Tuesday, April 15, 2014

DIY Resurrection Eggs

Here is a link to a good, easy to use resource for talk about Easter (Resurrection Sunday) with your children.


Making your own set is actually really simple, and it’s not too late to make one for Holy Week!
Supplies
  • 12 plastic eggs
  • an egg carton (I bought a carton of marshmallow eggs and ate them to get mine!)
  • a small leaf to represent a palm branch at Jesus’ triumphal entry
  • 3 quarters to represent the 30 pieces of silver that Judas Iscariot receiveda thimble to represent a cup at the Last Supper
  • a tiny piece of paper rolled into a scroll to represent Jesus’ prayer in the garden
  • a piece of leather or thick fabric to represent the soldier’s whipping Jesus
  • a tiny crown made from grass or a flower stem to represent the crown of thorns
  • 2 nails to represent the nails and the cross
  • a die to represent the soldier’s casting lots for Jesus’ clothes
  • a toothpick with one end broken off to represent the spear piercing Jesus’ side
  • a piece of cheesecloth or thin fabric to represent Joseph wrapping Jesus in clean linen cloth
  • a rock to represent the stone rolled in front of the tomb
  • number stickers, optiona
  • resurrection eggs cheat sheet

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