Thrifty Thursday - Resurrection Eggs

We are gearing up for our annual family Easter Egg Hunt and while the Easter Egg Hunt is an annual tradition, we are adding something new this year. Resurrection Eggs! Last year, after Easter, I was fortunate to come across some Resurrection Eggs on sale! I bought them and put them away with the Easter stuff so I did not forget to use them this year!!


If you don't know what Resurrection Eggs are, they are a terrific way to share the Easter Story of Jesus' resurrection with your children. If you don't have Resurrection Eggs, you can easily, and frugally, make your own set at home? All you need is an egg carton, a dozen plastic eggs, some small slips of paper, pen, permanent marker, and your Bible. It is helpful to use twelve different colored eggs. If you don't use twelve different colored eggs, use the permanent marker and number each of the eggs one through twelve. Then, into the corresponding numbered egg, add the following item and the scripture referenced written or typed on a small slip of paper.

Egg #1. (Bread) Matthew 26:26 - While they were eating Jesus took a piece of bread, gave a prayer of thanks, broke it, and gave it to His disciples. "Take and eat it," He said, "This is My body."

Egg #2. (Coins) Matthew 26: 14-15 - Then one of the twelve disciples, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and asked, "What will you give me if I betray Jesus to you?" They counted out thirty silver coins and gave them to him.

Egg #3. (Purple cloth, representing a purple robe) Mark 15:17a - They put a purple robe on Jesus

Egg #4. (Thorns, like on a rose stem) Matthew 27:29 - Then they made a crown out of thorny branches and placed it on His head, and put a stick on His right hand; then they knelt before Him and made fun of Him. "Long live the King, of the Jews!" they said.

Egg #5. (Scourge-a small piece of rope or thick string) Mark 15:15 - Pilate wanted to please the crowd, so he set Barabbas free for them. Then he had Jesus whipped and handed Him over to be crucified.

Egg #6. (A small cross) John 19: 17-18a - He went out, carrying His cross, and came to "The Place of the Skull," as it is called. (In Hebrew it is called "Galgotha.") There they crucified Him.

Egg #7. (Nails) John 20:25b - Thomas said to them, "Unless I see the scars of the nails in His hands and put my finger on those scars and my hand in His side, I will not believe."

Egg #8. (Sign saying "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.") Luke 23:38 - Above Him were written these words: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Egg #9. (Small piece of sponge) Matthew 27:48 - One of them ran up at once, took a sponge, soaked it in sour wine, put it on the end of a stick, and tried to make Him drink it.

Egg #10. (Something representing a spear (i.e. a toothpick)) John 19:34 - One of the soldiers plunged his spear into Jesus' side, and at once blood and water poured out.

Egg #11. (Rock) Matthew 27:59-60 - Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a new linen sheet, and placed it in his own new tomb, which he had just recently dugout of solid rock. Then he rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

Egg #12. (Empty) Matthew 28:6 - He is not here! He has risen, just as He said.


I hope you are able to make yourself some Resurrection Eggs and include them as part of your Easter holiday!!


Your Girlfriend,
Michelle