Holy Week nibbles! Sharing the Easter story with Littles!

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Friday, March 27, 2026

With Palm Sunday this weekend,

many of us will begin the journey into Holy Week,

which also brings a beautiful opportunity to slow down and share

the story of Jesus’ love with our Littles in simple, meaningful ways!

Last week we shared a post with you all that is near and dear to our hearts…

Walking Into Holy Week with Our Littles!

In that post, we highlighted two ways we share the Easter story

with our young Littles in age-appropriate ways!

Today’s post compliments that one in a most delicious way!

One of the sweetest ways to plant seeds of faith in young children

is by inviting them to see, touch, and taste the story of Easter.

Simple, hands-on moments can help big truths settle gently into little hearts

and, sometimes, the most powerful lessons can follow!

Over the years, we’ve found lots of edible ways to embrace the Easter story

with our own kids, with Sunday school classes and now with our own grandchildren.

The four ideas outlined below bring back LOTS of Easter memories

and we’re happy to have this collection of ideas/recipes housed together here

as well as the explanations for how each helps teach the Easter story to Littles.

Resurrection Rolls!

These well known. breakfast treats retell the story…

As you make them, talk with your Little(s) about

what each ingredient and step represents from the Easter story.

All the details are provided below!!

Over the years, Laura would make Resurrection Rolls that her family would enjoy on Easter morning when they returned from the day’s worship service! Little L helped her make them during a holiday visit a few years ago!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 can crescent rolls

• 2 Tablespoons melted butter

• 3 Tablespoons sugar

• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

• 8 large marshmallows

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with foil (for easy clean up) and spray lightly with non-stick spray.

Combine your sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.

Unroll crescent rolls into triangles. (These represent the cloth Jesus was wrapped in after he died on the cross.)

Next, take each marshmallow (the marshmallows represent Jesus). First, dip each marshmallow in the melted butter (to represent the oils Jesus’ body was anointed with after he died) and then dip each in your sugar/cinnamon mixture (to represent the spices His followers used to prepare Jesus’s body for burial). Place each marshmallow in the center of a crescent roll and roll it up tightly completely covering the marshmallow (this represents the tomb).

Place your pan in the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, til edges are slightly browned. Remove the pan from the oven.

A surprise awaits when you eat these (they are especially yummy served warm)! When the rolls are sliced or broken open, you will see that the marshmallow is gone - reminding us that Jesus rose from the dead!

Alleluia! He is risen!

Easter Story Snack Mix!

Years ago, Laura began making this snack mix

and she’d share it with her Sunday school class each year,

usually in the weeks following Easter.

It's always been a yummy way to review the true meaning of Easter.!

This is a simple treat that can be gifted to others in a mason jar or a Ziploc bag or it can even be put in plastic eggs… just be sure that each egg contains all the elements of the snack mix, in order to tell the story! (NOTE: You may need to break the pretzel sticks a bit to fit in the plastic eggs!)

Your Littles can certainly help you make the snack mix and you can revisit the Easter story together while doing so OR you can make it ahead of time and then share the message and meaning of the mix with those you give it to. Feel free to screenshot and print the graphic we created a few years ago - it's provided later in this post. Then add it to your bag/jar/egg filled with the goodies!

This snack mix is sweet and salty and super easy to make and store!

Each item in the mix provides an important element in telling the story of Easter.

If you’d like to share specific Bible verses with your Littles

as you make the mix (or eat it… 😋), we’ve referenced those, as well!

Here’s what you need:

pretzel sticks - THE CROSS

Pretzel sticks represent the cross on which Jesus was crucified!

You’ll want to include at least two or more in each mix! Remember, if you are putting the snack mix into plastic eggs you may need to break them slightly so they fit.

Carrying His own cross, He went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). There they crucified Him, and with Him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle. (John 19: 17-1-8)

craisins - THE BLOOD OF JESUS

The craisins represent the blood Jesus shed for us all!

But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin. (1 John 1: 7)

round crackers - THE TOMBSTONE

The round crackers represent the stone that was rolled away from the tomb.

You may use one bigger round cracker (i.e. Ritz cracker) per mix to represent the tomb OR you can use smaller ones (I used oyster crackers) for your Littles!

But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. (Mark 16: 4)

goldfish crackers - FISHERS OF MEN

The goldfish crackers represent Jesus telling his disciples to follow Him and be fishers of men.

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” (Matthew 4: 19)

mini marshmallows and/or popcorn - OUR SINS WASHED AWAY

The white marshmallows/popcorn represent that Jesus washed our sins away!

