If you’re looking for something beyond chocolate eggs and bunnies this year, here are a few of our favorite Christ-centered Easter gifts to incorporate into your celebration or include in this year’s baskets.
For Easter Traditions
Things like The Holy Week Study Card Set, Colorly Love’s The Holy Week: Celebrating Easter as a Family book, and Emily Belle Freeman’s Celebrating a Christ-Centered Easter—for adults and for kids—are all great resources for incorporating the messages and principles of the last week of the Savior’s life into your family’s Easter celebrations. The wooden Immanuel Wreath and candle set have also become a beloved tradition for many families in studying the many names and titles of Christ as we pay tribute to His life and celebrate His Resurrection.
For Easter Decor
Alongside the eggs and carrots and bunnies and chicks, is there a space in your home where you could display a decorative representation of why we celebrate Easter? And it doesn’t have to be tacky or gaudy—there are plenty of subtle, stylish, and beautiful options out there! Like a wooden Christ-centered Easter creche, a paper Easter diorama depicting the Savior appearing to Mary at the empty tomb, or even a simple Easter peg doll set.
Or you could consider a new Christ-centered art piece like Tyrone Whitehorse’s The Savior of All, Greg Olsen’s Even a Sparrow, Yongsung Kim’s I Shall Not Want, or Kate Lee’s Come As You Are—all of which beautifully focus on Jesus Christ. And if you have a spare shelf or mantle or end table (and fewer curious little hands around), mini marble statues like Safe in His Arms, He Is Risen, and the Christus are all stunning and can be displayed throughout the year.
For Easter Baskets
If your family participates in Easter baskets on Sunday morning, gifts like puzzles, coloring books, board books, and picture books can be easily themed and suited to focus on the Savior and the reason for the season.
For Easter Reading
Have a gospel reader in your home?
Elder Gary E. Stevenson’s general conference talk from last April, “The Greatest Easter Story Ever Told”, is a great place to start. We also love Elder Gerrit W. Gong’s new book, The Shepherd and the Lamb, all about the powerfully complementary, symbolic titles of the Savior.
Jesus Is the Christ from Elder Neil L. Andersen is an incredible new take on how Jesus Christ’s divine love heals and transforms us, allowing us to “see the unseeable, believe the unbelievable, and know with a confidence that is impossible to fully explain…. His holy light illuminates our brightest days and penetrates our darkest nights, glorifying the love we share, the peace we seek, and the joy we feel.” And Compassion: The Great Healer’s Art by Elder Ulisses Soares showcases the Savior’s treatment of others and the loving gifts that He has provided us to guide us back to Him. Christ continually demonstrates compassion for each of God’s children and invites us to do the same.
To wear on Easter Sunday
If your family’s Easter traditions include a new outfit for Easter Sunday, we love these stylish spring dresses perfect—and comfortable!—for Sundays. And for the men and boys in your home, new ties and socks are a fun way to spruce up a suit or white shirt and slacks.
You could also lean heavily into the Easter theme with the new The Empty Tomb Necklace
in your son or daughter’s Easter basket—or grab one for yourself!
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