Easter Advent: A Celebration of Jesus Christ, Days 7-12

Christos Anesti, brothers and sisters! He is Risen!

Welcome to our guide for celebrating the second six days of our Latter-day Lent. This set of days will be focused on ancient prophecies of the coming of the Messiah found in the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon. That way we may see, in the word of the ancient prophet Jacob, that “that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glory many hundred years before his coming; and not only we ourselves had a hope of his glory, but also all the holy prophets which were before us.” (Jacob 4:4)

Day 7

Scripture: When Christ appeared to the Nephites, He taught them to diligently search the words of the prophet Isaiah, “for great are the words of Isaiah.” (3 Nephi 23:1) When you look at what Isaiah taught about the Messiah and the Atonement the greatness of his words becomes immediately clear. This is how Isaiah described the promised Messiah:

For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
^{Isaiah 53:2-6}

Latter-day Prophets: In this quotation, Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland explains that Christ was willing to suffer for us because of His deep love of us:

Beginning in the spiritual anguish of the Garden of Gethsemane, moving to the Crucifixion on a cross at Calvary, and concluding on a beautiful Sunday morning inside a donated tomb, a sinless, pure, and holy man, the very Son of God Himself, did what no other deceased person had ever done nor ever could do. Under His own power, He rose from death, never to have His body separated from His spirit again. Of His own volition, He shed the burial linen with which He had been bound, carefully putting the burial napkin that had been placed over His face “in a place by itself,” the scripture says.

That first Easter sequence of Atonement and Resurrection constitutes the most consequential moment, the most generous gift, the most excruciating pain, and the most majestic manifestation of pure love ever to be demonstrated in the history of this world. Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, suffered, died, and rose from death in order that He could, like lightning in a summer storm, grasp us as we fall, hold us with His might, and through our obedience to His commandments, lift us to eternal life.
^{Where Justice, Love, and Mercy Meet}

Hymn: #195 How Great the Wisdom and the Love (link to church Hymns website; verses 1-4 and 6 are most appropriate)

Below is a YouTube video playing the music for the hymn instrumentally with lyrics so you can sing along.

Activity: Make Resurrection Rolls with your family, rolls that start off stuffed but which hollow out as they cook, forming empty tombs. Below are the basic instructions, but I suggest you look at this website to see pictures of the different preparation steps.

Ingredients

For the dough:

½ cup whole milk (warm, 105 degrees F)
1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
3 Tablespoons salted butter (melted)
3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ teaspoon sea salt
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups all-purpose flour

Other Ingredients:

8 large marshmallows
3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 Tablespoons salted butter (melted)

Instructions

Add milk, 1 Tablespoon sugar and yeast to the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the dough hook and stir to combine. Let the mixture sit for 5-10 minutes or until frothy/foamy. (Alternately, you can mix the dough by hand in a large bowl with a wooden spoon).
Add butter, 3 Tablespoons sugar, egg, and vanilla and mix on low speed.
Add salt, cinnamon and flour and mix on medium-high speed until a slightly tacky but firm ball forms.
Remove dough from the mixer and knead with your hands until smooth.
Place dough in a lightly greased bowl and cover with a damp tea towel.
Let rise in a warm place for about 1 hour or until dough has doubled in size.
While dough is rising, combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and stir to combine.
Once the dough has doubled in size, roll dough out into a 14” round circle about ¼” thick.
Cut the dough into 8 equal-sized triangles.
Take one marshmallow and dip it into the melted butter until all sides are completely coated.
Remove from the butter and place the marshmallow into the cinnamon/sugar mixture. Roll the marshmallow until completely coated in cinnamon sugar.
Place the coated marshmallow in the center of one of the dough triangles.
Fold the dough around the marshmallow and roll it in your hands until it is completely sealed. You do not want to leave any cracks at all or the marshmallow will ooze out.
Once completely sealed, place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Repeat with the remaining 7 marshmallows and dough triangles.
Cover rolls with a tea towel and preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
Once oven is preheated, bake the rolls for 18-20 minutes or until the rolls are golden brown.
Let cool on a wire rack and then peek inside!

Day 8

Scripture: The following excerpts from Psalm 22, sometimes referred to anachronistically as the Psalm of the Cross. The Psalmist is singing about the terror he faces under the threat of death at the hands of his enemies, but what makes the psalm meaningful is that it has numerous prophetic statements related to the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ:

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?

