The Three Hours . Some churches hold prayer services during the three hours of Christ's suffering on the Cross. With very young children keeping silence during the Three Hours is virtually impossible. You might help them make a miniature Garden of Joseph of Arimathea in the yard. Mother or Father can teach children about the circumstances of Christ's burial and resurrection from the tomb by telling the the story of Joseph, Christ's friend who donated the new tomb where Jesus' body was buried after He was taken down from the Cross.
Children can gather small stones, sticks, acorns.
Older children can be given a drawing or coloring project. Perhaps they could draw one or more of the Stations of the Cross. Looking at the Cross in prayer helps us to truly see it. Most Christians have crosses in their homes. Many wear a cross around their necks.