Resurrection Eggs

In an effort to keep our Easter celebrations related to Christ's death and resurrection, we're attempting something new this year. New to us, anyway. There are many variations on this activity, as I discovered when I searched the relevant terms to find out what to put in the eggs. The basic idea is that, for the 8-12 days leading up to Easter, you open an egg with your kids, and inside it is a small object representing some aspect of the Easter story, along with a Bible verse relating to it. I tried to use as many items as I could from around the house, and the remainder came from Dollarama. As for the eggs, I bought them on sale post-Easter last year. We opened the first one after dinner today, and appropriately enough, D had coloured a picture of the Triumphal Entry today that she got from Sunday school. Or Wednesday school, I guess, since it's from the child care for my ladies' Bible study today.

Day 1-Leaf [from Dollarama rose]: John 12:13 “They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the King of Israel!”

Day 2-Silver coins: Matthew 26: 14-15 “Then one of the twelve disciples, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and asked, “What will you give me if I betray Jesus to you?” They counted out thirty silver coins and gave them to him.”

Day 3-Bread [piece of cracker]: Matthew 26:26 “While they were eating Jesus took a piece of bread, gave a prayer of thanks, broke it, and gave it to His disciples. “Take and eat it,” He said, “This is My body.”

Day 4-String [yarn tied like a scourge]: Mark 15:15 “Pilate wanted to please the crowd, so he set Barabbas free for them. Then he had Jesus whipped and handed Him over to be crucified.” 

Day 5-Thorns [also from Dollarama rose]: Mathew 27:29 “Then they made a crown out of thorny branches and placed it on His head, and put a stick on His right hand; then they knelt before Him and made fun of Him. “Long live the King, of the Jews!” they said.”

Day 6-Purple cloth [a small snippet from a bigger corduroy piece]: Mark 15:17 “They put a purple robe on Jesus…”

Day 7-Cross [made from toothpicks]: John 19:17-18a “He went out, carrying His cross, and came to “The Place of the Skull,” as it is called. (In Hebrew it is called “Golgotha.”) There they crucified Him.”

Day 8- Sponge [a piece cut from a bigger sponge]: Matthew 27:48 “One of them ran up at once, took a sponge, soaked it in cheap wine, put it on the end of a stick, and tried to make Him drink it.”

Day 9-Rock: Matthew 27:59-60 “Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a new linen sheet, and placed it in his own new tomb, which he had just recently dug out of solid rock. Then he rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.”

Day 10-Nails [a couple of Hubby's finishing nails]: John 20:25b “Thomas said to them, “Unless I see the scars of the nails in His hands and put my finger on those scars and my hand in His side, I will not believe.”

Day 11-Spices [peppercorns]: Mark 16:1 “When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body.”

Day 12-Empty: Matthew 28:6 “He is not here. He has risen just as He said.”