The Easter Story

Make a basket that communicates the significance of Easter to your children.  Purchase a special Easter basket and 12 colored plastic eggs.  Fill the eggs with the following items and a slip of paper with the Scripture verse.  12 days prior to Easter, begin to open one egg every day and tell the story of Easter.   

Day 1, Wednesday, March 20, 2002
(small cracker pieces - Lord's Supper)

Day 2, Thursday, March 21, 2002
(a drawing of rooster or feather)

Day 3, Friday, March 22, 2002
(3 dimes for 30 pieces of silver)

Day 4, Saturday, March 23, 2002
(Thorns - crown of thorns)

Day 5, Sunday, March 24, 2002
(Nails - nails on the cross)

Day 6, Monday, March 25, 2002
(a small metal or paper cross)

Day 7, Tuesday, March 26, 2002
(dice - casting lots)

Day 8, Wednesday, March 27, 2002
(toothpick - a spear)

Day 9, Thursday, March 28, 2002
(white cloth - burial linen)

Day 10, Good Friday, March 29, 2002
(cinnamon sticks - spices)

Day 11, Saturday, March 30, 2002
(stone - over the mouth of the tomb)

Day 12, Easter Sunday, March 31, 2002
(empty - the empty tomb)