In thinking about why we do Easter baskets, the only thing I could come up with was to create an analogy to the excitement that the women and men must have felt when they found Jesus's tomb empty. So I was thinking about doing an Easter basket this year that incorporates that idea. I want to set up a "tomb," close it on Friday, and have them find it open with gifts inside on Sunday. I feel like we should put something in there when we close it. Any ideas? Is this a horrible idea all together?
Brain storming...Do you do Easter baskets? My husband and I got them as kids, but haven't done them for our children yet. My oldest is 4, so he's starting to learn more about how other families celebrate and understands what's going on more. In our church, we talk about how mainstream "Easter" symbols remind us of what we are celebrating at Easter. We have an egg cracking custom to symbolize the tomb being open. We talk about how the colors of eggs remind us of God's different gifts. Some years we explain how butterflies are a symbol of Jesus's resurrection.
In thinking about why we do Easter baskets, the only thing I could come up with was to create an analogy to the excitement that the women and men must have felt when they found Jesus's tomb empty. So I was thinking about doing an Easter basket this year that incorporates that idea. I want to set up a "tomb," close it on Friday, and have them find it open with gifts inside on Sunday. I feel like we should put something in there when we close it. Any ideas? Is this a horrible idea all together?
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Bobi Smith
2/13/2016 07:20:29 pm
Sounds great to me! Never really analyzed why we do Easter baskets. ..just did. Gia gets one basket. Not sure on what to put in there on Friday...it does seem like something should go in but the empty basket seems wrong also.
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Heather
2/14/2016 07:10:23 pm
The only thing I've come up with so far is maybe a cross.
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