Easter Idea

Our Relief Society President passed out this Easter Idea that I thought I'd share with you. We also did it for our Relief Society Board Meeting and it was really nice. I then prepared it to share with my family so as to have a fun and nice spiritual message to share with them about the true meaning of Easter. It's easy and fast and you probably have everything you need at your house already.

You need 12 plastic eggs, labeled with a black marker 1 to 12. In each egg you will put a small object and a strip of paper labeled with a scripture to look up and another comment to read.

1. sacrament cup: Matt 26:39-44

Jesus went to Gethsemane to pray. He asked Heavenly Father to bless Him. He did not want to suffer. He said to Heavenly Father, "If it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will but as thou wilt." Jesus wanted to obey Heavenly Father, so Jesus suffered for every person who repents of their sins. This is called the Atonement. We remember this each time we take the sacrament.

2. Three dimes (pieces of silver): Matt 26:14-16

One of Jesus' apostles, Judas Iscariot, made a deal with some wicket men. He would show them where Jesus was in exchange for 30 pieces of silver.

3. knotted twine: Matt 27:1-2

When morning came, the chief priests and elders of the people decided to put Jesus to death. They bound Him, led Him away, and delivered Him to the governor, Pontius Pilate.

4. piece of soap: Matt 27: 22-24

Pilate asked Jesus many questions and then told the chief priests and Sadducees that Jesus had done nothing wrong. Pilate wanted to release Jesus, but the Sadducees wanted to crucify Him. Pilate washed his hands n front of all the people, saying, "I am innocent to the blood of this just person, see ye to it." Then he let them crucify Jesus.

5. Piece of red cloth: Matt 27:28-30

The soldiers stripped Jesus, put a scarlet red robe, and a crown of thorns on Him. They mocked Him saying "Hail, King of the Jews!" They spit on Him and whipped Him with a reed.

6. nails: Luke 23:33 (D&C 6:37)

After they mocked Jesus and took the robes off Him, they led Him to be crucified. The soldiers nailed Him to a cross by driving nails through His feet, His hands, and His wrists. (Gently press the nail to your hand to see how it might have felt.)

7. Dice: Matt 23:34, John 19:23-24

When Jesus was on the cross, He asked Heavenly Father to forgive the people who crucified Him because they didn't know that He was the Savior of the World. The soldiers took Jesus' clothes and cast lots for them.

8. Small bag of rocks or earth: Matt 27:51-52, Luke 23:45-46

When Jesus finally died, His spirit left His body and the sky darkened. There was a big earthquake. The ground and the rocks broke into pieces.

9. Strip of white cloth: Matt 27:57-59

One of Jesus' disciples, Joseph of Arimathea, took Jesus' body, wrapped it in clean linen cloth, and laid Jesus in his own new tomb.

10. Large stone: Matt 27:60, 65-66

After Joseph of Arimathea had laid Jesus' body in the tomb, he had a big stone rolled in front of the tomb so that Jesus' body would be safe.

11. Spices (whole cloves): Mark 16:1-2

Jesus' body was in the tomb of parts of 3 days. Very early in the morning of the first day of the week Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome brought sweet spices to anoint Jesus' body.

12. Empty: Matt 28:5-6

When the women got to the tomb, the big stone was rolled away and Jesus was not in the tomb. Instead, the angel of the Lord was there and said, "Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here, for He is risen!"

Each family member can choose a couple of eggs to open at the appropriate time and read and show the object.

Happy Easter!!