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How to Make the Resurrection Eggs
Watch the video to see what we have inside of our eggs:
To make resurrection eggs, you need 12 plastic Easter eggs. Number them 1-12 with plastic Easter eggs or a permanent marker.
Inside each egg, write/type out the scripture listed below on small strips of paper and put the small item inside the egg.
I like to hide the eggs around the room for the kids to find. Once they find them all, you can take turns opening them and reading the scripture, and showing the object that is inside.
The final egg is empty, representing the empty tomb of Christ. It is a beautiful and memorable object lesson for kids during Easter or anytime you want to teach about the story of Christ’s resurrection.
You could also have the Resurrection eggs be a matching game, where you have to match the prop with the scripture. Read the scripture, and let kids pick the object they think it fits with the best.
You can use an old egg carton to store the eggs.
Download the Scriptures for the Resurrection Eggs:
Scriptures and Objects for the Resurrection Eggs
Jen Nelson says
April 19, 2011 at 4:33 amI love this new blog. I don’t have children, but I teach Primary (Sunbeams) and am always needing ideas.
Thanks
Jen (http://beginneradultballerina.blogspot.com/)
laceyd says
March 24, 2015 at 10:47 pmI’m really confused by #11…. can you shed some light on the meaning of the spices??? Not sure how that fits with those scriptures?
Karyn Tripp says
March 25, 2015 at 5:43 amAfter all these years, you are the first person to notice that! I had the wrong reference. It is supposed to be referring to the spices that Mary came to anoint Christ’s body with. It is not mentioned in Matthew, but in Luke & Mark. Thanks for noticing & letting me know! I switched it.
Shannon says
March 2, 2016 at 10:39 amWhat a great way to teach your children. Thanks for allowing me to share this in my Easter Roundup
Karyn Tripp says
March 2, 2016 at 3:39 pmThank you for sharing!
Ms Q says
February 26, 2017 at 9:30 pmI love doing this every year!thank you for sharing your Ministry and being obedient to the Holy Spirit to share the gift of Christ with others. Was wondering if you had any other hands-on arts and crafts to share the love of Jesus to children I teach a small class with 6 to 8-year-old children and I would like to do something visual like the egg resurrection to show them other ways of understanding christ
Barry Vaughn says
April 7, 2019 at 2:50 pmI used this idea at our 6th grade faith formation class today and it was a big hit! Due to limited time I used 6 scripture quotes and eggs (the last empty egg being the most impactful). The students received new bibles today and it was a really fun way to help them get comfortable finding specific scripture passages, reading them and then discussing their meaning. Thank you Karen for a brilliant idea!
Karyn Tripp says
April 9, 2019 at 4:26 pmHow wonderful! Glad you liked it.
Janelle says
April 17, 2019 at 2:15 pmIf the slips of paper go IN the eggs, then the last one really isnt empty, right? Would it be better instead to have a paper that goes with the set, like maybe attached to the top of the egg carton, that has the numbered references? Also, I’m unclear on how to use these as a game. So you hide the eggs, kids find them, you talk about the stuff inside, but does it need to be chronological? So do they have to be found and opened in the right order?
I’m doing this for an activity for the tween girls at church. I want them to each assemble and take home a set they can use in their own families, but I want to be clear on the process for them. Thanks!
Karyn Tripp says
April 17, 2019 at 2:57 pmSo the last one just will not have an object in it, but will have a slip of paper, yes. If you play it as a game, the kids find them, and then you would open them in chronological order since they are numbered.
Hope that helps clarify it for you. Have fun!