The 12 Days of Easter
Materials
12 Plastic Easter Eggs
Permanent Marker
12 Small Strips of Paper (12 more optional)
(Small items listed below)
What to do
1. With your permanent marker, write the numbers 1-12 on each of the plastic eggs.
2. Prepare your strips of paper.
*12 of the strips will have scripture references on them, listed below.
*The other 12 will have a very short explanation of the scripture. You don’t have to include this, but I am putting them in for our 6 year old who is all about reading right now.
3. Round up your small items (listed in parentheses). Refer to the list below.
The 12 Days of Easter.
Day 1
Matthew 26:26-27, 39
(A piece of bread or a sacrament cup)
Day 2
Matthew 26: 14-15
Zechariah 11:12-14
(3 Dimes to represent the 30 pieces of silver)
Day 3
Matthew 27:1-2
(Knotted Twine)
Day 4
Matthew 27:15, 17, 21, 24-26
(Chunk of Hand Soap)
Day 5
Matthew 27:28-30
Mark 15:16-17
(Square of red or purple fabric)
Day 6
Matthew 27:31-32
(Small Nail)
Day 7
Matthew 27:35
(Dice-representing casting lots)
Day 8
Matthew 27:50-51, 54
(Crushed Rocks)
Day 9
Matthew 27:57-60
(Strips of White Cloth)
Day 10
Matthew 27:60, 62-66
(Small Flat Stone)
Day 11
Mark 16:1, 2-6
(Bay Leaf or other Herb)
Day 12
Matthew 28:5-6
(Empty because HE IS RISEN!)
Arrange each day in its assigned egg and decide how you want them displayed. You could simply place them in a basket and display them. You could only bring out one a day, or even have your kids go on a hunt to find them each day.
7 Days of Easter
To simplify… Just prepare the following days.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 5
Day 6
Day 9
Day 10
Day 12
