Easter Story With Eggs

1. Each egg will have objects that represent an event that happened during the last few days of Jesus Christ's life inside along with a scripture to read. You can either have the entire scripture on a slip of paper or just the scripture reference. There are several ways that you can tell the Easter story with Easter eggs. You can open one egg a days and talk about it, like an advent calendar. You can hide the eggs along with your other Easter eggs and then use them to tell the story before the kids dig into their candy. You can also just have them in a basket and pull them out one by one to tell the Easter story. Use a permanent marker or stickers to number the eggs.

2. Put the cracker into the first egg along with the scripture Mark 14:22-24. The bread represents the Last Supper.

3.Put the small cup into the second egg along with the scripture Luke 22:42-44. The cup represents the time Jesus spent in the Garden of Gethsemane.

4. Put the 3 dimes into the third egg along with the scriptures Matthew 26:14-15 and Matthew 26:47-49. The dimes represent Judas betraying Jesus Christ for 30 pieces of silver.

5. Put the small piece of knotted twine into the 4th egg with the scripture Matthew 27:28-30. This represents Jesus being bound and taken before Pilate.

6. Put the small piece of soap into the 5th egg with the scripture Matthew 27:24-26. Pilate washed his hands of the affair and allowed Jesus to be crucified.

7. Put the piece of red cloth and the thorn into the 6th egg with the scripture Matthew 27:28-30. This represents the scarlet robe and crown of thorns that were placed on Jesus.

8. Glue the toothpicks together in the shape of a cross and put them in the 7th egg with the nail. Include the scripture John 19:16-19. This represents the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

9. Put a nail in the 8th egg with the scripture Matthew 27:28-31. This represents the nails in his hands and his feet.

10. Put the white cloth in the 9th egg with the scripture Matthew 27:57-60. This represents Joseph wrapping Jesus' body in white cloth.

11. Place the small rocks and the single larger round stone into the 10th egg. Include the scripture Matthew 27:62-66. This represents the tomb Jesus was laid in and the rock used to seal the entrance.

12. Place the spices onto the small piece of cloth and tie it closed with the string. Place this bag of spices into the 11th egg with the scripture Mark 16:1-3. This represents Mary coming to anoint the body with spices.

13. Leave the 12th egg empty except for a piece a paper with the scripture Mark 16:4-6. This represents the empty tomb because Jesus Christ was resurrected.