Create and Send Easter E-Cards to your Family and Friends

Don't know where to start? Our Free Easter E-Card Patterns listed below are sure to inspire you and get you well on your way.

Provide the information below any Card View and click "Try This Easter Card". The page that follows will allow you to Edit the card further or Send the card immediately.

NOTES:

The Card Views shown below are reduced to half-size to fit this screen.
These cards do not include any enhanced benefits and features reserved for Registered Members.
Do not put multiple e-mail addresses on the single recipient e-mail address line provided below.
- If you want to send multiple copies, select the card below with its "Try This Easter Card" button and then select "<--EDIT CARD" on the screen that follows. You will then be able to add up to 4 additional recipients.

Easter Quotes and Sayings

We've listed our favorite Easter quotes and Easter sayings that are used in our Easter ecards. These quotes and sayings are public domain and may be used freely in any way you please.

Greetings

May the Peace of the Lord fill your soul
May the Love of God fill your heart
May the Light of the Lamb shine upon your path
May Hope Eternal guide you through the world
May Easter remain with you each and every day

May Joy be your gift at Easter
And may Faith, Hope and Love be
your treasures all year

I wish you the gift of Faith,
the Blessing of Hope
and the Peace of his Love
at Easter and always

May the Spirit of Easter
bring you Peace,
The Gladness of Easter
give you hope
The Warmth of Easter
grant you Love

The gift of love, the gift of peace, the gift of happiness...
May these be yours at Easter

May you have the gift of Faith
the blessing of Hope
and the Peace of His Love at Easter
and throughout the year

May the Spirit of Easter
be real to you,
the Gladness of Easter
make you smile,
The Warmth of Easter
keep you snug

The Blessings of Peace
The Beauty of Hope
The Spirit of Love
The Comfort of Faith
May these be your gifts
this Easter Season

May you have the Spirit of Easter,
which is Peace
The Gladness of Easter,
which is Hope
The Heart of Easter,
which is Love

May His love fill your heart with
Joy and Peace,
This Easter
and each day of the year

Positive Quotes

Easter says you can put truth in a grave,
but it won't stay there.

-- Clarence W. Hall

Easter is the demonstration of God
that life is essentially spiritual and timeless.

-- Charles M. Crowe

Easter is a time to rejoice,
be thankful,
be assured that all is forgiven
so life extends beyond the soil of earth.

-- Byron Pulsifer

Let the resurrection joy
lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair
to strength and beauty and happiness.

-- Floyd W. Tomkins

The resurrection gives my life meaning
and direction and the opportunity to start over
no matter what my circumstances.

-- Robert Flatt

On Easter Day the veil between
time and eternity thins to gossamer.

-- Douglas Horton

A happy and a glorious Easter
will this one be to all of us who get
a new vision of the risen Christ,
and prostrate ourselves in humble adoration at His feet...

-- Theodore Ledyard Cuyler

Do not abandon yourselves to despair.
We are the Easter people
and hallelujah is our song.

-- Pope John Paul II

Poems

Easter is a time of love,
A time of death and pain undone,
So we may know the power of
The love that lives in everyone.
Each love we feel, unstained and free,
Redeems us--as with you and me.

-- Nicholas Gordon

Even though Christ gave His life,
An ugliness still stalks the Earth:
So we must cherish His rebirth
Through beauty between man and wife.
Each soul must replicate the dove:
Redemption feels like our love.

-- Nicholas Gordon

The tomb of Christ is but the bed
He rested on three days.
Easter morn He rose again,
The flower of our spring.
On Him, arisen from the dead,
Must we, though flesh decays,
Bestow our faith that when we die
Our souls, like His, shall not long lie
Forsaken in our tomb.
Christ shall, with deep affection, when
He sees our soul's affliction, then
Redeem us with His pain.
In His eternal suffering
Shall we find grace enough to bring
The seed of faith to bloom.

-- Nicholas Gordon

Happy Easter to my love!
As days turn into daze,
Perhaps the holiday will prove
Potent to your gaze.
Years pass like a blur, and yet
Eternity stands still,
Available in silhouette,
Seen by act of will.
This day may you be touched by grace,
Embraced by love, by passion moved,
Reborn to time and place.

