Resurrection Eggs

Have you seen these before?

While searching for a hands-on way to help the younger children truly grasp the meaning of Easter, I found Resurrection Eggs last year.  Yes, they've been sitting on a shelf for a year because life got crazy last Lent and many things went undone.  But Robert was worth all the extra chaos. 

This year I actually pulled them out and showed them to the kids.  Each egg contains an item that has something to do with the Easter story and the Passion of Christ.  Egg 1 contains a donkey and egg 12 is empty to signify the empty tomb on Easter morning.  Yes, all of the younger kids were able to glean something from this activity and I was able to see exactly how much of the real meaning of Easter they understood.  Yup, it's much more than the Easter Bunny, too much candy, hunting for eggs and a special dinner.  Something important for the kids (and grown-ups) to realize.