Comments on: Fun Family Home Evening idea for Easter

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:54:47 +0000

I am the Primary President of a refugee branch and would like to do this for sharing time next week. I need a list of all the scripture references and items in each egg. Can you help?

By: Sarebear, Centerville, Utah [Visitor]

Sarebear, Centerville, Utah [Visitor] — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 22:58:34 +0000

This was an awesome thing my daughter came home from church with on Easter, as well (It's probably been since last December since I've been to church . . . . been going through alot of stuff).

I went through some of the things with her, but made sure to keep the set if things up when not out because she might hurt herself with the nail.

Our eggs were in an egg carton. It was really cool for me to see her talk about what each item (or lack thereof) was for, and what it MEANT.

By: Jordan [Visitor]

Jordan [Visitor] — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:12:43 +0000

This is a great idea. I am firmly convinced that FHE can and should be a spiritual time, not just a family get-together. This helps that special time be both. And it also helps focus on Easter as the celebration of the resurrected Savior, not as a celebration of the Easter Bunny.

Thanks for posting this. And what an inspired primary president- you should tell her how important this activity was to her family and thank her for being open to the inspiration to do it.

By: john scherer [Visitor]

john scherer [Visitor] — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:14:59 +0000

We did this activity this year and enjoyed it as well. The spirituality was dampered some by my one year old who would steal the eggs from his brother and sister and make them chase him around the house to retrieve. Good Times.

By: Julie M. Smith [Visitor]

Julie M. Smith [Visitor] — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:19:47 +0000

"Julie, sorry for the plagiarism."

My lawyer has advised me . . .

. . . . no, wait. What I meant to say was that it wasn't even my idea in the first place. Glad your family enjoyed it. Our ward made these as a Primary Activity Day and that worked well, too.

By: Susan M [Visitor]

Susan M [Visitor] — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:15:24 +0000

Oh, and the thing that made it cool was the last two objects–one had to be something empty, to represent the tomb, and the other something alive, to represent Christ’s ressurrection. It was very powerful.

By: Susan M [Visitor]

Susan M [Visitor] — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:14:36 +0000

I used to do something similar with my kids, only we did it in place of an easter egg hunt. I just had a list of object they had to find, and then used the objects to tell the Easter story.

By: Geoff B [Member]

Geoff B [Member] — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:04:24 +0000

Mike, thanks for pointing this out. As I’ve written many times before, I don’t really read that many other blogs. I guess the good news is the idea really worked with my family. Julie, sorry for the plagiarism.

By: Mike Parker [Visitor]

Mike Parker [Visitor] — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:43:50 +0000

Posted almost a month ago over that other blog...

http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=2980

(Ouch!)

By: Geoff B [Member]

Geoff B [Member] — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:58:46 +0000

Me, good stuff! Thanks for the links. Anything that will keep it spiritual and interesting is a welcome change from the usual FHE program of “a fight beginning and ending with a prayer.”