Resurrection Eggs

With all of the candy and eggs and Easter bunnies that are around right now, we really want to teach our son what Easter is actually about. Don't get me wrong, we still do the eggs, candy, etc. but we're also trying to be intentional about teaching him about Jesus' death and resurrection. I've had a hard time trying to figure out how to explain such a serious and violent story to a two year old and then I found this idea on Pinterest (Here's the original link: http://womenlivingwell.org/2010/03/celebrating-jesus-with-your-kids-for/ 

With Easter only a few weeks away, I wanted to share this with you now so that you'd have enough time to make it. Apparantly you can buy these online or in some stores, but it was seriously SO easy to make!

Fill an egg carton with twelve plastic eggs and number them 1-12. I typed up the items that you put in each egg and the Bible verses that correspond.

 You could cut the verses into strips and put them inside each matching egg. I just folded the whole paper into thirds and stored it in the top.

You could start twelve days before Easter and open one egg every day or you could go through the entire story in one sitting. To be honest, I still may modify this with our two year old this year-maybe focusing less on the details like the nails, thorns, and spear and focusing more on the bigger picture-God's amazing love for us. Depending on the ages of your kiddos, this could be totally age appropriate or maybe something that you grow into. Either way, I hope it gives you a starting point for talking about Easter with your kids this year!

He is risen!!