I always like interactive, concrete lessons...espcially when they end up in something yummy. This looks like an excellent way to share the story of Christ's burial and resurrection with your children:
1- cup whole
pecans
1-teaspoon
vinegar
3 egg
whites
pinch of
salt
1-cup
sugar
zipper
baggie
wooden
spoon
tape
Bible
EASTER
COOKIES
Preheat the oven to 300
(this is important-don't wait 'til you're half-done with the
recipe)
1. Place the pecans in the
baggie and let the kids beat them with the wooden spoon to break them into
pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested, He was beaten by the Roman
soldiers.
Read John
19:1-3
2. Put the vinegar into a
mixing bowl. Let each child smell the vinegar. Explain that when Jesus was on
the cross and he became thirsty, He was offered vinegar to drink.
Read John
19:28-30
3. Add the egg whites to
the vinegar. The eggs represent life. Explain that Jesus gave His life so that
we could have life.
Read John
10:10-11
4. Sprinkle a little salt
into each child's hand and let them taste it. Put the rest into the bowl.
Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus' followers, and the
bitterness of our own sin.
Read Luke
23:27
5. So far the ingredients
are not very appetizing. Add 1 cup of sugar. Explain that the sweetest part of
the story ids that Jesus died because He loves us. He wants us to know and
belong to Him.
Read Psalm 34:8 and John
3:16
6. Beat the egg whites
with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes, until stiff peaks form. Explain
that the color white represents the purity in god's eyes of those whose sins
have been cleansed by Jesus.
Read Isa. 1:18 and John
3:1-3
7. Fold in the broken
nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto a wax paper cookie sheet. Explain that each mound
represents the rocky tomb where Jesus body was laid to rest.
Read Matt.
27:57-60
8. Put the cookie sheet in
the oven, close the door and turn the oven off.
9. Give each child a piece
of tape and seal the door. Explain that Jesus tomb was sealed.
Read Matt.
27:65-66
10. Go to bed. Explain
that they may feel sad to leave the cookies in the oven overnight and that Jesus
followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed.
Read John
16:20-22
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 THE FIRST EASTER Jesus followers were amazed to
find His tomb empty.
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