Some awesome additions for your Spring & Easter fun!

Easter is such a great time to celebrate.  There are so many activities you can do with your residents.  Whether sacred or secular, look below for so many great ideas!

Religious Activities

  • Here is a great Billy Graham Devotional reading each day, beginning Palm Sunday up to the resurrection.  Victory Preparing for Resurrection Sunday
  • Give your residents an Easter Lily.  They often symbolize purity and innocence.  
  • Can’t afford flowers for everyone – give out seeds and let each resident plant their own.
  • Let everyone get in on this fun Hot Cross Buns recipe.

Religious Easter Movies

  • Jesus of Nazareth (1977), TV-G, Biography, Drama, History
  • Risen (2016), PG-13, Action, Drama, History
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), G, Biography, Drama, History
  • Ben-Hur (1959), G, Adventure, Drama, History
  • The Ten Commandments (1956), G, Adventure, Drama
  • King of Kings (1961), PG-13, Biography, Drama, History
  • Barabbas (1961) NR, Biography, Drama, History

Extra Fun We have Found

Games

Here’s a great list of fun games to play for Easter/Springtime! (And even more here!)

Conversation Starters Game or Questions for your 1-on-1s

  • What is your favorite Easter memory?
  • Do you remember your favorite Easter outfit from when you were young?
  • What Easter tradition do you look forward to every year?
  • If your great-great-grandchildren could listen to these years from now: is there any wisdom you’d want to pass on to them? What would you want them to know?
  • What is your favorite Easter or Spring dish?
  • Do you wish there were more or fewer holidays?  Why?
  • Do you think Easter is over-commercialized?

Fun Easter Movies to Watch

  • Easter Parade (1948), Musical, Romance
  • Peter Rabbit (2018) PG, Adventure, Comedy, Family
  • Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971), TV-G, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
  • Hop (2011), PG, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
  • It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (1974), Animation, Comedy, Family
  • Chocolat (2000), PG-13, Drama, Romance
  • The Dog Who Saved Easter (2014), PG, Family
  • Pieces of Easter (2013), NR, Comedy, Family