I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”

For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet. I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me. They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
^{Psalms 22:1, 6-8, 16-18}

Latter-day Prophets: Apostle James E. Talmage described how the death of the Savior fulfills the prophetic statements of the Psalmist in Psalms 22:

The soldiers whose duty it was to guard the crosses, until loitering death would relieve the crucified of their increasing anguish, jested among themselves, and derided the Christ, pledging Him in their cups of sour wine in tragic mockery. Looking at the title affixed above the Sufferer’s head, they bellowed forth the devil-inspired challenge: “If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.” The morbid multitude, and the passers-by “railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself, and come down from the cross.”

But worst of all, the chief priests and the scribes, the elders of the people, the unvenerable Sanhedrists, became ringleaders of the inhuman mob as they gloatingly exulted and cried aloud: “He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.”

… At the ninth hour, or about three in the afternoon, a loud voice, surpassing the most anguished cry of physical suffering issued from the central cross, rending the dreadful darkness. It was the voice of the Christ: “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” What mind of man can fathom the significance of that awful cry? It seems, that in addition to the fearful suffering incident to crucifixion, the agony of Gethsemane had recurred, intensified beyond human power to endure. In that bitterest hour the dying Christ was alone, alone in most terrible reality. That the supreme sacrifice of the Son might be consummated in all its fulness, the Father seems to have withdrawn the support of His immediate Presence, leaving to the Savior of men the glory of complete victory over the forces of sin and death.

… Fully realizing that He was no longer forsaken, but that His atoning sacrifice had been accepted by the Father, and that His mission in the flesh had been carried to glorious consummation, He exclainred in a loud voice of holy triumph: “It is finished.” In reverence, resignation, and relief, He addressed the Father saying: “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.” He bowed His head, and voluntarily gave up His life.

Jesus the Christ was dead.
^{Jesus the Christ, pgs. 665-662.}

Hymn: #100 Nearer, My God, to Thee (link to church Hymns website)

Below is a YouTube video playing the music for the hymn instrumentally with lyrics so you can sing along.

Activity: Writing Easter Psalms: Though the translation from Hebrew to English mars the fact, Psalm 22 was a poem and a song. Elder Stephen D. Nadauld of the Seventy has explained, “that music prepares our souls to receive gospel truths.” Likewise, poetry and song are often powerful ways to communicate the powerful truths of the Restored Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. In this activity each participant will write a simple verse expressing their thankfulness for the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

You can choose any rhyming scheme you like, but I want to use a simple AB, AB rhyming scheme. In a six line verse this means the first, third, and fifth lines rhyme and the second, fourth, and sixth lines rhyme. Make sure to give it a title. I’m going to mimic the psalms in my example, but you don’t have to do so:

A Psalm of William, About Gratitude
He rose in glory, light divine (A)
His love has set the captives free (B)
A sacrifice, so pure, a sign (A)
Of endless grace for you and me (B)
In Him, new life and hope align (A)
His mercy shines eternally (B)

Once you have your poems composed, write them on a blank sheet of construction paper and decorate them. Then you can display them in your home as a sign of your joy for the Atonement of Christ. If you would like to write on some Easter egg shaped pages, as seen in the image above, click here: Easter Egg Themed Prewriting. Once you’re done, you can cut them out and glue them to construction paper and decorate them.

Congratulations! You’ve just written your very own psalm!

Day 9

Scripture: The following scripture is usually read during Advent as part of the celebration of Christmas, but it is as easily applicable to Easter because it tells us who Jesus was and hints and how He was able to atone for our sins:

For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
^{Isaiah 9:6}

This is more than a prophecy of the coming of the Messiah, it tells us who the Messiah will be. First, the Messiah will be a son, and a divine son at that. How do we know? Because the Messiah will also be the Mighty God and the Everlasting Father. These are not titles given to humans. These are titles reserved for God. The Messiah will be a divine son because the Messiah will be divine Himself, the Messiah will be the Mighty God born on Earth, the Everlasting Father given mortal flesh. The Messiah will be Jehovah born as a man.

And it was exactly because Jesus was Jehovah born as a man, that Jesus was the Mighty God given flesh, that He was able to do the impossible and atone for the souls and bodies on each individual man.

