Easter Ideas

I'm wondering what good ideas all you moms have about how you teach your children about Easter.

We made these cookies last year and plan on making them again this year. It was a lot of fun and pretty yummy too. The pics are from last year. I'm looking forward to reading YOUR ideas!

Resurrection Cookies -

make these cookies Saturday night before Easter.

1 c. whole pecans

1 tsp. vinegar

3 egg whites

pinch of salt

1 c. sugar

1 ziplock bag

Bible- make sure you look up the passages beforehand

1. Preheat oven to 300. This is important.


2. Place pecans in ziplock back and let the children beat them with the spoon until they are in small pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested, he was beaten by Roman soldiers.
Read John 19:1-3.

3. Let the child smell the vinegar. Put one tsp. of vinegar in the mixing bowl. Explain that when Jesus was on the cross, He was thirsty and the soldiers gave him vinegar to drink.
Read John 19:28-30.

4. Add egg whites to the vinegar. Eggs represent life. Explain that Jesus gave His life for us.
Read John 10:10-11.

5. Sprinkle a little salt into child’s hand. Let them taste the salt and brush the rest into the bowl. Explain that this represents the salty tears that Jesus’follower’s shed and the bitterness of our own sin.
Read Luke 23:27.
So far,the ingredients aren’t very appetizing.


6. Add sugar. Explain that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died forus because He loves us. He wants us to know and belong to Him.
ReadPsalm 34:8 and John 3:16. 7.

Beat the ingredients on high speed for 12-15 minutes until stiff peaks form. Explain that the color white represents purity in God’s eyes of those whose sins are cleansed by Jesus.
Read Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:1-3.

8. Fold in broken nuts. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto waxed paper coveredbaking sheet. Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus was buried.
Read Matthew 27:57-60.


Turn off the oven and place the cookies into the oven. Take some masking tape and "Seal" the tomb.
(make sure you remember to preheat the oven and then it gets shut off over night. )



Easter morning- take the cookies out of the "tomb" (you can have someone take the tape off before the children get to the oven). Take a bite of the cookie and you'll see it's EMPTY inside.

He is RISEN!