This year for Easter, we are weaving a Christ centered meaning into our decorations as well as our activities. The people around our table and the conversations we are having are the most important part of a meal, and a table beautifully set welcomes family members and helps them feel special.

In this post you will find meaningful decorating tips for your Easter gathering, delicious recipes as well as daily readings to incorporate during the week leading up to it. Everything you need for a memorable Holy Week is right here!

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We have a wide range of ages of our kids, so we wanted to incorporate some elegant decor as well as practical. Let’s start with these beautiful wooden names of Christ (from Lemon Drops N Lilies) you can put on plates or tie on napkins! (Add promo code: HAPPINESS to get 20% off at check out)

I got the smaller size so I could use them as ornaments or tie them onto things if I wanted. But the larger size (shown below) are gorgeous and stand out even more.

When we first sit down to our meal we go around the table quickly and read the different names of Christ. These are also lovely to use on Sundays or on Christmas.

We love this fun coloring table runner (also from Lemon Drops N Lilies). It keeps the littles busy while loved ones are gathering around the table. It’s also a great way to help them quietly entertained when we are doing our Easter reading. (If you are purchasing any of the lovely things Lemon Drops N Lilies has on their site, add promo code: HAPPINESS to get 20% off at check out!!)

The week before Easter, our family has a tradition of taking a little time each night (when we usually do family scripture study) to talk about what would have been happening almost 2,000 years ago when Jesus Christ was on the earth. We go through the final week of His life and talk about what happened on each day. You can access a printable with all of the reading in our VIP Freebie Library (Sign up here!!). Sometimes we read in the scriptures about each day, and other times we watch these amazing short videos.

One activity that I really like doing is putting on a Jerusalem Dinner. Ideally, this would be on Thursday when we talk about the Last Supper. Some years I even do this on Easter Sunday, but my husband really likes it on Easter when we do a traditional ham dinner with lots of tasty side dishes.

At our Jerusalem Dinner we eat foods that would be common in Israel such as pitas, dates, figs, cucumbers, tomatoes, grapes, olives, etc. (we even included our homemade hummus, and tzatziki sauce this year). When I'm really on the ball we include matzos crackers, grape juice and lamb. More details about that in this post.

If you aren’t really into the formal family reading, these Morning Menus might be a better fit for your family.

Morning Menus are daily devotionals with a scripture reference, spiritual thoughts, and/or journal prompts. I’m especially excited about these Easter Themed Morning Menus. Included are daily scripture reading and journal prompts for each day of Holy Week leading up to Easter Sunday. These are also found in our VIP Freebie Library.

To make it more fun, and also more durable and washable, I put the Morning Menus in actual menu folders I purchased from Amazon. Grab your menu folders HERE! You can just set them out on the breakfast table as an unspoken invitation for your family to browse through and read them as they eat in the morning.

I love that there are so many different ways to celebrate Easter. The Easter bunny is always a bunch of fun, and always a great motivator to get our kids to do their chores. Grab our Easter themed chore charts here!