On Easter Sunday, the primary children walked through 12 different scenes in the last hours of the Savior's life. After opening excercises, we dismissed the the classes one by one to go out on a "Resurrection Egg" hunt. 
Outside in the hallway, were 12 giant eggs sitting in front of 12 different rooms (These eggs were huge, like 2 feet long and a foot wide, and they opened up in the middle just like the small eggs) I got them from hobby lobby). The class would go to each egg, one at a time, and open the egg, and then go inside the room to learn about what they found in the egg. Once inside the room, a member of the ward greeted the children by simply reading a scripture. The rooms were set up with pictures and little bit of scenery to help it look like the place where the scripture for each egg took place. Then, each child got a smaller version of the item that was in the large egg to put in their own egg. 
Each child had their own set of 12 eggs with scriptures on the outside of each egg. They filled their eggs as they walked through the 12 different scenes. Some of the ward members who helped us in the scenes were dressed up. It was very effective, even with the littlest ones.
(The pictures below are the baskets full of the mini versions of the items we had to give to each child. There was of course only one of each of these items in the 12 large eggs outside the rooms. )
2. Matthew 26:14-15
3. Matthew 27:1-2
4 Matthew 27:22-24
5. Matthew 27:28-30
6. Matthew 27:31-35
7. Matthew 27:35-37
8. Matthew 27;50,51, 54
9.Matthew 27:57-60
10.Matthew 27:62-666
11. Mark 16:1-2
12. Luke 24:1-6
This is a picture of our Bishop in front of the empty tomb from last year when we were able to do it on Good Friday and set up an actual tomb. We even had a CD with nature sounds playing in the background. This year, our Bishop just stood outside with a picture of the Savior and a small tomb that I have from a miniature resurrection scene.
Outside in the hallway, were 12 giant eggs sitting in front of 12 different rooms (These eggs were huge, like 2 feet long and a foot wide, and they opened up in the middle just like the small eggs) I got them from hobby lobby). The class would go to each egg, one at a time, and open the egg, and then go inside the room to learn about what they found in the egg. Once inside the room, a member of the ward greeted the children by simply reading a scripture. The rooms were set up with pictures and little bit of scenery to help it look like the place where the scripture for each egg took place. Then, each child got a smaller version of the item that was in the large egg to put in their own egg. Each child had their own set of 12 eggs with scriptures on the outside of each egg. They filled their eggs as they walked through the 12 different scenes. Some of the ward members who helped us in the scenes were dressed up. It was very effective, even with the littlest ones.(The pictures below are the baskets full of the mini versions of the items we had to give to each child. There was of course only one of each of these items in the 12 large eggs outside the rooms. )
1.Matthew 26:36-39:36
2. Matthew 26:14-15 3. Matthew 27:1-2 4 Matthew 27:22-24 5. Matthew 27:28-30 6. Matthew 27:31-357. Matthew 27:35-37 8. Matthew 27;50,51, 54 9.Matthew 27:57-6010.Matthew 27:62-666
11. Mark 16:1-212. Luke 24:1-6(This egg was empty, because the tomb was empty.)
This is a picture of our Bishop in front of the empty tomb from last year when we were able to do it on Good Friday and set up an actual tomb. We even had a CD with nature sounds playing in the background. This year, our Bishop just stood outside with a picture of the Savior and a small tomb that I have from a miniature resurrection scene. 
3 comments:
Very creative. I bet the kids loved it.
love it!what a good idea. how many primary kids do you have? lol we would need 1440 small plastic eggs!
We had 34 on Easter Sunday. That's about average. You don't have to do it where each child gets 12 eggs. You can just get one large egg that will hold everything(from the dollar store) and give each child just one large egg. Last year it was a ward activity and each family got one large egg to fill with the items. It was much more manageable that way. :)
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