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Resurrection Day !
Activities
Table of Contents
Puzzles	Make A Tomb On Good Friday
Resurrection Eggs	Coloring
Analogies	Alliteration
Onomatopoeia	The Christian Alphabet Poem
Word Power

Print it Resurrection Eggs PDF File

Puzzles

**Word Search**
Grades 1-3 Word Search PDF File
Grades 5-7 Word Search PDF File
Grades 9-12 Word Search PDF File

**Mazes**
Grades 1-3 Maze PDF File
Grades 5-7 Maze PDF File
Grades 9-12 Maze PDF File

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**Make A Tomb On Good Friday**
What you will need: 10 inch clay saucer block of florist foam scissors pea gravel Spanish moss twigs (enough for three crosses) stone/rock small, artificial flowers purple ribbon gauze 1) Cut your block of Florist foam to fit part of the 10 inch clay saucer. 2) Place pea gravel in the bottom of the saucer. 3) Cover the foam with Spanish moss. 3) Make three crosses out of twigs and place in the hill (on top of the foam). 4) Place a stone or rock in front of the cave cut in the foam. On Easter morning ... 5) Cover the hill with small, artificial flowers. 6) Drape the center cross with purple ribbon. 7) The stone has been rolled away and the gauze wrapping is sitting in the bottom of the cave. Your children will be anxious to see if the transformation of the hill happened during the night.

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RESURRECTION EGGS
Print off Resurrection Eggs PDF File (for your convenience)

Purchase a thirteen plastic Easter eggs from the store and fill them with a teeny tiny item, plus a paper with the Bible verse on it. Then have fun opening them up on Easter and reading the Bible verses. Fill thirteen plastic Easter eggs with the following items and verses. You may choose to just put in the Bible verse and have the children look them up, or cut out the Scripture boxes in the PDF File and tuck them in the egg with the item.

A Silver Coin
Matthew 26:14-15
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

Rope
Matthew 27:2
And when they had bound Him, they led Him away, and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

Purple Cloth
Matthew 27:28
And they stripped Him, and put on Him a scarlet robe.

A Thorn
Matthew 27:29
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head, and a reed in His right hand: and they bowed the knee before Him, and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

Small Wooden Cross (possibly made out of toothpicks)
John 19:17
And He bearing His cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

A Nail
John 20:25
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His side, I will not believe.

A Piece of Sponge
Matthew 27:34
They gave Him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when He had tasted thereof, He would not drink.

Spices
Mark 16:1
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint Him.

Linen Cloth
Matthew 27:59-60
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

A Rock
Matthew 28:2
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

An Empty Tomb
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

A Cloud = Heaven (a cotton ball)
Mark 16:19
So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, He was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

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**Coloring Pages**

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Easter Analogies

Complete the following analogies. For analogy help, click here.

Stable is to Christmas as empty tomb is to .

Christmas is to winter as Easter is to .

Gift is to nativity as freedom is to .

Followers is to leader as apostles is to .

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Easter Alliteration

Alliteration is a lot of fun and great for long car rides. For alliteration help, click here.

Example:
Diligent dutiful dignified disciples daringly defied dramatic drones.

Do your own Easter Alliteration for cross, tomb, freedom, liberty, trust, courage, honor, duty, apostles

Hint:

If you have difficulty creating alliteration phrases, try the formula below ...

______	______	______	______	______	______	______
Adjective	Adjective	Adjective	Noun	Verb	Adjective / Adverb	Noun

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Easter Onomatopoeia Activities

Remember: Onomatopoeia = Words that imitate sounds or sounds that are linked with objects. In short, literary sound effects.
(from Greek = name-making)

Pronounced: on-o-mat-o-PEE-a

Quick ... what sound ...

What sound do you hear on when a family thanks the Lord for His sacrificial gift?
What sound is heard when a family enjoys their Easter meal together in celebration of the Victory?
What sound do you hear just before sun rise service begins at church?
What sound is heard when proud grandparent hold their grandchildren close?

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**The Christian Alphabet Poem**
Although things are not perfect Because of trial or pain Continue in thanksgiving Do not begin to blame Even when the times are hard Fierce winds are bound to blow God is forever able Hold on to what you know Imagine life without His love Joy would cease to be Keep thanking Him for all the things Love imparts to thee Move out of "Camp Complaining" No weapon that is known On earth can yield the power Praise can do alone Quit looking at the future Redeem the time at hand Start every day with worship To "thank" is a command Until we see Him coming Victorious in the sky We'll run the race with gratitude Xalting God most high Yes, there will be good times and yes some will be bad, but... Zion waits in glory ... where none is ever sad!

