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There’s something wonderful and classic about the Jelly Bean Prayer! It’s just such an easy and sweet way to celebrate the reason for the season! Make it part of your Easter with this free Jelly Bean Prayer printable! They’re perfect for baskets or Easter treat handouts!
The Jelly Bean Prayer has always been a part of Easter in some way or another every year for as long as I can remember. Something about pausing in the middle of your sugar feeding frenzy from your Easter basket and reading this simple poem that reminds us why we even have an Easter Sunday in the first place.
Much to my dismay, it was difficult to find a printable like I wanted that was still cute enough for me to be happy handing out, so I designed my own.
I figured I may as well share this Jelly Bean Prayer printable with you all too, so it’s available for download and free printing below!
What is the Jelly Bean Prayer?
The Jelly Bean Prayer is a cute Easter poem that tells the true story of Resurrection Sunday by using the colors of the jelly beans. The poem itself goes like this:
Red is for the blood he gave, green is for the grass he made. Yellow is for the sun so bright, orange is for the edge of night. Black is for the sins we made, white is for the grace He gave. Purple is for the hour of sorrow, pink is for a new tomorrow. A bag full of jelly beans, colorful and sweet, is a prayer, is a promise, is an Easter treat!
The general idea is that you put the Jelly Bean Prayer along with one of each color of jelly bean in a little bag. This is a great way to introduce or remind kids of the resurrection story of Jesus!
How to Make the Jelly Bean Prayer Bags
This process is so fun and easy! I made a quick video in case you’re a visual learning like me!
Step 1: Gather your supplies.
Next, let’s gather up everything with need and get to crafting!
- Jelly Beans (Jelly Bird Eggs have the exact colors you need for the Jelly Bean Prayer)
- 3″ x 4″ bags (You can get them on Amazon, or I found mine at Hobby Lobby)
- Free Printable Jelly Bean Prayer (prints 4 to a page)
- Scissors
- Hot Glue Gun
Step 2: Print and cut the Jelly Bean Prayer printable labels.
Print your Jelly Bean Prayer printables on cardstock paper. If you print them on regular paper they will be too flimsy and will tear easily.
They print four labels to a sheet, so keep that in mind when printing.
Step 3: Add the jelly beans.
Place one jelly bean of each color from the Jelly Bean Prayer into the bags. Cut out the Jelly Bean Prayer printable tags and attach them to the top of the bags with a hot glue gun.
I just used a little glue on each side of the bag. Since there are so few jelly beans, you won’t need to worry about the bag needing to stay resealable once it’s been opened.
These little bags are perfect to hand out on their own, or to stick into Easter baskets as an Easter treat! My son and I made a few hundred of these to help a local ministry that gives out Easter baskets and basket filler to over 400 kids each year. It was great fun!
Get the Printable Jellybean Prayer PDF
How will you use these Jelly Bean Prayers this Easter? Get the free Jelly Bean Prayer printable below. You can also print the instructions and supply list at the end of the post!
Even More Easter Ideas!
We have so many cute Easter ideas here at Down Red Bud Drive, that you’re going to love! These are just a few…
Easter snacks you can make…
- Sixlet Bunnies and Chicks – the free printable makes these so simple but SO cute!
- Easter Story Snack Mix – share the Scripture and story with this cute snack mix!
- Did Some Bunny Say Chocolate? – a cute way to give chocolate without plastic eggs!
More Christian Easter Activities
More activities that focus on the reason for the season….
Jelly Bean Prayer
Ingredients
- Free Jelly Bean Prayer Printable from www.downredbuddrive.com
- Jelly Beans Jelly Bird Eggs work best
- 3" x 4" bags
- Scissors
- Hot Glue Gun
Instructions
- Print off the Jelly Bean Prayer printable from www.downredbuddrive.com
- Cut out the Jelly Bean Prayer (they print 4 to a page)
- Place one jelly bean of each color from the Jelly Bean prayer into a bag.
- Attach the Jelly Bean Prayer printable onto the bag using hot glue. I added a bit of hot glue to the front and back of the bag.
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Hi there!
I absolutely love this idea! I have a huge favor to ask, how did you create the size for the tag? I created my own jellybean prayer but not sure how to condense it to this size for printing purposes! Do you have the blank template by chance too you could send to me ? 🙂
Hi there
I cannot get the printable template of the prayer.
Please advise.
Hey Vanessa, I just edited to make it easier to grab so now the printable is right here inside the blog post if you would like to try again.
Jelly Bean Prayer pleas; Thank you
Wishing you and your family a very Happy and Blessed Easter
Hi Colleen! There is a form to get the download in the post above, so I put your email address in there and you should have it soon! Check your spam folder if you don’t see it 🙂 Enjoy!
Can you please send me the jellybean prayer to print out for my Sunday School Class this week? Thanks!
Hi Lori! It’s on it’s way to you now! Please check your SPAM folder, as new senders often go there. Mark the email NOT spam and drag it to the inbox so you’ll never miss a thing!
This is so cute! I love the jelly bean prayer printable!
Hi! How many bags can u make with one bag of jelly beans u used?
That all depends on the ratio in the bags. Sometimes they can only give you a couple of black or red in a whole bag, so buy more than you need.
Every time I try to get jelly bean prayer it takes me to Valentine’s page
That’s the printable library! It’s a huge library broken up by Holiday. Valentine’s is at the top because it’s the first holiday of the year. Scroll down to Easter =)