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SHOP : TRADITIONS : LENT ACTIVITIES : PLANNER
Make the most of your Easter and create lasting memories for your family with our handy Easter Planner, Easter Activity Ideas, and Easter Basket Gift Ideas.
Easter Store
Shop our suggestions for Easter basket gift ideas and give your kids a simple Easter basket filled with good, clean, fun ideas.
Easter Traditions, Rituals, and Activity Ideas
Create lasting memories for your family with these tried and true family Easter traditions and activities.
Lent Activities & Family Devotions
Designed specifically for families on the go who are looking for simple quiet ways to celebrate the Lent and Easter season without the planning, running, and hassle. The Easter and Lent Family Package includes a 2011 Lent calendar, daily family devotions for Lent, family activity ideas, and puzzles.
Easter Planner
Get your family organized and ready for Easter with this free family Easter planner. Filled with checklists, printables, and resources, this planner has everything you need to prepare for Easter and create lasting memories.
History of Easter
For those of the Christian faith, Easter is the celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, but for many is also a celebration of spring, birth, and the Easter Bunny. Easter is preceded by the Lenten season, the six week period prior to Easter Sunday. Lent, derived from the Anglo-Saxon word meaning spring, begins on Ash Wednesday and continues for forty six days (forty days with Sunday’s excluded). For many, it is a period marked by sacrifice and self-discipline.
The tradition of the Easter Bunny originated in Germany in the 1500’s and became part of the American traditions in the 1700’s. Brought to America by German settlers, children were taught that if they were good “Oschter Haws” would leave colored eggs in nests made by children in their homes or barns. Children would often use their hats or bonnets to make their nests thus leading to the Easter basket tradition.
Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon and can occur anywhere between March 21st through April 25th.