Resurrection Eggs

Materials Needed:

• 1 dozen plastic Easter eggs
• 1 emptyegg carton
• The following 12 items to place inside each egg

Number the eggs 1 to 12 and fill accordingly.

1	palm branch	John 12: 12-13
2	coin	Matthew 26: 14-16
3	feather	Mark 14: 16-72
4	towel	John 13: 3-5
5	picture of bread & cup	Mark 14: 22-25
6	stem with thorns	John 19: 2-3
7	small cross	John 19: 17-18
8	nail	Luke 23: 33
9	dice	John 19: 23-24
10	spices, cloth	John 19: 38-40
11	stone	Matthew 27: 59-60
12	EMPTY	Matthew 28: 1-6

Prepare ahead of time. Open an egg and discuss how the object was involved in Christ's Passion and then read the Bible passage. You can do this before Easter as well by opening an egg a day. If you open an egg a day, you should begin Wednesday before Palm Sunday and Holy Week.