The True Meaning of Easter

We have a family activity that we have done every year for Easter and I have had a few friends ask about it lately. I thought I'd share it here so you can do it too.

This bag is falling a part! It holds 11 plastic eggs (ours are all different colors, but you could do it however you like) Each eggs holds a scripture reference and a small item to help tell the story of the first Easter and the reason we are really celebrating this time of year.

We usually just take turns opening the eggs and reading and talking about the insides, but you could easily hide and find the eggs first.  This has been a family night activity for us, but some years it has been an Easter Sunday activity instead (because we invite the chocolate and bunnies on Saturday)


I suggest labeling the eggs with numbers.  We just have a ratty paper that tells the order by colors, which is bit of a pain, and if we ever lost the paper we would be in trouble!

So here you go:
 The True Meaning of Easter

Egg #1- Matthew 26:39
Small cup

Egg #2- Matthew 26:14-15
Three dimes

Egg #3- Matthew 27:1-2
Small piece of rope

Egg #4- Matthew 27:24-25
Soap

Egg #5- Matthew 27:28
Red cloth

Egg #6- Matthew 27:29
Thorns (this is from a rose bush, but we used to have a cactus spine)

Egg #7- Matthew 27:31-32
Cross (ours is two pieces of toothpick glued) and nail

Egg #8- Matthew 27:35
Poker chip (a die would work too)

Egg #9- Matthew 27:58-59
White cloth

Egg #10- Matthew 27:60
Stone

Egg #11- Matthew 28:6
EMPTY!

We also love to make resurrection rolls. They are an easy, yummy treat that also helps teach about Christ. We found instructions here:Beauty and Bedlam Resurrection Rolls

Happy Easter!!