Easter Bingo Cards

Easter (also known as "Pascha" or "Resurrection Day") refers to both the Christian religious feast celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, and the season of the church year beginning with Easter Day and lasting either 40 days until Ascension Day (traditional Easter Season) or 50 days until Pentecost (modern official Easter Season). The date of Easter within the calendar varies from year to year, because its date is based on a complex calculation based on the cycle of the moon - this is because of the feast's links to the Jewish Passover. Several methods of calculating the date of Easter have been used over the centuries, this has in fact been a matter of controversy among Christians. Today, Easter falls sometime between late March and late April each year according to Western Christian traditions, and between early April and early May according to Eastern traditions.

Although Easter has its origins in Christianity, the period is also celebrated today as a secular holiday. The period is often marked by sending greeting cards, and giving and consuming confectionery including chocolate eggs, candies, marshmallows, etc. Another activity that is popular during the period is for children to paint the shells in boiled eggs with brightly colored paint.

Different countries have different traditional ways of marking the holiday. In the United Kingdom, it is traditional to eat hot cross buns (spiced buns with a cross marked on the top) during the Easter period, and for families to exchange chocolate eggs on Easter Sunday. In the United States however, chocolate eggs are delivered by the Easter Bunny (a rabbit character) who hides them while children are sleeping.

Easter is often marked in schools, and it is also an occasion at which both families and church groups come closer together. While there are many traditions already associated with the holiday, one thing that you may wish to consider is the possibility of playing educational games. These games provide an opportunity for educating young people about Easter traditions as well as being fun for people of all ages.

Ideally the games that you select will not only be educational and fun, but simple to learn, easy to play, and affordable (no expensive materials required!). One game that I would suggest is bingo. Pretty much everybody already knows how to play bingo (and if they don't they can learn quickly), plus there are no major expenses since you can print the bingo cards yourself using your computer. Obviously you want the game to be themed around the holiday, but you'll be surprised at just how easy that is: you can simply download free Easter bingo printables, or purchase affordable and easy-to-use bingo card maker software which you can use to print customized (on any topic at all) bingo cards whenever you want.

By S. Tanna. For free Easter bingo card printables, go to http://www.bingocardscreator.com/bingo_holiday_easter.php

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