Easter Activities

This year we went to the Saturday night Easter Service. Our pastor shared a beautiful message about the Lamb of God. I love Easter time. Each year I go through a set of Resurrection eggs with the children. Starting with Palm Sunday, the children open up a plastic egg with small treasures that represent what Jesus was doing on that particular day of Holy week while we read corresponding scriptures.

The children enjoyed opening packages from Grandpa Randy and Gramma Maureen.

It seems we have an anonymous egg donor. This was the second year that our children awoke to plastic eggs scatter about our yard. The children (and parents) were surprised at the sight. Quickly they put their boots on over their jammies and ran out to collect the brightly colored treasures.

To be fair, they then pooled the eggs together and took turns picking one at a time until they were evenly distributed.

The children found money and treats inside. Jack was thrilled to collect over three dollars!

We sent the children on a scavenger hunt for their baskets. Each child was given a clue and sent into a particular room to look for their surprise. If it wasn't found, they came back for another clue until it was finally located.

I think that next year we may save the baskets and hide them on the first day of spring or May Day. The basket tradition is fun, but takes away from what we are truly celebrating.

We had a delicious low country boil with Ken's family. It was a fun switch from the traditional Easter dinner.

We made Resurrection rolls with some of the children. It is a simple way to tell the story of Easter. You take a marshmallow (representing Jesus), dip it in butter and a cinnamon/sugar mixture (representing the oil and spice that were used to anoint Jesus), then pinch it up in a crescent wrapper (to represent Jesus' shroud). They are placed in a 400 degree oven (empty tomb) to bake 15 minutes. Some of the children stood like soldiers to guard the tomb and make sure that the disciples didn't come steal the body.

The end result is a delicious pastry puff in which the children discovered that Jesus (the marshmallow) is gone. He is risen!

Mikey had a power nap through many of the Easter activities at Grammy and Pappa's house. When he finally awoke, Jackson was glad to help him look for his treats.