Feel free to use the mini marshmallows or the popcorn - or both, depending on your personal preferences! (NOTE: With toddler Littles, we've used puffcorn in place of sticky marshmallows or seedy popcorn.)

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1: 9)

m & m’s - A SWEET TREAT

The m & m’s represent the sweet treat of Jesus!

Taste and see that the Lord is good! 💗

Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him! (Psalm 34: 8)

Here’s what you need to do:

Gather the ingredients needed and add each to a big bowl. If you are doing this with Littles, talk about each ingredient and what it represents as you add it. Gently toss all the ingredients together to mix! Serve in a big bowl or put handfuls of the snack mix in Ziploc bags (or plastic eggs) for individual servings, as described above!

Here's a copy of the graphic we created way back when...

use as you wish!

A Jelly Bean Prayer!

Have you heard of this prayer before?

It’s an oldie but a goodie and… SURPRISE! Littles love it!

When Laura’s family would host Easter dinner, the girls would make nut cups or little pouches filled with the jelly beans to remind us all of the story of Easter and we’d include a little note with the treat at each table spot, explaining the significance of each jelly bean!

As we filled the nut cups, we would talk about the different colored jelly beans and what part of the Easter story each reminded us of! It's also fun to turn the treat into a guessing game with Littles... Which jelly. bean reminds us of God's grace?

Feel free to capture our graphic of the Jelly Bean Prayer below and copy as you wish!

Resurrection Cookies!

This recipe takes us both waaaayyy back

to the years when Laurie taught Sunday School and shared it

with the kids in her class, including Laura’s daughter!

More than likely, you've heard of these meringue treats, too!

From then on, it became an Easter tradition for us to make the cookies

after attending the children’s Good Friday service at church.

We would make these Resurrection Cookies the night before Easter.

Each step tells a small part of the story, in a way Littles can understand…

and the ending is full of wonder!

NOTE: This recipe is similar to the Resurrection Rolls shared earlier in the post.

We would typically make one recipe or the other each year!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 tsp vinegar (optional)

• 3 egg whites

• 1 cup sugar

• ½ tsp cream of tartar

• pinch of salt

• 1 tsp vanilla

• 1 cup chopped pecans

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Place the pecans/nuts OR chocolate bar in a plastic bag and let Littles crush them.

Jesus was hurt! (We suggest keeping this gentle and simple, especially for younger Littles - “Jesus had a very hard day and his body was hurt but He loves us so much.”)

Add the vinegar to a mixing bowl, if desired. (This step is optional.)

The sourness reminds us of the sad day. (With older Littles you can share that Jesus was given vinegar while on the cross and you can discuss how that might have tasted... older Littles might even want to try a sip.)

Add the egg whites to the bowl as well as a pinch of salt.

Eggs represent new life and the salt reminds us that tears were shed because people loved Jesus.

Beat the mixture until foamy. Then add sugar slowly and continue beating until stiff peaks form.

The mixture turns bright white. Jesus is pure and perfect!

Fold in the crushed nuts/chocolate and vanilla.

The tomb was prepared!

Drop spoonfuls onto a lined baking sheet.

Each spoonful represents the tomb.

Put cookies in the preheated oven. TURN THE OVEN OFF and close the door!

The tomb was sealed! Have Littles say, “Jesus is laid in the tomb.”

Time for bed! Nighty night!

A quiet waiting time.

Open the oven in the morning! Break open a cookie… it’s hollow inside!

The tomb is empty - Jesus is alive!

Jesus is not here! He is Risen!

Today, we’ve given you four of our favorite ways

to celebrate the Easter story in a tasty way with Littles!

Perhaps one will resonate with you and your Littles as, you too,

plant your own seeds of faith!

Please feel free to comment at the end of this post

if you have any thoughts to share!

We’d especially love to hear if you’re familiar with any of these ideas

OR if you have a new one for us!

THANK YOU!

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As we share these moments with the Littles in our lives,

may we be reminded that the time we spend, the stories we tell,

and the love we show are all part of a lasting legacy of faith.

Holy Week is a journey for us all. We begin the week with loud Hosannas, we walk through the quiet, somber shadows of Good Friday, and finally, we wake up to the world-changing joy of Alleluia! Teaching our Littles about this week isn't about perfect recipes or flawless crafts; it’s about inviting them into the story. It’s showing them that even when things feel 'empty' like the tomb, there is a miracle waiting on the other side.