Holy Week House Party 2025

Instructions to Parents/Guardians

We hope this resource will provide activities that will bless your entire family during this Holy Week and Easter season. This year, families will be invited to gather with their church families to celebrate an Easter egg hunt or observe Holy Week activities. The following is designed to provide families with a continuation of conversations around the events that led to Easter morning. We applaud families who take the opportunity to share the stories of Holy Week and Easter—stories we can also share with our church family.

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The Holy Week activities may be used in a variety of ways. They could be done throughout Holy Week or in their entirety on Easter Sunday. We recognize that, for some, the Holy Week activities might take place entirely indoors due to weather conditions. Families might be able to join with neighboring families. Church leaders may want to use this resource for the entire church family. This resource is designed with flexibility in mind. We encourage families to find creative ways to celebrate this Easter season.

It is recommended that you use this resource in conjunction with Discipleship Ministries’ worship resource for this Lenten Season, “Steadfast Love: A Lenten Playlist,” which includes music for Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter Sunday. The Children’s Messages for the Lenten series also reinforce the Holy Week activities.

If you do not have plastic eggs to fill and hide, other options are available. For example, children could hunt for objects around the house instead of hunting eggs. Some activities do not need eggs at all. We recommend that you customize this resource for your situation.

Whether these activities are done throughout Holy Week or on Easter Sunday, we recommend dedicating a specific place in your house. This might involve setting up a designated area in a room to place each egg or object in a small box. You could set up a worship station or an altar area in this space.

Be creative in how you use this resource. Find ways to share your Holy Week and Easter activities. For example, you might place the objects on a windowsill, write scripture verses, or draw the objects in sidewalk chalk on your driveway. Whether you are using hard-boiled eggs with artwork on them or plastic eggs with contents inside, place them in an egg carton throughout the week. Then, on Saturday, reflect on what each “art” egg represents, and the events depicted that occurred during Holy Week. Create a new family tradition that celebrates the Risen Christ. It will remain a significant part of your family’s Holy Week and Easter Sunday traditions.

“J. E. L. L. O. (Jesus Even Loves Little Ones)” rearview mirror hanger is available to download. Download, print, cut, and place the hanger in the vehicle that is used most often in your family. Use the questions each time you are in the vehicle together to continue (and deepen) the faith formation conversation that the Holy Week activities sparked within your family.

Materials needed (all things found around the house)

• Holy Week Mirror Hanger (Click here to download and place it on the rearview mirror of the car for family discussion questions throughout Holy Week.)
• Box with a lid (shoebox)
• Eggs (plastic Easter eggs or hard-boiled eggs)
• Coat/cloak template (Download PDF here: template.)
• Paper and crayons/markers/colored pencils
• Scissors
• Foaming hand soap
• Hand towel or washcloth
• Basin or bowl
• Paper towels
• Flashlight
• Tealight or Christmas tree bulb
• Play-Doh or modeling clay (if available)
• Nail (careful!)
• Nail template
• Popsicle sticks/toothpicks/twigs from the yard/pipe cleaners
• Dark cloth
• Wristwatch/stopwatch
• Drum (or something to bang, such as pots and pans)

Daily Egg Art Instructions

This Holy Week resource offers a daily egg art activity. Include the eggs you create during this week in your traditional Easter egg hunt on Sunday morning. After all the eggs have been collected, have the children talk about the true meaning of Easter. As eggs are opened, the children share the story using the art as a guide. There are two different options regarding egg art. One is to fill a plastic egg; the other is to use hardboiled eggs and crayons.

You may incorporate these eggs into your church’s egg hunt as well. If you do, spend time allowing multiple children to discuss and describe the significance of each egg and their understanding of how the egg is applied to the Easter message.

Click here to download the full instructions for the Holy Week House Party 2025 to enjoy with your family!