Introduction

Welcome to part two of our Easter series. In this lesson, we are going to focus on Good Friday and Easter today. The passage can
again be found in all four gospels.

Lesson Guide
Helping children understand the crucifixion is a difficult thing. Many adults wonder how or even if to talk to their kids about Good
Friday. The idea of Jesus dying is a difficult for grown-ups, never mind young children. Nevertheless, it is a fundamental truth of
the gospel which can’t be overlooked. Our goal is to present it in an age appropriate but Biblically accurate way. You know your
children!

Before you begin the lesson time, hide some envelopes around your room, house or garden. On the next page, you will find pic-
ture of the following items you can put inside. You can replace the picture with real items to make it even more interactive. Num-
ber the envelopes as follows:

1 - Coins 6 – Ripped fabric

2 – Cross 7 - stone
3 - Nail 8 - cloth
4 - Crown 9 – empty envelope
5 - Sponge

Once your children find all the envelopes, you can begin to tell the story step by step. Open one envelope at a time.

Coins – Speak about how Judas was Jesus’ disciple, but he chooses to betray him for some coins. You could have some of your
child’s favorite things and ask them how many sweets you could give them to swap them for that toy. Remind them, that you love
them so much, there is nothing you would swap them for, but Judas chose to ‘swap’ Jesus for money.

The Cross – Explain that the cross was a punishment for doing something really bad. Ask your child to give you suggestions of pun-
ishments for different things. For example, hitting your brother, telling a lie, stealing something, and so on. Ask them what punish-
ment you should give someone who did nothing wrong. Remind them Jesus lived a perfect life but was given the worst punish-
ment and sentenced to death.

Nail – Explain how they nailed Jesus to the cross. But also remind them, that Jesus is all powerful. The nails couldn’t keep Jesus
there. Jesus stayed there because He wanted to take the punishment that the world deserved.

The Crown – Remind your children that Jesus is the King. But when the Roman’s put a crown on Jesus, they were making fun of
Him. Speak about how people still make fun and say bad things about Jesus because they don’t know better. Teach your children
that Jesus prayed, “Forgive them, because they don’t know what they are doing.” Think of ways we can teach people that Jesus is
the true King.

The Sponge – Remind your child that Jesus was fully God but also fully human. Share that He felt hungry, tired, hurt, and thirsty
just like us. Say how He was offered a drink on a sponge.

The Ripped Fabric – Remind your children that sin separates us from God. Review the tabernacle or temple lessons and show how
there was always a curtain that separated God from people. Speak about how the same time Jesus died, the temple cloth ripped
from top to bottom. Share how Jesus became the Way for us to come back to God.

The Stone – Share how they put a big stone to cover the tomb and guards outside to make sure nobody would steal His Body.

The Cloth – (A bandage would be perfect). Share how on Friday, they put Jesus in a tomb, but when the disciples arrive at the
tomb on Sunday the stone was rolled away and there were folded clothes. Jesus was not there.

The Empty Envelope – Explain that the grave was empty. Jesus had risen, conquering sin and death. Remind them Jesus made the
Way for us to have eternal life and fellowship with Him.

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Three days later, Jesus’ friends Jesus was still praying in the gar-
went to visit his tomb. den when a mob came to arrest
When they arrived, it was empty. him.
The huge stone had been moved. Judas, one of Jesus’ disciples
Soon Jesus appeared to them. choose to betray Jesus for some
coins.
Jesus had risen from the dead, just
as He had promised. Peter wanted to fight them. But Je-
sus went with them peacefully.

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They took Jesus to the Roman rul- They gave Jesus a cross to carry.
er and to the King. It was heavy.
They couldn’t find anything wrong He climbed to the top of a hill and
with Jesus. He obeyed all the rules they nailed Jesus to it.
and did nothing wrong. Jesus was in a lot of pain, but He
But they feared the people, so they prayed that God would forgive the
gave them a choice: Jesus or a people.
criminal. Finally, Jesus said, ‘It is finished,’
and He died.
The people choose to kill Jesus.

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 Games and Activities
Empty Tomb Cookie / Resurrection Cookies

These cookies are a fun way to learn about

the crucifixion and resurrection in a hands-on
way for kids. The steps of the recipe teach im-
portant truths about Easter story.
There are a lot of recipes online available how
to make these cookies so just search for the
one would you like the best or use the link in
the blog post for this lesson.

Masking Tape pictures

Put some masking tape on white paper in the

shape of the cross. Let your children color or
paint all over the paper.
When finished remove the masking tape to
leave the shape of the cross.
You could also spell words such as Jesus or
Easter with the tape and repeat the activity.

Easter Garden

An Easter Garden is a fun indoor or outdoor

activity.
You will need: A tray, a small plant pot, soil,
two lollipop sticks, stones, and nature items.
Use the lollipop sticks to make a cross and a
pot plant for the tomb. Place a large stone next
to the tomb. Use your imagination for the rest.

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Join the dots and color the picture

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Put the pictures in order

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Peter denied Jesus _ times

There were _ crosses
Jesus rose on day _
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Circle the things which roll

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Craft – Empty Tomb

What you need:

Template page
Coloring pencils or crayons
Scissor
Fastener pin

What to do

Color in the picture. For a Carefully cut out the tomb Pin the stone onto the
textured effect, rub onto a and stone. tomb where marked.
stone surface.

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He is
risen

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Prayer
Thank God for His plan of salvation and making a way for you to have eternal life with
Him. Ask Him to help you not to deny Him, but to share the gospel with others.

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