Easter or Resurrection Sunday is the highest, holiest day for us as believers.
We love celebrating our Risen Lord and joining with our faith families to sing and worship together for the hope we have because of the empty tomb.
My childhood memories include frilly dresses and white gloves for church and the requisite squinting into the sun photos with my younger brothers (in their matching suits, of course). After church but before lunch, we hunted the eggs we’d colored the night before. (This was before the days of big Easter Egg hunts at churches.)
It was mostly me trying to get more eggs than my brothers and them wrestling while my mom reminded them they were wearing good clothes and not to get dirty. (Yes, it is reasonable to ask why we didn’t change after photos but before hunting. I have no idea.) Our Easter baskets were the store bought kind, full of whatever candy was popular that season.
As a mom, filling my daughter Casiday’s Easter basket is always a special experience.
Easter is a time for giving special gifts, intended to mark her spiritual journey. From her first gold cross necklace to her first “real” Bible, we have tried not to take lightly the opportunity to remind her of the Christ who gives us reason to celebrate. She’s 17 now and it is still a joy to search for a gift that will encourage her faith and challenge her to keep growing in the year ahead.
Here are a few suggestions for different ages, ideas for gifts that will encourage your daughter to remember the joyful reason we have to celebrate every day.
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For little girls:
- Bible Belle Books - Heroes for her from the Bible (Use code “MOD” for 10% at checkout!)
- Good Good Father by Chris Tomlin
- For Such a Time As This by Angie Smith
- The Big Picture Story Bible by David Helm
- The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones
For tweens:
- For Girls Like You devotional by Wynter Evans Pitts
- You’re God’s Girl devotional by Wynter Evans Pitts
- Between Us: A 52 Week Keepsake Devotional for Moms and Daughters by Vicki Courtney
- Liked by Kari Kampakis
- For Girls Like You Magazine
For teens:
- Mici Magazine (Made in Christ’s Image — a beautiful magazine and an encouraging devotional in one)
- Fast Talk and Faith a Gilmore Girls Devotional by Mary Carver
- Fairtrade Friday Earring of the Month (3 and 6 month plans available!)
- Speak Love by Annie Downs
- Graceful by Emily Freeman
And, if you are looking for something to purchase before Easter to help guide your family’s preparations leading up to Resurrection Sunday, we highly recommend this fabulous resource from our friend (and fellow girl mom) Amanda White.
These 12 simple activities to be done leading up to Easter will turn your home into a memorial to Jesus’ death and resurrection. You’ll experience Jesus’ anointing, the Last Supper, Peter’s denial, the cross, the empty tomb and more. Memories will be made as your family uses their five senses to understand and believe the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection. This simple eBook includes printables, Scriptures and specific conversation and starting points so you and your kids can get a sense of the resurrection.
We hope this will spark some ideas for you to help make this Easter an opportunity to invest in a tangible way in your daughter’s spiritual growth.
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