The green egg has a scrap of red fabric inside. That’s all for this one! Reference Matthew 27:1-2 and Matthew 27:22,24 The Green Egg I had a ball of thin twine that I cut and knotted. I just bought a bar of cheap soap and shaved some pieces off. The soap represents Pontius Pilate washing his hands of the crucifixion of Christ and the rope represents when they bound the Savior and brought him to Pilate. The purple egg contains a scrap of soap and a knotted rope. The scriptures referenced are Matthew 26:14-15 and Matthew 26:36, 39. You just need one bag of moss to create several sets of eggs! Grab a small piece to stick inside the egg with the silver coins. This is easy to find at any craft store in the floral section and you can sometimes find it at the dollar store. I wrote “10” on each piece with a Sharpie to represent the 30 pieces of silver that Judas collected for betraying the Savior. I found these at the Dollar Store in the toy section-it was a small “Connect 4” game and I was able to get 5 sets out of one game. You can download the printables at the bottom of the post. We had a lot of great feedback from parents who said their kids did just that! The idea is for the kids to be able to go home and explain the Easter story on their own by using the visuals inside their eggs. One has a list of each egg and the scriptures that go with them and the other is an empty tomb printable. I’m including two free printables for you to use. We also threw in some candy for fun! We placed them in basket bags that we also purchased from Oriental Trading Company. Most of the things we placed inside the eggs were picked up at the dollar store or craft store. They were bigger (you can tell in the picture) and harder to find. The eggs I chose to use were smaller than the normal plastic Easter eggs because they were cheaper and fit in the baskets easier. I found the small baskets at Oriental Trading Company as well as the bags of eggs. We made about 40 little baskets to send home with each child. We put together 8 eight eggs with items that correspond to scriptures and events in the Easter story. So we created these small baskets of Easter story eggs! It’s so fun and rewarding to teach them ourselves but to see them teach what they learned, that is the greatest reward! My mother-in-law once created a box of items we could use during Holy Week to teach our children the events leading up the Crucifixion and Resurrection and I thought it would be perfect for our ward, though on a smaller scale. A couple of years ago, while I was serving in the Primary presidency, we wanted to do something special for our primary kids that would help them teach the Easter story to their families.
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