I’ve had this idea in my head for a little while. I really like Resurrection Eggs, but my littlest ones don’t sit very well through the retelling of the Easter story using them. So, I finally came up with a spin-off idea just for them!
Preschool Easter Story Eggs
Supplies:
- Six empty plastic eggs
- Stickers or markers
- Heart sticker
- Band-aid
- Paper cross
- Tomb formed out of clay
- Rock
- Printable Poem for Easter Story Eggs (with Preschool in the title)
- Printable Poem for Easter Story Eggs (without Preschool in the title)
1) Using stickers or a marker, put a letter on each egg to spell the word Easter.
2) Using the pictures below, fill each egg with the corresponding item.
E is for Each of us. God loves everyone.
(Heart sticker)
A is for A broken world, so He sent His Son.
(Band-Aid)
S is for our Sins that Jesus took away.
(Paper cross)
T is for the Tomb where He lay for three whole days.
(Clay tomb)
E is for the Empty tomb. The stone was rolled away!
(Stone)
R is for the Risen Lord. Jesus is alive today!
I shared the story of Easter with my little ones opening each egg as we went through this poem I wrote. Of course, I added extra narration as well! You can easily store the eggs in a small plastic bag or basket with a copy of the poem.
“Easter”
E is for Each of us. God loves everyone.
A is for A broken world, so He sent His Son.
S is for our Sins that Jesus took away.
T is for the Tomb where He lay for three whole days
E is for the Empty tomb. The stone was rolled away.
R is for the Risen Lord. Jesus is alive today!
©2010 – Stacie Nelson
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miranda says
How sweet and just right for the little ones!
Anderson Family says
Thanks. I've seen the dozen ones like these, but they were kind of graffic (thorns, poison)for my 3 year old. Thanks for a more PG version!
Julie says
Love this idea! Perfect for the little ones!
Amanda says
love it! just shared this on face book-great idea!! thanks for posting.
Happy Home Fairy says
I just wanted to let you know that I did these eggs with several kids and they had a blast! It was such a sweet and simple way to share the Gospel without being too intense for their little minds. Thank you so much for sharing!!!
P.S. We also made your Egg Fruit Pizza for our Easter MOM group at church and everyone went EGG-y over it! 🙂 I really appreciate your site!
Michelle says
Wow, I love this idea. I teach a Pre-K through 1st grade Sunday School class and this would be amazing to do with them as well as my own children. Thank you so much for sharing 🙂
Stacie says
That’s perfect!! Glad you’ll be able to use it! 🙂
Melissa says
I teach Sunday school to 3 and 4 year olds. This will be a wonderful way to tell them the story. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us.
Stacie Nelson says
Thanks for your encouragement! So glad you found it helpful!
Melanie Haspels says
Thanks for posting this! I was looking for ways to teach my 2 1/2 year old about Easter and this is perfect–thank you!
Lori Miller says
I was looking for a simple version of the Resurrection Eggs for my 2 yr old Preschool Class. Thanks!
My only suggestion is that I’m going to switch the “bandaid” with a tiny plastic baby… the preschoolers can relate to Jesus as a baby 🙂
Stacie says
That’s a good idea, too. I mainly wanted to use the band-aid, so I could introduce the idea of a broken world and sin.
daniKate designs says
Thank you so much for sharing this! It will be perfect for daughter.
Veronica says
I absolutely love your version of this activity for toddlers. I assembled the eggs and did this with my two-and-a-half year old son today… he loved it! What a blessing! Thank you!
Stacie says
I’m so glad he loved it!!
Kathy H. says
Love this idea…I was looking for idea’s for our mother’s group to use plastic eggs since we have tons of them. So I am making bags up for each child (they will color them) and then adding the eggs and directions to what to use them for. This one is perfect!!!!!
Jennifer says
Hey! I love this idea and I am so excited to do it with my preschoolers at home this year. I am a preschool minister and would love to share this idea on my brand new blog I am beginning. Is it ok wit you to use this idea if I cite you as the creator of it?
Stacie Nelson says
Hi, Jennifer! You are quite welcome to use one photo and link back to this original post to give your readers the directions! Thanks so much! 🙂
Jennifer says
Thank you very much!
Lindsey Whitney says
Great idea! I think I’ll change “A” to “All have sinned” based on Romans 3:23 though.
Aliesha says
Thanks for sharing this idea! I’m starting it today with my toddlers (opening one egg a day until Easter).
Stacie Nelson says
Yay! Hope it will be a blessing!
Beth says
I love this! We used it last year and this year I made my own printable to go with it: http://craftymomofgirls.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/preschool-resurrection-eggs-printable/
Thank you for sharing your talents!
Trisha Wilkins says
What a cute activity reminding us of the true meaning of Easter. I used this for a large group of kids I was teaching and they loved it. Thank you again!
Tammy T says
Thank you for sharing this. I found this post last week on Pinterest. I teach 3-5 year olds at church and we are doing this tomorrow.
Praying you will be blessed for the seeds you are planting.
HETTY STUART says
This looks like a great idea for a Friendship class that we teach. However….where in the world do you find a clay tomb?
Stacie Nelson says
Hi, Hetty, we just made ours with some salt clay that we made, but you can buy different kinds of clay in craft stores or art departments at some stores. I just rolled a ball and pushed my thumb near the bottom to make it! Hope that helps!
Shaynie Gray says
This is fabulous! Thank you!!! Will be using it tomorrow in my toddler Sunday School class. I am going to tell the story with the one I made, then let them put together their own set of eggs to take home. I prepared all the pieces and will let them put the items in the eggs. I added a little easter grass to some ziplock baggies, and will let the kids bring home their eggs in the bag. I also printed out your poem and taped it to the bag. We don’t have extra clay laying around, so we will make our tombs out of tin foil tomorrow. Thanks again for such a great project!!
Stacie Nelson says
Awesome!! Thank you so much for sharing this. I hope it goes well!
Rachel Iverson says
Love this idea! I teach preschool and we have done the full set of eggs in the past but will be switching to this version this yea as I feel it is much more developmentally appropriate for 3 and 4 year olds.
Any ideas on an easy way to do tombs for a whole class? Or a substitute for the tomb? Not sure if we have time to make clay tombs for everyone!
Happy Home Fairy says
Thank you for this! I used it to teach a chapel lesson this morning at our school!
Laura says
Thanks so much for these instructions. We made resurrection eggs for our MOPS groups and this was perfect and very well received. We printed out your poem and glued it on top of the egg carton (I credited you of course!).
Stacie Nelson says
Great! Thanks for sharing it with others!