My activities came together with minimal effort for our Good Friday. I had picked up this book at the library for the girls, same publisher as all of the Legend books (Legend of the Easter Egg etc.) and they are all so good I thought they would enjoy this. My friend from co-op, Cris, sent me a cooking activity for making resurrection rolls. And to tie everything together we went Friday night to church to see a reenactment of The Upper Room. It was perfect, especially for the little ones, to hear the story in the morning and then have it acted out for them that night. Perfect! One happy schooling mom here and we all enjoyed spending the day together!
Everyone loved the rolls and not just eating them. Making them and learning the significance of the symbols was just as much fun.
Using crescent rolls, divide into triangles which represents the cloth that wrapped Jesus. Jesus is the marshmallow.
Coat the marshmallow in melted butter which represents the embalming oil.
Cover the marshmallow in cinnamon sugar which represent the anointing spices.
Wrap the "cloth" or roll around the marshmallow tightly and place in the oven "tomb" for about 10 minutes.
Take out of oven and open the roll. Jesus has left the tomb, he has risen. Erin thought this was the neatest thing! She made one for Bill and could not wait to show him what happened to his Jesus. I'm glad she got so much out of this because she was exhausted by the time we got to church and not too interested in watching the play.
We had to throw in a little Easter spring time treat! We used cornflakes and made bird nests much like you make Rice Krispie Treats with butter and marshmallow. Lindy and Paige had fun putting the eggs in and decorating the nests.
Paige making careful egg placement!
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