Easter makes me happy.
As I get older, I’m starting to think of Easter as my favorite holiday. I love Christmas, don’t get me wrong … but Easter isn’t buried in decorating, gift-giving, tradition-laden pressure. Easter is colorful and sweet, and comes with the promise of spring. Easter means an entire Lenten season … Holy Week … Palm Sunday … Ash Wednesday … Maundy Thursday … Good Friday services … my little girls in pastel dresses with silly hats … forgiven sin and new beginnings.
Easter is a breath of fresh air after a long winter.
Easter is a lily white promise of love and renewal.
And let’s be honest … Easter is just plain fun.
I love the tradition, the family and yes, I’ll admit it: the chocolate.
I also love this fun kids’ activity.
Have you heard of Resurrection Eggs?
Someone came up with a great idea and now the entire kit can be purchased online … but I made my own. You’ll need an egg carton, marker, coins and some itty bitty items that will fit inside 12 plastic eggs.
On each of the 12 days preceding Easter, you and your kids can open an egg and talk about the item inside — why it is a symbol of Easter and how it helps illustrate the Easter story. There are even places to help you explain each item.
Unfortunately, I’m a little late in sharing this information with you.
Don’t worry! You can still use the eggs. Let each of your children open an egg each day until you’re caught up. Or, open them all at once and talk about the entire story. How you do it is up to you!
I’ve listed links below to help you make, illustrate and tell the Easter story to your little ones. I hope you find this project as much fun as we do!
To purchase:
Helpful hints to make your own:
Explain each egg with the help of Cullen & Gator:
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