Happy Easter friends! It has been such a busy couple of weeks. We have been going nonstop between school, playdates, and dance competition. I’m so glad that we were able to sit long enough to create this cute little Easter egg craft to share with you.
Before I share with you how we made it, let me tell you what inspired this craft. Last Sunday, in children’s church, the teacher asked if anyone knew what the Easter egg symbolizes. A young girl said that the Easter egg is the tomb, and when it is opened, all of the goodness is inside. In other words the sweet goodies inside the egg, are supposed to remind us of Jesus, and how he rose from the grave. The stone was rolled away. He is risen!
If we can teach our children to think of an Easter egg in this way, the true meaning of Easter will never be lost. Easter is not about bunnies, candy, and eggs. It is all about how Jesus died on the cross for our sins, so that we could have eternal life. Then on the third day, the stone was rolled away, and He rose. He was resurrected, and He lives in our hearts forever!
He is Risen Easter Egg Craft
This is really a very simple craft that can be done many different ways. Let your child’s imagination run wild with how they want to decorate the eggs. One of the eggs though, should still have the tomb with the stone rolled away and the message “He is Risen”. Let’s have some fun!
Supplies
- Cardboard
- White, Gray, and Black paper
- Paint and brushes
- Pipe Cleaners
- Yellow Ribbon
- White Crayon
- Glue Stick
- Elmer’s Glue
- Hot Glue Gun
- Glitter
- Scissors
- 1 Brad
- Anything else you think would be fun to decorate the Easter egg with!
Step 1: Easter Egg Cut Outs
To create a sturdy base for these eggs, I drew an Easter egg shape onto a shoe box. Then I cut it out, and traced around the egg shape on another part of the cardboard.
Once both of the egg shapes are cut out, I created a hole in the top of both eggs. I did this by putting both of the eggs perfectly on top of each other and then hammered a nail through both layers. There are probably other ways of doing this, but that is what I did. The hole needs to be big enough to fit your brad through.
Step 2: Prepare the Paper Cut Outs
For this part, we traced around one egg on white paper. Then we cut it out, and glued it onto the cardboard egg with a glue stick. This will be the Easter egg that your child can decorate.
On the other egg, we wanted to create the tomb with the stone rolled away. We traced the bottom half of the egg onto gray paper. Then we cut it out with a slight wave across the top. Do not glue this on yet. It will be glued on later after the sun rays are done.
With a cup, we traced around the base of it onto gray paper. Then we found a lid that was slightly smaller than that circle and traced around it onto black paper. Once those circles are cut out, then you have a stone and the opening in the tomb.
Step 3: Decorate the Top Egg
My daughter decided she wanted to mostly paint the egg to look like an Easter egg. I poured out small amounts of Easter colors and let her have fun with it. She even added some crosses with purple paint.
While the paint was still a little wet, she decided she had to add glitter. We used a white glitter to add a little bit of shine. Then we set this egg aside to dry.
Step 4: Create the Sun Rays
On the other egg, we wanted to make it feel bright and sunny above the tomb. I positioned the tomb onto the bottom of the egg, and lightly traced the top of it, so we knew where to stop the sun rays.
We used Elmer’s glue and scissors to cut strips of yellow ribbon and yellow pipe cleaner to create the sun rays. To add that extra shine, we painted on Elmer’s glue between the rays, and coated it with more white glitter.
Step 5: Finish Decorating!
Now that the sun rays are glued on, you can trim off the ribbon and pipe cleaner to line up with the edges of the egg. Then my daughter used a glue stick to glue on the tomb, opening, and lastly the stone. She used the white crayon to write “He is Risen!” on the black opening.
To finish up the Easter egg for the top layer, my daughter had some foam cross stickers that she added. When she was happy with how everything turned out, I did the next step for her.
Step 6: Pipe Cleaner Borders
I had my daughter pick out the color of pipe cleaners she wanted to frame the Easter egg shapes. Then I used my hot glue gun to glue the pipe cleaners all the way around the edges. This helped get rid of that rough edge and made it look very finished.
Step 7: Finish Your Easter Egg Craft!
The last thing that you need to do is attach the two eggs together with a brad. I used a thumbtack to poke the holes back through that were covered up by paper and decorations. Then I put the Easter egg on top of the He is Risen egg, and loosely attached them together with a brad.
Here is the final look at this craft!
Happy Easter!
I hope you all enjoy this Easter egg craft, and that it helps all of us focus on what truly matters this holiday. Before I leave you to enjoy this beautiful weekend with family and friends, I want to share a song with you that I have been working on with my children’s church kids. It is a bible verse that has everything to do with Easter.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.” John 11:25-27
Have a wonderful Easter friends, and rejoice in the resurrection of Jesus Christ! Happy Easter!!!