Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant Christians observe Palm
Sunday which celebrates the Biblical triumphal
entry of Jesus into Jerusalem one week before His crucifixion. Palm Sunday
begins Holy Week and the countdown
to the Paschal Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday or Easter Vigil). Holy Week culminates on Easter
Sunday. Here are free printable Holy Week activities, Palm Sunday crafts,
Easter printables and Bible coloring pages. Use as lessons in homeschool, Christian
school, Sunday school or Catholic religious education.
DL-TK
offers free printable Palm Sunday crafts. There are cut and paste crafts featuring
Jesus, donkeys and palms. Sunday-School-Fun-Zone has several dozen free printable Holy Week
coloring pages, Easter crafts, Bible
puzzles and Catholic Christian holiday games. There are Bible verse memorization
activities, images of people waving palms, a donkey and Bible character
lessons. Print a countdown-to-Easter craft which for Holy Week.
Ministry-to-Children
has eight free printable religious Easter coloring pages. These could be used as a Holy Week countdown.
Give children one page color each day. When the pages are complete, they might
be combined into a devotional prayer booklet. Catholic Mom has free printable Bible activities geared to each Sunday's gospel reading.
All the guesswork for lesson planning and cross-curricular connections has been
done for you. These printable units are useful for all ages from preschool
through middle school. They're adaptable for special needs students, too. There
are printable versions of the Bible reading, an accompanying coloring page,
mass worksheets, fill-in-the-blank and crossword puzzles.
Catholic
Mom is cross-referenced with specific webpages for holidays and feast days.
There are links for crafts, readings, additional resources, printables and
supplemental activities. Catholic Mom has printable activities for Palm Sunday, Holy
Week and the Easter Triduum, including Holy (or Maundy) Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil
(called Holy Saturday) and Easter Sunday. Palm Sunday and Holy Week fluctuate
by year.