three emblems in the mantel of the room in which Shakespeare was born. A Commissioner in charge of the restoration of this house, took from it a block of old wood for a souvenir on behalf of a friend who was a Shakespearean scholar. This scholar in turn, tried to split the wood so as to share the gift with another friend and discovered it to be hollow. Inside, it contained a cross, three grains of barley and a piece of tow (uncleansed wool). To his honor, be it said, the scholar restored the relic to the house at Stratford on Avon, where it is hopefully still on exhibition.

 At church, all little girls and boys
Sing hymns that tell of Easter joys.

Easter singing coloring page from 1950s

 

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Easter Secret

 EASTER SECRET

Do you know why we are happy,
Do you know why we are glad?
It's a secret that we treasure,
One that never makes us sad.

But to you we'll tell our secret,
If you promise us ahead,
To tell to all the world the message,
''Christ is risen from the dead.''

 

Jesus washes his disciples feet coloring page.

       "At the Last Supper Jesus got up from the table and washed the disciples' feet. When he came to Peter, the disciple asked him why he was doing it. Jesus said Peter would know later why he washed his feet. Then he told all the disciples that if he, their Lord and master, had washed their feet, they ought to serve each other in the same spirit. He said he did it to give them an example that they should follow. After the supper they all sang a hymn and left the upper room where they had eaten and went to the Mount of Olives."

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Poem "I Wonder" and A Butterfly Paper Craft

 I WONDER

I wonder if, that awful night,
The night when Jesus died,
When on the cross between two thieves
The Lord was crucified,

The little boys weren't frightened,
It grew so dark, you know,
And if they ran away and hid,
That night so long ago.

And then I wonder when they found
That Jesus Christ arose
If they weren't glad as anything.
'Spose anybody knows?

 

Butterfly and Iris Paper Cut Border

       Download and print out the pattern below. The dotted lines indicate where the image will be folded to continue the butterfly and iris silhouette seamlessly after it is unfolded. The number of images "linked" together in one continuous chain is determined by the length of the paper being cut. Use a very thin paper to make your cutting easier. Cut away the areas indicated by the design. (see image above and read text on the pattern below. This paper-cut may be used as a border around an Eater bulletin board in a classroom or as a paper chain for a shelf at home.

Butterfly paper cut border.

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My Easter Bunny

Sweet vintage postcard of grey bunnies for Easter.

 MY EASTER BUNNY

My Bunny has the longest ears
That ever you did see,
And just the brightest little eyes,
He almost winks at me!

And then I just imagine
I hear my Bunny say,
''My, everybody's happy
And glad on Easter Day.''

 The rabbits favorite foods are scrambled below! Try to guess what these are and leave some behind for him to snack on while he fills your basket with Easter eggs and marshmallow chics...

An Easter themed word scramble.

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The First Easter

  THE FIRST EASTER

I'spect that it was pretty dark
That morning long ago,
When those three women started out
With all those things to go

To where they knew their Christ was laid,
And everything was still,
And maybe not a sound was heard
By anyone until

That Mary saw the stone was gone,
And then the coming day
Began to make the whole world bright;
Then, when she turned away,

She saw a man come walking down
The path, and suddenly
She knew her Lord had risen indeed,
And wished the rest could see.

And I just 'spose that Jesus knew
Where the disciples stayed,
And so He said, ''Go tell them all.
'Tis I, be not afraid.''

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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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