Eggsplore Egg Hunt (pdf of the sheet children filled in)
I believe the story of Easter is life-changing and so I want to share that with children in a fun and exciting way; because the Bible is fun and exciting! This Egg Hunt is designed to help children grasp the key ideas behind the Easter Story (rather than simply retelling events): that Jesus is the Son of God, that He is God’s chosen Saviour, and that He rose from the dead.
This Bible-based Easter Egg trail was designed for a Good Friday craft and games morning: it is very simple and designed to be quick to complete, aimed at ages 5-7, but suitable for up to 11s. It was one of several activities running: if you wanted to use it as the main focus of an event, you might want to add some more complicated questions.
The basic instructions are on the pdf, but the basic principle is that children answer a question about the Easter story and receive a chocolate egg. Once they have completed a set number (in this case, 5, they receive a ‘prize’ of a bigger egg at the end (we used Cadbury Creme Eggs). The clues to the question answers are found on paper eggs around the trail, which have to be rearranged, counted, etc. to get the various answers. For example, ‘After how many days did Jesus rise from the dead?’ Clue: count the blue eggs in a basket of coloured paper eggs (there should be 3!).
NOTE: I haven’t included templates for the paper egg ‘clues’ you will need. I used about 40 cut from different colour paper. Some I left blank and others I wrote the letters or words needed to complete the clues (eg; K, I, N, and G on separate paper eggs for the answer to the second question). I then arranged the correct letters / words for each clue at each table with some of the blank ones and let the children find them!
This is the egg image sheet I used for the paper egg clues: (courtesy of thegoodbook.co.uk) tee-Eggstra eggs (colour)
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