Mix up a batch of rice cereal treats. Divide the mixture in half and add blue food coloring to one and green to the other. Let the children take a handful of each color and sculpt an edible earth while you tell the story of Creation from Genesis.
Read the story of Noah's Ark and let the children try building their own ark and stocking it with animals. Give each child half a pita pocket and let them spread chocolate frosting or cream cheese on the inside to represent the pitch. Direct the children to place pairs of gummi animals or animal crackers in the pita ark.
The Bible tells that Peter was able to walk on water through the power of his faith in Jesus. Prepare a plastic cup of blue gelatin for each child. Pass around gummi kids, and let the children stand them on top of their "water" while you discuss ways to demonstrate your trust and faith in God.
1 Peter 5:8 states, "The devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." But in Ephesians 6, Paul reminds you that when you "take up the shield of faith you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one." Let children practice devouring their own lions while discussing how to resist temptation by covering two round crackers with cheese spread as the body. Use a third cracker as the head, and spray cheese around the edge as a mane. Press straight pretzels into the spread for legs, tail and whiskers. Complete the lion with raisin or chocolate chip eyes and nose.
This simple snack makes a fun breakfast treat for Easter to represent the good news of the empty tomb. Let the children spread marshmallow crème on biscuit dough triangles from canned crescent refrigerator rolls. Tell them that the dough represents Jesus' grave clothes and the marshmallow His body. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar to represent the spices the women used to prepare the body for burial. Roll up the dough and brush the outside with melted butter to represent the anointing oil. Place the rolls on cookie sheets and slide them into a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven, talking about how they buried Jesus' body in the tomb. Bake the rolls and remind the children that He lay in the dark tomb for three days. When the rolls are golden brown, remove them and have the children crack open the "grave clothes" to find that the "body" has disappeared and the tomb is empty.