Recommended ages – Kindergarten through 3rd grade
There are two ways to use the Easter Eggs.
#1 - You can summerize the story using the article in each
egg as a prop as you go. Or, you can also read a book and pause using the
article in each egg as a prop as you read. Benjamin’s Box by Melody
Carlson is written so it can be used along with the Resurrection Eggs published
by family life.
a) Have an egg Hunt but ask them to wait to open them until
the right time in the story
b) Have an egg hunt and let them open them as they find
them and then ask for the right article when that time of the story comes up.
c) Don’t hide them, just pass them out and open them up as
the leader tells the story.
#2 Tell or read the Easter story. Then open the eggs and
ask what part of the story the object inside reminds them of.
You can buy the Resurrection Eggs
through family life ministry or the eggs can be
purchased at most Christian bookstores. They are called Resurrection Eggs – The
Easter Story for Children by Randal Lee Walti
(Family Life). The kit includes 12 eggs and the needed items inside each
one. It also comes with a booklet in which a summary of each part of the story
is written in chronological order. I have found that this summary is great for
use with my own children but for the classroom it is too lengthy. You will want
to reduce it.
If you are
ambitious you can make your own. You
will need to have seven or twelve different colored plastic eggs. You will
probably want to use the small ones so you can store them in a plastic egg
carton. You use different colors as a reminder to yourself. For example, if the
nails are in the yellow egg, then before you share, “They nailed Him to the
cross”, you can ask what child has the yellow egg and request they show it to
the rest of the class.
To make your own Resurrection Eggs:
Bread or small cracker
pieces – For the last meal Jesus
ate with His friends (Passover) – Mark 14:22 or Luke 22:14
Rooster (a picture of a rooster or a feather) – Jesus told
predicted that Peter would lie three different times and say he didn’t know
Jesus. – Matthew 26:33
Three silver dimes – Judas takes 30 pieces of silver money from some
bad people then he helps them catch Jesus. – Luke 22:3-5, Luke 22:47-52 and
Matthew 26:14-15
Thorns – People were mad that Jesus said He was the Son of
God, so they made a crown of pointy thorns to put on His head. – Matthew
27:29-31 and Mark 15:17
Nails – Jesus was nailed to a cross. They left Him
hanging there until He died, even though He hadn’t done anything wrong. –
Matthew 27:31 and Luke 23:33 and Luke 23:40-41
The cross – (a small metal or paper one will do). They placed
his cross on a hill between two other men who were criminals.
Dice – When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his
clothes and played a game to decide who would get his clothes. – John 19:23-24
Spear (toothpick) – One of the soldiers pierced Jesus
side.
Gauze or white cloth – After Jesus died, His friends wrapped Him up with
cloth and lay Him in a special cave, a tomb. Luke 23:53 and Matthew 27:57-60
Cinnamon sticks (burial spices) – Three women brought special
spices to anoint Jesus body. – Mark 16:1
Stone or a rock – The ones who had killed him put a large rock over
the mouth of the tomb, the cave to make sure no one could get Jesus out.
–Matthew 27:62-65 and Matthew 28:66
Empty! – Three days later, the huge rock was moved and
Jesus was gone from the tomb. An angel said He was alive again! This day is what
we celebrate on Easter Sunday. – Luke 24:3,6 and Matthew 28:2-6
If you would like to
reduce this to seven eggs use the bread, three silver dimes, thorns, nails,
gauze, rock, and empty!
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