If It's Not too Late or Save for Next Year

A friend gave me this great FHE idea to do with your family now or next year for Easter. I wanted to share it with you to enjoy.

An Easter Family Activity—Saturday Night and Easter Morning

You will need the Bible, Scotch or adhesive tape, a cookie sheet covered with wax paper, an electric mixer and bowl, and the following ingredients:

1 cup whole pecans
A quart Ziploc bag
Wooden spoons
1 tsp. vinegar
Pinch of salt
3 egg whites
3/4 cup sugar

1. Preheat oven to 300°. (This is important! Don't wait until you’re half way through the recipe!)
2. Place the pecans into the Ziploc bag. Let the children beat the nuts with the wooden spoons to break them into small pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested, He was beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19:1-3
3. Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 tsp. vinegar into a mixing bowl. Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross, He was given vinegar to drink.
Read John 19:28-30
4. Add the egg whites to the vinegar. Explain that eggs represent life, and that Jesus gave His life in order for us to have eternal life.
Read John 19:10-11
5. Sprinkle a tiny little bit of salt into each child’s hand and let them taste it. Have them brush the rest into the bowl—having just a pinch in the bowl. Explain that the salt represents the salty tears shed by Jesus’ followers and the bitterness of our own sins.
Read Luke 23:27
6. So far, the ingredients are not very appetizing. Add 1 cup of sugar. Explain that the sweetest part of this true story is that Jesus died because He loves us. He wants us to know and belong to Him.
Read Psalms 34:8 & John 3:16
7. Beat the egg whites on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff white peaks are formed. Explain that the color white represents the purity of God’s eyes for those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus’ Atonement.
Read Isaiah 1:18 & John 3:1-3
8. Fold in the nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto the wax paper. Explain that each mound represents the rock tomb where Jesus’ body was laid.
Read Matthew 27:57-60
9. Put the cookie sheet into the oven, close the door and turn the oven OFF. Give each child a piece of tape and have them seal the oven door. Explain that the tomb was sealed by a heavy large flat stone that rolled in a track over the opening.
Read Matthew 27:65-66
10. GO TO BED! Explain that they may feel sad leaving the cookies in the oven tonight. Jesus’ followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed.
Read John 16:20 and 22
11. On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie. Notice the cracked surface and take a bite. The cookies are hollow! On that first Easter, Jesus’ followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty. Christ was resurrected and the Atonement was complete. HAPPY EASTER!
Read Matthew 28:1-9