Escondido's Children's Easter Activity
Through games, activities and stories, the Easter week story was celebrated. Starting with a team egg hunt, the children reviewed the Life of Christ. The eggs continued numbered hints about events in Jesus' life. The winning team used the clues to identify the events and earned the right to be first at lunch. The children listened to the Passover story and then followed up with a tasting Passover meal: salted water, parsley, horseradish sauce, matzos crackers, boiled eggs, lamb and haroset (mixture of apples, nuts, and spices). Reading the Passover script; the meaning of each tasting was explained.
The children traced their hands and used the cut out hand prints to make palm branches to wave during the parade outside. The children made a treat to share: the Jelly Bean prayer with attached small bag of jelly beans. Lunch was sandwiches with chips followed by ice cream sundaes. After lunch, the children made woven crosses. The event ended with an outdoor egg hunt.
Lots of laughter, learning and sharing was experienced by those attending. It was a time of sharing with old friends and making new friends!
