During this week between Palm Sunday and Easter, our family focuses on the events from Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem through his death, burial, and resurrection.
In teaching our children about our faith and why Easter is more than egg hunts and filled baskets, we use Resurrection Eggs as a teaching tool.
Defining Resurrection Eggs
Resurrection Eggs are plastic eggs filled with symbols that represent a portion of the Easter story.
If placed in order, the eggs tell of Christ’s entry with a leaf symbol to Christ’s trial with cloth and thorns to His resurrection, an empty egg.
In past years, we limited the eggs to 5 which is a great starting place with younger children. But, as their attention spans increase, we expanded our Resurrection Eggs to 12 this year. I created our own set from these instructions posted by Jenny Martin at Southern Savers.
Teaching with Resurrection Eggs
When I visited my son’s classroom at school, I downloaded and printed the verses that explain each egg. I then cut the printed sheets into 12 strips – the verses for one egg per strip.
Each student chose an egg. To make this activity efficient, I handed out the strips, so that one would open the egg and discover the contents while another child read the corresponding verses.
Our activity went like this: Student with egg #1 opens the egg and reveals a leaf. Student with egg #12 (the last egg) read the verses about the content of egg #1. After questions or discussion, student with egg #2 opens the egg to show the crackers/bread. Then student with egg #1 reads the verses about egg #2.
We then continued revealing an egg, and then having the student that previously opened his egg read about the contents of the next egg. When we get to egg #12, the student with egg #1 reads about the empty tomb.
These Resurrection Eggs continue to fascinate my children as they remember the meaning of this Easter week. Miss 4 loves to get out these eggs and tell the story to her stuffed animals.
I love to hear my children tell of Jesus’ sacrifice for us. What a great teaching tool and focus on these life-changing events. Happy Easter week!
Question: Do you use Resurrection Eggs to remember the Easter story?