-- Nicholas Gordon

Scripture / Philosophy

For mine eyes have seen Thy salvation,
Which Thou hast prepared in the presence of all peoples,
A LIGHT OF REVELATION TO THE GENTILES,
And the glory of Thy people of Israel.

Luke 2: 30 - 32

Teach not that I died in vain.
Teach rather that I did not die
by demonstrating that I live in you.

ACIM T 10:65

For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish
but have eternal life.

John 3: 16

This is my commandment,
that you love one another,
just as I have loved you.

John 15:12

Let us not spend this holy week
brooding on the crucifixion of God's Son,
but happily in the celebration of his release.
For Easter is the sign of peace, not pain.
A slain Christ has no meaning.
But a risen Christ becomes the symbol of
the Son of God's forgiveness of himself;
the sign he looks upon himself
as healed and whole.

ACIM T 20:1

These things I have spoken to you,
that in Me you may have PEACE.
In the world you have tribulation,
but take courage;
I have overcome the world.

John 16:33

The Origin of Easter Traditions

While we happily buy chocolate Easter bunnies, color eggs and hide them, and fill our Easter baskets, many people are unsure as to the origins of these Easter traditions. Whether you celebrate Easter as a religious holiday or the advent of Spring, or a combination of both, it can be fun to understand the origins and meanings behind these traditions, where some aspects of modern Easter celebrations even pre-date Christianity.

Easter Bunny - This iconic symbol of Easter, is found everywhere in the spring. Whether made in chocolate, or a fluffy, full-sized costume, the Easter bunny signals the arrival of Easter. Hares and rabbits have long been symbols of fertility, so they have easily become associated with the renewal of life after a long winter. The inclusion of the hare into Easter customs appears to have originated in Germany. It was here where tales were told of an "Easter hare", who laid eggs for children to find, seems to have originated. German immigrants who came to America (particularly Pennsylvania), were the ones who brought the tradition with them, and spread it to a wider public. These early settlers also baked cakes for Easter in the shape of hares, and may have pioneered the practice of making chocolate bunnies and eggs.

Easter Eggs - Next to the Easter bunny, the next recognizable symbol of the holiday must be Easter eggs. Historical records show that eggs have been viewed as symbols of new life and fertility through the ages. It is also believed that for this reason, many ancient cultures used eggs during their spring festivals. It is noted that eggs became part of the Easter celebration because they were forbidden during Lent. The eggs that were laid during that time were often boiled, or otherwise preserved. Because of this eggs were a mainstay of Easter meals, and a prized Easter gift for children and servants. There are many different traditions and practices that have formed around Easter eggs. Eggs are also used in various holiday games. These games include: an egg hunt (generally parents hide eggs for children to find), and egg rolls (rolling eggs down a hill for prizes). These traditions live on in modern-day Easter egg hunts, and egg rolls. The most famous egg roll takes place on the White House lawn every year. Different cultures have also used Easter eggs to symbolize various aspects of their beliefs. Orthodox Christians in the Middle East and in Greece, paint eggs bright red to symbolize the blood of Christ. In Armenia, hollow eggs (created by piercing the shell with a needle and blowing out the contents) are decorated with pictures of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and other religious figures. The traditions surrounding Easter eggs are as varied as the cultures that celebrate Easter.

Easter Cards - Easter cards were first designed in Victorian England, when a stationer added a greeting to a drawing of a rabbit. The cards exploded in popularity as a way for people to send Easter greetings. According to major card manufacturers, Easter is now the fourth most popular holiday for sending cards, behind Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Mother's Day.

Easter Parades - You may be surprised to learn that this tradition has long-standing origins. Early Christians wore white robes, all through Easter week, after their baptisms. This was meant to indicate their new lives. Those people had already been baptized wore new clothes instead to symbolize their sharing a new life with Christ. In Medieval Europe, churchgoers would take a walk after Easter Mass. This Easter "parade" was led by a crucifix, or the Easter candle. Today in many places around the world, these walks endure as Easter Parades.