Resurrection Eggs

As a child, the observance of Holy Week meant boredom. There was no school and we have to stay at home. The TV was no help as the regular TV shows were not shown back then during Holy Week. Then when I entered college and all the way to my years in the workforce, the Holy Week meant vacation and relaxation.

It was only when I became a Christian that I realized the importance of the event we are commemorating during Holy Week and even then my understanding was not that in-depth. But the more I understand the significance of Jesus’ sufferings and sacrifice, the more I realized how momentous Easter is. The Holy Week is a week of reflection and repentance but it is also a joyous occasion because when Jesus conquered death, He also gave us the gift of overcoming it on the day He comes back again. He gave us the best gift we could ever receive – the gift of salvation and spending eternity with him.

I don’t want my little Queen B to spend decades before she understands and appreciates why we commemorate Jesus’ resurrection so like last year this Easter Week we’ll be doing activities in line with it and I’ll be sharing them all to you. We’ll be doing Christ-centered activities as well as some just fun activities. And the first one I’m sharing with you is Resurrection Eggs.

Resurrection Eggs is a great, easy, and exciting way to tell the story of Easter. For this activity, you will need 12 plastic eggs of different colors or numbered. Inside each egg, you will place an item that represents an object or event in the Easter Story. As you tell the Resurrection Story, open the eggs in the following order:

Egg 1: Place a cotton ball dipped in perfume.

Meaning: Mary washed Jesus’ feet with expensive perfume. John 12:3

Egg 2: Place 3 coins.

Meaning: Judas was paid to betray Jesus. Matthew 26: 14-15

Egg 3: Place a purple cloth.

Meaning: The guards mocked Jesus for being the King of the Jews. Matthew 27: 28

Egg 4: Place thorns which you can break off from flower stems.

Meaning: A crown of thorns was placed on the head of Jesus. John 19:2

Egg 5: Place a strip of leather, maybe a piece of leather shoelace.

Meaning: Jesus was whipped, but that was not enough punishment. Mark 15:15

Egg 6: Place a cross (can be a charm or made from sticks or toothpicks).

Meaning: Jesus carried his own cross and was crucified on it. John 19:17

Egg 7: Place a nail.

Meaning: Jesus was nailed to the cross. John 19: 18, 37

Egg 8: Place a dice.

Meaning: The soldiers gambled to decide who would get Jesus’ clothes after. Matthew 27: 35-37

Egg 9: Place a small toy spear or a toothpick.

Meaning: The soldiers pierced Jesus’ side to make sure he was dead. John 19: 33-34

Egg 10: Place a linen or piece of gauze.

Meaning: Jesus’ body was wrapped in clean linen cloth and was buried in the tomb. Matthew 27: 57-61

Egg 11: Place a small rock.

Meaning: The stone that was placed in front of Jesus’ tomb was rolled away by an angel. Matthew 28: 2

Egg 12: Empty

Meaning: The tomb was empty. Jesus rose from the dead and is living! Matthew 28: 5-6

You can do this on Easter Sunday itself, hide the eggs and make the kids hunt for it before telling the Resurrection Story or you can do it like an advent calendar which we will be doing. We’ll open two eggs per day and then on Easter Sunday, we’ll review all of them again.

Kids learn better when they are having fun. This activity won’t make my little Queen B accept Jesus as her Lord and Savior yet but it is a building block that may help her understand in the future what Jesus did for her.

Watch out for our next Easter activity.

Yours,

Lady