Explaining Easter #2

I did my first post on this topic yesterday [here]

And Floss has begun her series [here]

Today I am sharing a very simple idea - Bob did this with the local Beaver Pack one evening last week.

The 'props' are readily available!

 

 

What do we think of at Easter?  - eggs!

Here is one [from a Poundshop]

 

 

 

The things inside this egg can help to tell the story of the first Easter.

Bob just had six items as his time with the boys was quite limited

 

 

 

• dice - to remind us the soldiers gambled over Jesus' robe
• a nail - they nailed Jesus to the cross
• a cross - where he was crucified
• a stone - to remind us of the big stone in front of the tomb
• an egg and a chick - symbolising new life
• and the empty egg shells- because the tomb was empty!

You can use more or fewer items depending on how much detail of the detail of the story you want to tell [and how much you can fit in your egg!] For example, you could also include

• A piece of greenery [a sprig of cypress/cupressus works well for 'real' small-scale stuff, or use some artificial silk leaves] can represent the palm branches
• A tiny goblet - [from a doll's house set or made of silver foil] for the last supper
• A small silver coin or sequin for the 30 pieces of silver
• A length of knotted thread for the whip
• A scrap of purple cloth can represent the robe
• A small silk flower [the tomb was in a garden]

In our Sunday School today, the children are assembling these, [but we're omitting stones and nails for the tiny children] and making the crosses from cut-up pipecleaners. We are threading a Hama bead on each 'arm' of the cross, and including this slip in each egg.

This is a good one to do with children aged 5-10, I find. They love the idea of all those miniature things coming out of the egg - and when you lay the objects in a line, they enjoy trying to remember what each item symbolises. [You can often get tiny dice in bead shops or craft shops]