My Resurrection Egg outers arrived from Baker Ross yesterday. So whilst the Vicar took the kids swimming, I assembled the egg box with bible verses and visual aids. I also managed to fit three mini-eggs into each egg which I thought might encourage the kids as they go through the box. Not in the last one, though, as it’s meant to be empty, like the tomb. I plan to have other treats on hand to celebrate the last Resurrection Egg when we get that far.
So here’s a couple of rather poor photos, taken on my phone cos I couldn’t locate my camera, so you can see what they look like. In the end, we didn’t open the first one after swimming, because the Queen stayed so long gassing in the ladies’ changing room (and the Vicar couldn’t go and fetch her, obviously) that they were very late home. She had to run straight out to the Kids’ Club Easter Party as soon as she’d eaten her tea, so the Resurrection Eggs will be a holiday activity – term finishes today – hooray!
- I numbered the eggs using sticky foam pieces and a marker pen
- A close up of the egg ‘fillings’
The fillings were quite straightforward – it took me about an hour to assemble the whole kit. Here’s what I actually did in the end:
Day 1: Cottonwool ball soaked in perfume (not sure how authentic Elizabeth Arden Green Tea is as a fragrance)
Day 2: 5p pieces for the silver – thankfully I had some in my purse.
Day 3: Matthew 21:1-11. Donkey or palm leaf – Playmobil pot plant pieces.
Day 4: Matthew 26:26-29. Cup or bread – a Playmobil wine glass and a piece of bread.
Day 5: Luke 22:39-46, 54a. Praying hands or pipecleaner man – I stuck together some pink foam which I cut into the shape of praying hands. A little lurid in colour.
Day 6: John 19:1-7. Purple cloth. Well the cloth is maroon, but it was the best I could find.
Day 7: John 19:16-17. Cross. I made this by snipping off the bottom of one of the kids’ palm crosses and sticking it together. Shhhh – don’t tell them.
Day 8: John 19:18. Nails. Sourced from the Vicar’s tool cupboard.
Day 9: John 19:33-35. Toothpick (for the spear). Actually I used half a cocktail stick (no toothpicks in the Vicarage), covered in silver foil.
Day 10: Matthew 27: 57-60. Rock. Some gravel from the drive. Washed.
Day 11: Mark 16:1-3. Cinnamon/cloves/spices. Had plenty of these in the cupboard.
Day 12: John 20:1-8. And nothing in the egg! This was easy.
I’m looking forward so much to starting this tonight.
The Vicar's Wife 
I LOVE this, it’s such a great idea – so simple yet very powerful!
We used to do the same thing but in a whole pass the parcel with our kids church end of term session.
This whole thing would work with a verse and similar small items and a covered choc egg in each prize layer.
Welcome to the Vicarage, Lucy. I loved the idea too.
Hi Icklesis. I love the idea of the pass the parcel – fantastic. Shall keep that one up my sleeve!
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My children LOVE these eggs and although they are older now (8 and 11) they both appreciated doing something we have never done before. It is easy to set up and takes only a few minutes of our busy lives to focus again on the cross each day. Because it is so visual (nails, praying hands, etc) my eldest is finding it an emotional reminder of what Christ has done for us.
I will be spreading the word at church and would like to thank you so much for introducing us to them.
So glad they’ve been a blessing to you Lindsey – I pray they’d be helpful to your church to.
I’m setting this up this evening and plan on playing “hunt the egg” each day with my nippers. Would love a follow-up post some time on how your kids responded to this.