To be made the evening before Easter.
You will need the following ingredients:
1 cup whole pecans
1 teaspoon vinegar
3 egg whites
A pinch salt
1 cup sugar
A zipper baggie
A wooden spoon
Tape
Bible
Your children
Preheat oven to 300 F.
Place pecans in zipper baggie and let children
beat them with the wooden spoon to break into
small pieces.
Explain that after Jesus was
arrested He was beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19:1-3.
Let each child smell the vinegar.
Put 1 teaspoon of vinegar into mixing bowl.
Explain that when
Jesus was thirsty on the cross, He was given vinegar to drink.
Read John 19:28-30.
Add egg whites to vinegar.
Eggs represent life.
Explain that Jesus gave His life to give us life.
Read John 10:10-11.
Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand.
Let them taste it and brush the rest into the bowl.
Explain that this represents the salty tears
shed by Jesus' followers, and the bitterness of our own sin.
Read Luke 23:27.
So far the ingredients are not very appetizing.
Add 1 cup sugar.
Explain that the sweetest
part of the story is that Jesus died because
He loves us. He wants us to know and belong to Him.
Read Psalms 34:8 and John 3:16.
Beat with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15
minutes until stiff peaks are formed.
Explain
that the color white represents the purity in
God's eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus.
Read Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:1-3.
Fold in broken nuts.
Drop by teaspoons onto
wax paper covered cookie sheet.
Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus' body was laid.
Read Matthew 27:57-60.
Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the
door and turn the oven OFF.
Give each
child a piece of tape and seal the oven door.
Explain that Jesus' tomb was sealed.
Read Matthew 27:65-66.
GO TO BED!
Explain that they may feel sad to leave the
cookies in the oven overnight. Jesus'
followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed.
Read John 16:20 and 22.
On Easter morning, open the oven and give
everyone a cookie. Notice the cracked
surface and take a bite. The cookies are
hollow!
On the first Easter Jesus' followers
were amazed to find the tomb open and empty.
Read Matthew 28:1-9.
Yes! He Has Risen!!