Latter-day Prophets: The following quote comes from a, August 1986 BYU speech given by then Apostle Russell M. Nelson. In it, he explains the scriptural evidence proving that Jesus the Messiah is Jehovah the God born as a man:

As he concluded his ministry among the Nephites, Jesus issued this powerful challenge: “What manner of men ought ye to be? Verily I say unto you, even as I am” (3 Nephi 27:27).

I know from long experience as a teacher that a sure way to lose students is to use long or numerous quotations. Attention is easier to maintain through amusing stories. I have not been called as an apostle to entertain, but to teach the word of the Lord. You, too, are disciples as well as teachers and students. I know you can stay with me as we climb the hill of enlightenment through direct study from the scriptures. Fasten your mental seat belts and let us see how much we can learn about these two little words, I am. Are you with me?

These two words, I am, the simplest words in all scripture, appear in the New Testament in the Greek language as ego eimi. In the original text of the Old Testament, I am is read in Hebrew as hayah.

Let our jargonal journey begin with John 8:58. Inquisitors once asked Jesus if he had seen Abraham. “Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.” (In the Greek text these two special words are ego eimi.)

[The] footnote [for this verse is]: “The term I AM used here in the Greek is identical with the Septuagint usage in Ex. 3:14 which identifies Jehovah.”

Now, what does that mean? Let’s turn to Exodus 3. To get the frame of reference for verse 14, let’s start with verse 11. The scene is on Mt. Sinai. A dialogue is taking place between Jehovah and Moses. I presume Moses was suffering some kind of identity crisis (at verse 11) when he said unto God:

Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. [Exodus 3:11–14]

In the Hebrew language of the Old Testament, I am comes from the word hayah. Translated into English it means “to be,” or “existence,” and applies as well to the future as it does to the present tense. Indeed, this verse could be translated, “I will become what I will become.” Here, to Moses, the premortal Messiah is proclaiming not only one of his names, but choosing a word that could literally imply the redeeming role he was yet destined to fulfill.

Two other facts about the word hayah are of interest: (1) hayah is the Hebrew root from which the word “Jehovah” is derived; and (2) it is closely related to the Hebrew termhavah, and shares in common two of three characters. Havah means “to be” as does hayah, but it also has the connotation “to breathe.”

Are there hints hidden in the deep meaning of God’s reply, recorded in Exodus 3:14? We know the treasured truth that the Lord God Jehovah, creator of heaven and earth under the direction of the Father, revealed to Moses one of the Lord’s special names. This word may have intimated his role in the eternal existence of man, including the inception of the breath of life into his nostrils, to man’s potential immortality. All this was to be made possible through the atoning sacrifice which he, Jesus the Christ, was to be sent to the earth to effect.

Now let us look at selected verses from the New Testament. In Mark 14:61–62: “Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am.” Next from John 4:25–26: “The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.”

In your Bible, the last word of that verse, he, is printed in italics, meaning that the King James translators added that word for clarification of meaning. In the Greek text, the sentence contains these two words: ego eimi, (I am). The words of Jesus in this passage could be translated, “I am [is] speaking to you.”

Let’s turn to John 8:28:

Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

Here again, King James translators added the word he after I am and italicized it to note their honest addition. But the Greek New Testament records: “Then shall ye know that ego eimi (I am).

Yes, before Abraham was, Jesus was “I am,” hayah in Hebrew or ego eimi in Greek. Under the Father’s plan, Jehovah, Creator, God of this world, Savior and Redeemer, was indeed the Great I Am. Although this phrase, the Great I Am, does not appear in the text of the King James Version of the Bible, it is evident that the Prophet Joseph Smith understood this concept well. Three times he recorded this wording in the Doctrine and Covenants, in verse one of sections 29, 38, and 39.

I’ll conclude our scriptural sojourn by returning to Christ’s challenge to us: “What manner of men ought ye to be? . . . even as I am” (3 Nephi 27:27).
^{I’ll Go, I’ll Do, I’ll Be: Three Steps Toward A Monumental Life}

Hymn: #86 How Great Thou Art (The church can’t officially publish the lyrics due to licensing constraints. But the linked website has the lyrics to the LDS version of the song.)

Below is a YouTube video playing the music for the hymn instrumentally with lyrics so you can sing along.

Activity: Do this Stained Glass Easter Eggs craft. The instructions are too long to include here, so you’ll have to go to the website for the full directions.

