Who doesn’t like to hunt for eggs? Along with candy, we like to fill eggs with things that tell the Easter story.
You may have heard of the Resurrection eggs. These are similar but filled with some things you may be able to find around the house and can duplicate for multiple eggs and children.
Here are some ideas:
Leaves- palm branches
Grapes- Wine at the last supper
Coins- Judas’ betrayal
Plastic cross- Jesus’ death
White felt- Cloth in empty tomb
Sanitizer wipes- Jesus washing disciples feet (I got these at Chic Fil-A)
Croutons- Bread at last supper
Cotton balls- Jesus’ ascension
Small craft flower- Garden of Gethsemane
Perfume beads- Mary anointing Jesus with perfume
Leather cord- Soldiers whipping Jesus
Goldfish-Jesus sharing fish with Peter after he arose
Our meaningful Easter egg hunt has been a fun tradition for my kids and their friends. We love to gather some friends at the park, read an Easter book, and hunt for eggs. Afterwards, we sit down and talk about what is inside the eggs, while eating a few treats of course!
A friend of mine made her Easter egg hunts tear-free and competition-free by assigning each of the children a color of egg (which she prepared and counted evenly beforehand) to find during the hunt.
I love this idea! If you have more children than colors, you could add a number to the eggs and assign numbers.
My new personal favorite I want to try this year is the glow in the dark egg hunt! My kids would go crazy over this!
photo courtesy lil luna
Every child loves to hunt Easter eggs, and creating a meaningful egg hunt is a simple way to engage your children in God’s Word, His story, and make fun memories at the same time!
Do you have any ideas for egg fillers? Please do share!
marie says
LOVE these ideas!!!!! 😉