The Easter Story Craft

Fill an egg carton with plastic, colored eggs. Number the eggs 1 – 12 and fill the eggs accordingly:

Egg #1: 3 pennies – Judas was paid 30 coins for betraying Jesus. 

Egg #2: a piece of bread – This represents the Last Supper. 

Egg #3: a piece of red cloth – Jesus was dressed in scarlet robes and mocked. 

Egg #4: a piece of stick – They placed a crown of thorns on Jesus’ head.

Egg #5: a piece of string – This represents the whip used to scourge Jesus.

Egg #6: pieces of toothpick glued into the shape of a cross – Jesus carried the cross.

Egg #7: 3 small nails – Jesus was nailed to the cross. 

Egg #8: a strip of paper reading “INRI Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews” – They nailed this inscription to the top of the cross. 

Egg #9: a piece of sponge – They soaked a sponge in wine and tried to give it to Jesus when He was on the cross. 

Egg #10: a toothpick with a red tip – They stuck a spear in Jesus’ side. 

Egg #11: a small rock or pebble – The rolled a rock in front of His Tomb. 

Egg #12: empty – Jesus rose from the dead.