Help kids to understand the true meaning of Easter with this great craft!

Helping kids to understand the true meaning of Easter can be tricky, especially if they are not yet at the age in which they can fully grasp the concept, of Christ being born, dying on the cross for our sins and being raised from the dead and defeating death. 

(This would also be great for Christmas or any day really.)

I started looking online and came across a lot of really great ideas but this one from Play Eat Grow, I just fell in love with. She took so much time and care in. Putting together the correct, (biblical, I might add!!) scriptures. As well as wonderful things to use to represent the different days, one to twelve. 

The craft is Resurrection Eggs, and you can use an old egg carton and 12 pretty and colorful Easter eggs. This list below is from Play Eat Grow and she has it in pdf form as well, if you are a printer! Some people do, some don't! I personally save everything, until my computer is so full in memory, for the next week I'll be deleting files. :)

Stop by her page, Play Eat Grow , to see the great pictures she has as well, I just love everything about this idea. 

1.  Palm Tree Leave-To recognize how Jesus was celebrated when he entered Jerusalem
2.  Bread-To signifies the last supper
3.  Silver Coins-To show the bribe that Judas took to betray Jesus
4. Purple cloth and thorn-To acknowledge Jesus' mocking at the hands of the soldiers
5. Rope-To signifies the beating Jesus endured
6. Cross-To shows the physical burden Jesus had to carry
7. Nail-To shows the pain Jesus went through when he was crucified
8. Sign-To recognizes Pilate's admission that Jesus was indeed the long-awaited King
9. Sponge and Thorn-To signify the last moments of Jesus' life and proof of his death
10. Spices-To signifies that burial procedures were carried forth on Jesus
11. Stone-To shows that the tomb had been opened
12. Nothing-To signifies that Jesus has risen

These scriptures can be printed off, or copied to a smaller piece of paper that goes inside the eggs. 

Resurrection

Eggs

One 

Palm Branch Matthew 21:8-9

8. Many people spread clothes on the road while others put down branches which they had cut from trees. 9. Some 

people walked ahead of Jesus and others followed behind. They were all shouting, "Hooray for the Son of David!

God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hooray for God in heaven above!"

Two 

Bread Matthew 26:26

During the meal, Jesus took some bread in his hands. He blessed the bread and broke it. Then he gave it to his 

disciples and said, "Take this and eat it. This is my body."

Three 

Silver Coins Mathew 27:3

Judas had betrayed Jesus, but when he learned that Jesus had been sentenced to death, he was sorry for what he 

had done. He returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and leaders

Four 

Pilate wanted to please the crowd. So he set Barabbas free. Then he ordered his soldiers to beat Jesus with a whip 

Rope (Whip) Mark 15:15

and nail him to a cross.

Five 

Purple Cloth and Thorns Matthew 27:28-29

28. They stripped off Jesus' clothes and put a scarlet robe on him. 29. They made a crown out of thorny branches and 

placed it on his head, and they put a stick in his right, hand. The soldiers knelt down and pretended to worship him. 

They made fun of him and shouted, "Hey, you king of the Jews!"

Six 

Cross John 19:17

And he carried his cross to a place known as "The Skull." [b] In Aramaic this place is called "Golgotha."

Seven 

Nails Mark 15:24

They nailed Jesus to a cross and gambled to see who would get his clothes.

Eight 

Sign Mark 15:26

On it was a sign that told why he was nailed there. It read, "This is the King of the Jews."

Nine 

29. A jar of cheap wine was there. Someone then soaked a sponge with the wine and held it up to Jesus' mouth on the 

stem of a hyssop plant.

Sponge and Spear John 19:29, 33-34

33. But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, and they did not break 

his legs. 34. One of the soldiers stuck his spear into Jesus' side, and blood and water came out.

Ten 

The two men wrapped the body in a linen cloth, together with the spices, which was how the Jewish people buried 

Spices John 19:40

they're dead.

Eleven 

Stone John 20:1

On Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been 

rolled away from the entrance.

Twelve 

Nothing Luke 24:6-7

6. Jesus isn't here! He has been raised from death. Remember that while he was still in Galilee, he told you, 7 'The Son

of Man will be handed over to sinners who will nail him to a cross. But three days later he will rise to life.' "

Christ carried the burden of our sins. He was 

nailed to the cross, so that

we would stop sinning

and start living right.

By his cuts and bruises, you are healed.

1 Peter 2:24

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