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20 Meaningful Easter Family Traditions

April 25, 2025

Easter is a season filled with joy for families! It’s the perfect opportunity to create meaningful Easter family traditions that point our hearts toward Christ. Whether you’re celebrating with little young children or teenagers, it’s never too late to build simple and intentional rhythms that can help your family focus on the true meaning of Easter.

“He is risen! He is risen indeed!”

Why Do Easter Family Traditions Matter?

Easter traditions matter because they help anchor our families in the truth of the Gospel. We are a distracted culture and are constantly distracted. Traditions offer us an opportunity to pause, remember, and retell the story of Christ’s death and resurrection in tangible ways. These rhythms help shape our children’s understanding of our faith and remind us that we are part of something eternal. Traditions become the stories our families carry forward, rooted in love, truth, and the joy of the resurrection.

Preparing Your Heart for Easter

Daily or weekly Scripture reading as a family
Simple family devotionals at dinner time
Celebrating Lent as a family
Acts of Kindness challenge

Meaningful Holy Week Traditions

Palm Sunday: family worship and laying down palms
Maundy Thursday: foot washing and having a family meal
Good Friday: Good Friday church service and a candlelight family meal
Silent Saturday: spend the day in quiet reflection
Resurrection Eggs

Shop easter basket ideas

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Easter Sunday Celebrations

Sunrise breakfast or sunrise church service
Special Easter meal with spring inspired table decor
Dressing up as a family to celebrate Easter Sunday
Reading the Resurrection story as a family
Eating special dishes each year. We do Hot Cross Buns and a Cross cake for dessert.

Creative & Christ-Centered Activities for Kids

SHop Easter books

Building Easter Traditions Year After Year

When you are starting Easter traditions, don’t try to do everything all at once. Think through which traditions would be most meaningful for your family and start with just 1-2 ideas. You can add more each year. Easter traditions do not have to be elaborate or expensive. What matters most is consistency and celebrating them year after year that will matter most. This will build a beautiful legacy for your family!

As mamas we can so easily forget what we are celebrating and get caught up in our to-do lists. I pray that you are able to focus on Christ and his Resurrection, and how that has changed your lives while you celebrate these Easter traditions with your families!

What are some of your favorite Easter traditions?

I hope this resource blesses you and your family this year!