The True Colors of Easter

The True Colors of Easter

Hey guys, GUESS WHAT?

I might have laughed a little too hard at this but I have the luxury of absolutely adoring winter and everything it brings: Snow, cold, winter skies, and Christmas cups still being socially acceptable.

Haha but what else is around the corner? Easter!

Believe it or not in a month we'll be celebrating by eating boiled eggs and dressing in cheery pastels. Whether or not we'll be celebrating indoors or outside remains to be seen.

To prepare for Easter, the month of March in my art curriculum is devoted to Easter and Spring themed projects. Our first project earlier this week was creating a beautiful cross using egg cartons. --> Easter Cross

For each project, we will be attempting to use a specific set of pastel colors commonly found during the Easter season.

Here is the list that we will or might be using this months:

• Purple: Purples often represents royalty. Jesus is often called the "Prince of Peace" and is the Son of God making him royalty.
• Blue: Represents the sky for the night the Son of God came to Earth.
• White/Silver: Represents purity. Jesus lived a perfect, pure life.
• Black: Represents our mourning for Jesus' death on the cross for our sin.
• Red: Represents Jesus' blood that he shed on the cross for us.
• Yellow/Gold: Represents light. The presence of God and Jesus' rising from the dead. Gold represents precious things such as gold and jewels and reminds us that Jesus is the most precious thing of all.
• Pink: Represents joy/happiness at Jesus' rising from the dead.
• Green: In Jesus' death we have New Life. Just as in spring when the world comes alive again with green leaves and glowing flowers we have come alive in God's word and sacrifice.

Keep in mind, this is a simplified version and not a complete list of the symbolic colors. It is the gist of how I explain it to the kids. We will be reviewing these colors all through March in our Easter projects.

To view more complete or alternate lists, here are the resources I used to compile my own form the Easter colors:

Colors of Easter

Colors of Easter - Poem

Meaning of Church Colors - Extensive List