Egg-stra special day!
Children's Activity
Object:
Teachers or Parents: Easter eggs are a long-standing
tradition. You can give each child an Easter egg today to help
each remember the significance of the symbol.
* Make Easter eggs in class or at home.
* Personalize and color Easter eggs.
* Decorate eggs and place them on an egg tree.
* Read the resurrection story from each of the gospels or from a modern children's Bible.
* Invite older members of the congregation -- perhaps members of all ages -- to come and share with your children their favorite Easters and what made them so special. Focus on the spiritual specialness of each story. Tell your own story of favorite Easters.
* Perhaps your church has a small closet that could double as a tomb. You can designate an older child (perhaps one who serves as an acolyte and who would be willing to wear a white vestment) to sit in the "tomb" and announce that "He has been raised; he is not here," as the children re-experience the first Easter themselves.
* Collect or make other Easter symbols: Easter lily, butterfly, the Lamb with banner, and so forth. Explain the significance of each symbol. Share the significance of the Easter color white(for purity and perfection) or gold (for God's best -- our Lord and King).
* Make an Easter banner.
* Make a banner with all the children's names on it.
* Come up with a new Easter symbol that tells of newness of life from death: a mushroom, for example, seems to pop up from nowhere.
Sunday school assembly opening:
* Use an Easter banner made by the children as a processional banner. Place it in the front of the opening space after the procession.
* With spring in the air and its voice of new life, line the opening space with fresh flowers. Perhaps you can use Easter lilies.
* Sing joyful, familiar Easter hymns.
* Make Easter eggs in class or at home.
* Personalize and color Easter eggs.
* Decorate eggs and place them on an egg tree.
* Read the resurrection story from each of the gospels or from a modern children's Bible.
* Invite older members of the congregation -- perhaps members of all ages -- to come and share with your children their favorite Easters and what made them so special. Focus on the spiritual specialness of each story. Tell your own story of favorite Easters.
* Perhaps your church has a small closet that could double as a tomb. You can designate an older child (perhaps one who serves as an acolyte and who would be willing to wear a white vestment) to sit in the "tomb" and announce that "He has been raised; he is not here," as the children re-experience the first Easter themselves.
* Collect or make other Easter symbols: Easter lily, butterfly, the Lamb with banner, and so forth. Explain the significance of each symbol. Share the significance of the Easter color white(for purity and perfection) or gold (for God's best -- our Lord and King).
* Make an Easter banner.
* Make a banner with all the children's names on it.
* Come up with a new Easter symbol that tells of newness of life from death: a mushroom, for example, seems to pop up from nowhere.
Sunday school assembly opening:
* Use an Easter banner made by the children as a processional banner. Place it in the front of the opening space after the procession.
* With spring in the air and its voice of new life, line the opening space with fresh flowers. Perhaps you can use Easter lilies.
* Sing joyful, familiar Easter hymns.
