As we are moving through the season of Lent together, our eyes are on Jesus’ last days on earth and his coming death and suffering. It is a very serious season to walk through with our children as we all fast and contemplate our mortality together as a church family. But as we know, this makes the coming Easter celebration all the more glorious and anticipated, and our children can feel that excitement build even as we mourn and fast in the coming weeks!

As you are moving through this season as a family, begin to point out how creation is starting to echo themes of resurrection all around us in the changing season. Bird’s eggs and butterfly cocoons seem inanimate, but they hold new life inside. Hibernating animals, leafless trees, and dirt that hides seeds underground all seem still and inactive, but they are coming to life as the seasons change. Nature points us to worship the Creator, so look closely at what it has to say about the hope of new life around us and how that echoes the hope we have in Christ’s resurrection.

Then turn those conversations into art! Draw, paint, color, build, or take pictures as you have these chats with your kids. If you build a birdhouse or plant a garden, take a picture of it! If you find a nest, a cocoon or a budding tree, paint a picture with your kids! Over the next few weeks, we will all be creating artwork that tells the story of the resurrection through His creation and then we will celebrate together by putting up all of the pictures on a large bulletin board in the church foyer during the season of Easter to share as we celebrate the resurrection of Christ together!

Ideas to get started:

Go on a nature walk and look for...

A bird’s nests with eggs or eggshells in them
Caterpillars or butterfly cocoons
Budding plants and growing gardens

Learn and observe at home by...

Planting seeds together and watching them grow over the next few weeks.
Building a simple birdhouse.
Studying how a seed becomes a plant.
Studying how some animals hibernate in the winter and reawaken in the Spring.

Now get creative!

Draw, paint, color, build, take photos, and then send in whatever you make to share with our church family during the season of Easter as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord together!

Send it in:

Email pictures or artwork that you want to share to Casey Cisco or bring your artwork to church on Sunday and drop in the dropbox.