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"Jesus is Alive!"
Items needed: pieces of paper (white or construction paper)
Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
Long piece of ribbon, yard, or string
Tape
Make a banner to hang in your house to announce the resurrection. Choose a simple announcement: Jesus is alive or Jesus is not dead or Jesus won over death!
Give each child a piece of paper and assign each one a letter and ask them to "decorate" it. (They may need to write and decorate more than one letter for the banner.) Put the letters in order and tape them to the ribbon. Hang the banner up for all to see and be reminded of the happy news that Jesus was dead, but is now alive.
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We Have Proof!
Copy or write each of the following clues about the resurrection on a slip of paper and hide them for the kids to find. (If you can easily locate the Easter eggs, put a clue inside each egg.)
When all the clues have been found, read each one aloud to review more about Jesus' resurrection.
Clues:
- Jesus' side was pierced to make sure He was dead.
- Jesus' body was tightly wrapped in linen and spices and sealed inside a tomb.
- Roman soldiers guarded the tomb to make sure no one could steal His body.
- Mary Magdalene was the first to see Jesus after He came alive.
- There was NO body in the tomb—only the linen cloths.
- Jesus appeared to the eleven disciples after His resurrection.
- Jesus joined two followers as they walked to Emmaus.
- Jesus appeared to over 500 people after His resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:6).
The evidence is sure that Jesus really died and came alive again. He proved that He had all power and was truly God.
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Resurrection Rolls
Make resurrection rolls.
Items needed:
8 large marshmallows
1/4 cup melted butter
sugar/cinnamon mixture (approximately 2 tablespoons cinnamon to 2 tablespoons sugar)
1 10 ounce can of crescent rolls
1. Open can of crescent rolls and separate into triangles. The rolls represent the linen cloths used in covering the dead.
2. Dip and roll one marshmallow (representing the body) into melted butter. The butter represents the oils used in anointing the dead body.
3. In a small bowl, mix the cinnamon and sugar together. Roll the marshmallow in the mixture. The mixture represents the spices used in burials.
4. Place the marshmallow in the center of the crescent triangle and carefully fold the dough around the marshmallow. (Pinch the edges tightly to seal in the marshmallow as it melts.) Put each crescent-wrapped marshmallow on a slightly greased cookie sheet or in a greased cupcake pan.
5. Bake the rolls in a 350 degree preheated oven for about 10-15 minutes or until they are golden brown. The oven represents the tomb.
Let them cool. When the kids bite into them, they will see that the inside is empty!
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The Best News EVER!
Items needed: slips of paper
Plastic eggs
Think of good news that your kids would like to hear. (Ideas: You may stay up 30 minutes later tonight. You can choose the dinner meal. You can have an extra dessert. You can skip your chore tonight. You may pick a game for us to play.) Write each statement on a piece of paper and put it inside a plastic egg. (You can choose the number of days, but the more days you do it, the more fun it will be.)
Each morning, hide an egg in each kid's room for them to find when they wake up. Tell them to look in their room to find an egg with good news.
We all love good news. The best news ever is that Jesus is alive!
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The Best News EVER!
Items needed: slips of paper
Plastic eggs
Think of good news that your kids would like to hear. (Ideas: You may stay up 30 minutes later tonight. You can choose the dinner meal. You can have an extra dessert. You can skip your chore tonight. You may pick a game for us to play.) Write each statement on a piece of paper and put it inside a plastic egg. (You can choose the number of days, but the more days you do it, the more fun it will be.)
Each morning, hide an egg in each kid's room for them to find when they wake up. Tell them to look in their room to find an egg with good news.
We all love good news. The best news ever is that Jesus is alive!
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Good News/Bad News
Play Good News/Bad News while you are in the car or waiting somewhere. One person will start a story by giving some good news (can be fictional; whatever they think would be good news). The person on their right will add some bad news. The next person will change it up with some more good news and the story will continue going back and forth between good and bad news.
Then let kids transfer the concept to the resurrection story.
Good news: Jesus came to the earth.
Bad news: He was beaten and hung on a cross.
Good news: This was all part of God's plan.
Bad news: The disciples were sad when they put Jesus in the tomb.
Good news: Jesus came alive on the third day.
Bad news: Mary Magdalene thought someone had stolen His body.
Good news: Jesus appeared to her.
Continue as you have the time.
Ask:
What is the good news about Jesus? (God loves you and wants you to be part of His family; Jesus died to take our punishment for sin: He came alive and won over death, so we can go to heaven when we die)
What is the good news about Jesus? (God loves you and wants you to be part of His family; Jesus died to take our punishment for sin: He came alive and won over death, so we can go to heaven when we die)
What is the bad news? (Not everyone knows about Him; not everyone has Him in his or her heart)
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What Could You Do?
Since we just celebrated Easter, challenge your kids to share the GOOD news about Jesus; it's too good to keep to ourselves.
First, think about people who may not know about Jesus or have Him in their life. Second, think of how you can share this good news with them.
Could you . . .
- send a card with John 3:16 written inside?
- share your story about Jesus with a friend? (Ask, Would you like to hear how Jesus has helped me?)
- give a Bible tract (booklet) to them and say, Would you read this and tell me what you think? (Tracts are available online and at Christian bookstores.)
- invite a friend to sleep over on Saturday night and come to church with you.
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