Last year I made a set of Resurrection eggs to talk the kids through the Easter story over 12 days leading up to Easter Sunday. Actually, last year, I started rather late, so it went on post-Easter too.
After Easter I discovered that they sell empty plastic eggs in The Works – those shops seem to be nearly everywhere. Much easier than sending off to Baker Ross. So you could pop out this weekend and sort out a set. I was thinking that making a set would be a fun activity for the holidays. We’ll dig out our set from the cellar and maybe tweak the contents a bit.
Just to save you clicking through, here are the readings and fillings from the original post.
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.
If you’re really keen, Meredith commented last year with fifteen readings from Mark or even a series of 21 readings which you could use instead. And a Twitter friend mentioned that she’s adapted the idea for her Sunday school class. I’m hoping to extract some details from her later!
I used the American Resurrection eggs that I bought at the Christian Resources Exhibition a few years ago again at our local primary school yesterday. Four of your fillings are a bit different from mine (and in mine the cross and nails are the same thing – think Coventry’s cross of nails), but its a great way to tell the Holy Week/Easter story. The headteacher was quite impressed and the children were very attentive. Good for family/all-age services too.
I’m glad to know there is a cheaper way to do this – if I ever lose mine then I shall come back to this post.
Hobbycraft sell the eggs too – they were in stock at Bentley Bridge a week or so ago. I can’t remember price or pack details I’m afraid – I think they were in packs of 12.
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Thanks so much for this – I’ve put a link on my blog, hope that’s ok. Xx
http://www.playontheword.com/?p=884
I saw someone demonstrating this on YouTube. Might try it myself sometime – but have something different to try this year. I’ll tell you about it if it works!
Thanks for this idea – I’ve made my set this morning ready to start after tea today! Everything is ready apart from the purple cloth which my friend (who does more fabric-related activities!) is bringing to church on Sunday. She visited this morning and has left earlier than planned so she could go and get eggs to make her own! Mine are not as colourful as yours as I used some from a hunt we had a few years ago so they’re all yellow with chicks’ faces in different expressions, but look quite fun. Also my egg-box is a a green cardboard one, so I’ve covered the label in white paper and written RESURRECTION EGGS in the middle and it now looks rather plain. I found these stickers http://bit.ly/hIWXpe which I may get to decorate it
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