Day 10

Scripture: Amulek, the missionary companion of the prophet Alma, here explains why it had to be God that was sacrificed to atone for our sins:

For it is expedient that an atonement should be made; for according to the great plan of the Eternal God there must be an atonement made, or else all mankind must unavoidably perish; yea, all are hardened; yea, all are fallen and are lost, and must perish except it be through the atonement which it is expedient should be made. For it is expedient that there should be a great and last sacrifice; yea, not a sacrifice of man, neither of beast, neither of any manner of fowl; for it shall not be a human sacrifice; but it must be an infinite and eternal sacrifice.

Now there is not any man that can sacrifice his own blood which will atone for the sins of another. Now, if a man murdereth, behold will our law, which is just, take the life of his brother? I say unto you, Nay. But the law requireth the life of him who hath murdered; therefore there can be nothing which is short of an infinite atonement which will suffice for the sins of the world.

Therefore, it is expedient that there should be a great and last sacrifice, and then shall there be, or it is expedient there should be, a stop to the shedding of blood; then shall the law of Moses be fulfilled; yea, it shall be all fulfilled, every jot and tittle, and none shall have passed away. And behold, this is the whole meaning of the law, every whit pointing to that great and last sacrifice; and that great and last sacrifice will be the Son of God, yea, infinite and eternal.
^{Alma 34:9-14}

Latter-day Prophets: In his October 1996 General Conference address, then Apostle Russell M. Nelson explained how infinite and eternal the Atonement is:

In preparatory times of the Old Testament, the practice of atonement was finite—meaning it had an end. It was a symbolic forecast of the definitive Atonement of Jesus the Christ. His Atonement is infinite—without an end. It was also infinite in that all humankind would be saved from never-ending death. It was infinite in terms of His immense suffering. It was infinite in time, putting an end to the preceding prototype of animal sacrifice. It was infinite in scope—it was to be done once for all. And the mercy of the Atonement extends not only to an infinite number of people, but also to an infinite number of worlds created by Him. It was infinite beyond any human scale of measurement or mortal comprehension.

Jesus was the only one who could offer such an infinite atonement, since He was born of a mortal mother and an immortal Father. Because of that unique birthright, Jesus was an infinite Being.
^{The Atonement}

Hymn: #177 ’Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love (link to church Hymns website)

Below is a YouTube video playing the music for the hymn instrumentally with lyrics so you can sing along.

Activity: Make a Paper Plate Sheep Costume with your family and talk about how Jesus is our Shepherd and we are His sheep who follow Him to eternal happiness. Instructions for making the masks are below.

Materials

paper plate
cotton balls
popsicle stick
white card stock or construction paper
pink crayons
glue
scissors

How to Make a Paper Plate Sheep Mask

Cut out the center of your paper plate.
Spread some white glue along the remaining part of the paper plate.
Rip apart some cotton balls to make them more like wool, and stick them to the plate.
Cut out two teardrop shapes from white card stock or construction paper for the sheep ears.
Draw and color the inner ear on the front of your sheep’s ears with your pink crayon.
Glue the ears to the top of the paper plate (at the back).
Glue a popsicle stick to the bottom of the paper plate, so that your child can hold the popsicle stick and ‘wear’ the sheep costume. (Alternatively, you can use some string to make a headband for your children to be able to wear the costume.)

Talk about how they are your little sheep and how much you love them. Then teach that all of you are the sheep of Jesus Christ and as much as you love them, He loves us even more and He will lead us home to our Heavenly Father.

Day 11

Scripture: The next quote comes from King Benjamin’s magisterial sermon on the Messiah in Mosiah 3:

For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power, the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men, working mighty miracles, such as healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and curing all manner of diseases.

And he shall cast out devils, or the evil spirits which dwell in the hearts of the children of men.

And lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people.

And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary.
^{Mosiah 3:5-8}

Latter-day Prophets: In his April 2004 General Conference address, Apostle Joseph B. Wirthlin asked:

How can we ever repay the debt we owe to the Savior? He paid a debt He did not owe to free us from a debt we can never pay. Because of Him we will live forever. Because of His infinite Atonement, our sins can be swept away, allowing us to experience the greatest of all the gifts of God: eternal life.
^{Earthly Debts, Heavenly Debts}

In his October 1997 General Conference address, Apostle Neal A. Maxwell taught about how we fulfill our obligations to the Savior because of and through His Atonement:

