Spring arrives quietly.
At first, the changes are small enough to miss if we are not paying attention. A bud begins to swell on a bare branch, birds sing a little more brightly in the early morning, a patch of green appears where the earth only weeks ago seemed so cold and lifeless.
But if we slow down and look carefully, we begin to notice that something quite remarkable is happening: Life is returning.
For many Christian families, Easter is filled with beautiful traditions: church services, shared meals, and the joyful celebration that Christ is risen. Yet the natural world around us also tells this same hopeful story in its own beautiful way.
Seeds hidden beneath the soil begin to grow, trees that appeared bare and lifeless are slowly unfolding new leaves, and the birds gather twigs and grasses, preparing their nests for the next generation of life.
Creation itself is proclaiming the same message: Life has returned!
This year, I wanted to create a simple resource to help families to notice these quiet signs of resurrection together.
A Gentle Easter Tradition
An Easter Nature Walk is a printable guide written to help you to step out of doors with your child, and and observe the returning life of spring together.
Rather than rushing through a checklist or following a scavenger hunt, the pages invite children to slow down and pay attention to the living world around them.
As you walk together, you might:
• pause for a moment of stillness and listen to the sounds of spring
• search for the smallest living thing you can find
• notice signs of new life beginning in the plants and animals around you
• reflect on the symbolism of an empty nest
Each observation becomes an opportunity to talk about the hopeful message of Easter.
A Memory Walk
The resource also includes gentle ways for children to record what they have noticed.
There is a nature journal page where they can write or dictate their observations, and a sketch page encouraging them to draw something they discovered along the way. At the end, families are invited to talk together about their walk and reflect on what they saw.
One of my favourite pages is the keepsake page featuring an empty nest. Just as the empty tomb on Easter morning revealed the miracle of Christ’s resurrection, the empty nest reminds us that life has taken flight and begun again.
Over time, these simple walks may become a quiet family tradition, one that returns each spring as you step outside together and notice the signs of new life.
An Easter Nature Walk is in the shop now. I do hope that it helps you and your child to enjoy time together noticing the quiet signs of resurrection that appear each spring.
From my home to yours,
