Easter Eggs

Since Easter is coming up quickly, we wanted to focus on the meaning of Easter and why we celebrate this special holiday. In order to do this, our second graders enjoyed an Easter craft that allowed them to think about what Jesus has done for them.

Each student was given an Easter egg coloring page and they were told to color the egg as beautifully as they could. After coloring the egg, students carefully cut the egg into small puzzle pieces. Lastly, students put these puzzle pieces back together and glued them onto a separate colored piece of paper so that the egg was put back to what it was before it was cut.

As students completed this activity we discussed how it compared to our lives. As students colored the egg, we considered how the egg they were coloring was perfect and without fault. The same as when God created Adam and Eve, they were perfect and without sin when they first entered the Garden of Eden.

However, once students began to cut the egg into small puzzle pieces, students discussed how this compared to Adam and Eve sinning in the Garden of Eden. The egg was not perfect anymore and the same was true for the human race after sin entered the world. Once students began to put the puzzle pieces back together again and glue them onto their piece of paper, they could understand that this is exactly what Jesus did for us on the cross. By dying and coming back to life, He fixed our sin problem and put us back together again so that we can one day be without sin and be perfect again.

As your students bring these eggs home, ask them to explain this story and what it means for them. 

Happy Easter!