• Jesus’ friends were really sad because they thought they’d never see him again. But Jesus made them a promise, and He kept it! He said He would be coming back to them, and He did. Remember, we can trust all of Jesus’ promises!
• The tomb where Jesus was meant to be buried was empty! Do you remember what the angel said? “This tomb is for dead people. Jesus isn’t dead anymore! He is ALIVE again!” 
• Jesus took the punishment for all of the wrong things anybody had ever done, or ever would do. He championed over these bad things because He is our King and He did this because of how much He loves us!
• He made a way for you and me to talk to God at any time. Remember, He told Mary He will always be close to her! Because of what Jesus did for us, we are able to be really close to God and talk to Him whenever we want and we can tell Him anything. Isn’t that wonderful news?
• The bible tells us that the whole world was dancing with joy when they realised that Jesus was alive! Even the trees! 
• Jesus came back to life, and only the King of the whole world could do that. Jesus is the king of love, king of hope, king of Heaven and He wants to be the King of our lives too! In the Easter story, Death does not win but love does, love always wins!

Some things to talk to your family about…

• Do you like surprises? What is the best surprise you’ve ever had?
• How did Mary know that Jesus loved her? 
• Can you think of some of the ways that you know Jesus loves you? How do we know that He does? What did He do for us at Easter to show us how much He loves us? 
• How can we party today at home? What would you like to do to celebrate that Jesus is alive? (e.g. play a favourite game, bake something with your family, eat something nice together, have a dance party, watch your favourite family movie, make something together…)
• This is an amazing story isn’t it? Remember how Mary ran all the way back to the city as fast as she could once she heard the good news? She couldn’t believe it! It was really Him! She ran all the way back to the city, as fast as she could, to tell all of her friends the good news about Jesus!
• Do you think that everyone in the world needs to know this story and to know Jesus? How can we tell them or show them who He is? How could you show and tell your friends? How could you do this together as a family?

Memory Verse

He is risen! Matthew 28:6

How wonderful is this verse? Jesus’ friends were so sad and scared when they thought that Jesus had died and that they’d never see Him again, but then they heard the good news! And now, today, thousands of years later, we still get to celebrate this amazing news! That’s what Easter is all about! It’s really fun to eat chocolate and other yummy food and spend time having lots of fun with our families but the most wonderful part of Easter is that Jesus is alive! He is risen!

To help us remember the amazing news that Jesus is alive, we are going to make some crafts that we can put up in our houses so that we can keep celebrating even after today is over! There are a few different options, so you can decide which one you’d like to do at home and whatever you choose, make sure that you have lots of fun doing it! 

Prayer time

Can you think of anything better than the story we heard today? Does it make you feel happy to know that Jesus is alive? Is there anyone that you can think of that doesn’t know this amazing story? Perhaps there is someone at school who hasn’t heard the wonderful news about Jesus? As we pray today, we can say thank you to Jesus for all He has done for us and we can also pray for that person who might not know Jesus yet because we want them to know the good news too! We can keep praying for that person every day until they do!

Dear Jesus,

I’m so happy that you are alive and that you love us so much! Thank you for the cross and thank you for taking away every bad thing in this world, even death and for showing us what love looks like! Thank you that we can trust in your promises forever and ever! 

Please help me to share this wonderful news with my friends and family!

I love you!

Amen. 

Note to families:

The Bible App for kids is another good resource to use at home with your children if you’d like. You’ll find animated bible stories, as well as different activities related to each story that the children may be able to complete or themselves or that you can complete all together as a family.