Brothers and sisters, Christ paid such an enormous, enabling price for us! Will we not apply His Atonement in order to pay the much smaller price required for personal progress? (see Mosiah 4:2). Being valiant in our testimony of Jesus, therefore, includes being valiant in our efforts to live more as He lived (see D&C 76:79). We certainly cannot enter His kingdom without receiving the restored ordinances and keeping their associated covenants, but neither can we enter His kingdom without having significantly developed our charity and the other cardinal attributes (see Ether 12:34). Yes, we need the essential ordinances, but we also need the essential attributes. Yes, we need to keep our covenants, but we also need to develop our character. Do we not sing, “More holiness give me,” pleading that we can be “more, Savior, like thee”? (Hymns, no. 131).
^{“Apply the Atoning Blood of Christ”}

Hymn: #131 More Holiness Give Me (link to church Hymns website)

Below is a YouTube video playing the music for the hymn instrumentally with lyrics so you can sing along.

Activity: Listen to this reading of The Parable of The Lily, about a young girl who learns the value of Easter through the gift of a lily bulb.

Then, as a family, make origami lily flowers (instructions here) and write on each of them ways that you can show your appreciation for the Atonement.

Day 12

Scripture: The ancient prophet Hosea, living over a century before Lehi and Nephi, prophesied of the future Resurrection, saying :

I will deliver [them] out of the power of the grave and will redeem them from death: where is thy penalty, O death? O grave, where is thy sting? comfort is hidden from mine eyes.
Hosea 13:14, the Brenton’s Septuagint (LXX) edition, a translation from the ancient Greek

The Apostle Paul, quoting Hosea, testified of the Resurrection saying:

The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? …Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
^{1 Corinthians 15:52-57}

The great Nephite leader King Benjamin, also referencing Hosea, testified to the majesty of the Resurrection’s destruction of all death, saying:

If Christ had not risen from the dead, or have broken the bands of death that the grave should have no victory, and that death should have no sting, there could have been no resurrection. But there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no victory, and the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ.

He is the light and the life of the world; yea, a light that is endless, that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life which is endless, that there can be no more death.
^{Mosiah 7:8-9}

Latter-day Prophets: In his April 1985 General Conference address, then Apostle Gordon B. Hinckley testified to the universal blessing, joys, and assurances of the Resurrection:

The miracle of that resurrection morning, that first Easter Sunday, is a miracle for all mankind. It is the miracle of the power of God, whose Beloved Son gave His life to atone for the sins of all, a sacrifice of love for every son and daughter of God. In so doing He broke the seals of death.

All of us will die. But that will not be the end. Just as He in the spirit world taught those who once had been disobedient in the days of Noah and were capable of being taught, even so shall each of us continue as individual personalities capable of learning and teaching and other activities.

And just as He took up His body and came forth from the tomb, even so shall all of us enjoy a reunion of body and spirit to become living souls in the day of our own resurrection.

We rejoice, therefore, as do many, and as should all mankind, when we remember the most glorious, the most comforting, the most reassuring of all events of human history—the victory over death.
^{The Victory Over Death}

Hymn: #1205 Let Easter Anthems Ring (link to church Hymns website)

Below is a YouTube video playing the music for the hymn instrumentally with lyrics so you can sing along.

Activity: Host an Easter Egg Rolling Race.

Step 1: Dye eggs/Plastic eggs

There are two ways to do this step. The first way is to dye enough soft-boiled eggs for each person to have an egg and maybe make extra in case you invite a few new friends who want to play. The second way is put a treat in a each person’s plastic egg. Everyone who completes the race gets to eat the treat, but the winner gets an additional treat.

Step 2: Gather your materials.

Decide if you will be inside or outside for the egg rolling race. Determine your starting lines and finish lines. Make sure everyone is wearing clothes they’re comfortable getting down on the ground or on the floor in. To help little ones stay focused, you can place a cute stuffed animal at the finish line and them to roll the eggs to the bunny when the time comes.

Step 3: Line players up and demonstrate.

After a quick egg rolling demonstration, line up the players on the start line with their noses against their eggs on the ground.

Step 5: Ready, set, race!

Whoever reaches the finish line first with no damage to their egg or without opening their plastic egg wins! With preschoolers, you might just be looking for the egg that is most intact or simply cheering if they manage to go in the right direction.

Step 6: The Teachable Moment

As the kids (and adults) enjoy their treats, explain to them the truth of the Empty Tomb and the sweetness of knowing that all tombs will one day be empty as we all rise to immortality. Review the scriptures from before and testify to the joys of living a life according to the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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