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Word Power

Anagrams = An anagram is a rearrangement of the letters of one word to form another word or phrase.

Example: The word salvation may be rearranged into the phrase A vital Son.

Get a three minute egg timer.

See how many three, four , five and six letter words can you make out of the following words in three minutes ...

resurrection ?

salvation ?

redemption?

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Word Power Answers

resurrection

salvation

redemption

**Resurrection**
3-letter words	cot, cue, cut, eon, ere, err, ice, ins, ire, nor, not, nut, ore, our, out, rot, rue, run, rut, set, sin, sir, son, sue, sun, toe, tor, urn, use

4-letter words	cent, cite, coin, cone, core, corn, cost, cure, cues, cute, cuts, errs, icer, ices, icon, ires, iron, nice, nose, note, once, ores, ours, rein, rent, rice, riot, rise, rose, rots, ruin, runs, runt, ruse, rust, ruts, Scot, sect, seen, sire, site, sore, sort, sour, stir, stun, suer, suit, sure, tern, tier, tire, toes, torn, tors, tour, trio, true, tune, turn, unit, unto, urns, user

5-letter words	cents, cites, coins, cones, cores, count, court, crier, crust, curer, cures, curse, cuter, erect, error, icers, icons, incur, irons, nicer, niece, noise, notes, nurse, onset, ounce, reins, rents, rerun, reset, rinse, riots, risen, riser, rouse, route, ruins, runts, scene, scent, scone, score, scour, scout, scorn, senor, since, siren, sorer, sneer, snore, snort, steer, stern, stone, store, suite, tenor, terse, tiers, tires, tours, tuner, tunes, trice, tries, trios, truce, tunic, truer, turns, units, users

6-letter words	censor, center, corner, corset, counts, course, courts, criers, curers, encore, erects, errors, escort, insect, insure, nicest, nieces, notice, orient, recent, recite, rector, renter, reruns rescue, resort, return, roster, routes, rustic, scents, scorer, screen, secret, sector, secure, senior, snorer, sorter, source, stoner, storer, tenors, terror, triers, truces, turners, unrest

7-letter words	censure, corners, cornier, counter, courier, current, encores, encrust, insurer, notices, reciter, renters, rescuer, recites, recount, recruit, returns, rustier, scorner, section, sincere, snorter, stonier, terrors, trounce, trouser

8-letter words	corniest, counters, couriers, crustier, currents, insecure, noticer, reciters, recounts, recruits, resource, trouncer, trounces

9-letter words	countries, insurrect, noticers, recurrent, resurrect, trouncers

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Salvation
(A vital Son)
3-letter words	ail, ant, ins, its, lit, lot, nil, not, oat, sat, son, sit, tan, tis, ton, van, vat

4-letter words	ails, alas, anti, ants, lain, last, lava, lion, list, loan, loin, lost, lots, nail, nova, oats, oval, sail, salt, silt, slit, slot, soil, tons, tail, tans, tons, vail, vain, vans, vats, vast, vial, visa, volt

5-letter words	anvil, atlas, avail, avast, Latin, lions, loans, loins, nails, naval, novas, ovals, saint, stain, tails, talon, tonal, vials, viola, vista, vital, volts

6-letter words	anvils, avails, navals, talons, tonsil, violas, vitals,

7-letter words	valiant

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**redemption**
3-letter words	den, die, dim, din, dip, end, eon, imp, ion, men, met, mop, net, nip, nod, nor, not, one, opt, ore, pen, per, pet, pie, pin, pit, pod, pot, pro, red, rim, rip, rod, rot, tee, ten, tie, tin, tip, toe, ton, top

4-letter words	deep, deer, dent, diet, dime, dine, dint, dire, dome, done, dote, drip, drop, edit, emit, ender, into, iron, item, meet, mend, mind, mine, mint, mire, mite, mode, mope, more, morn, need, nope, norm, note, omen, open, peer, pert, pier, pine, pint, poem, poet, pond, port, prim, prod, prom, reed, rein, rent, ride, riot, ripe, rope, romp, tend, term, tide, tied, time, tire, tone, tore, tree, trim, trio, trip

5-letter words	demon, denim, deter, diner, drone, erode, inept, inert, merit, meter, metre, mined, miner, mitre, moped, noter, Peter, point, preen, pried, pride, prime, print, prone, remit, ripen, romped, roped, tempo, tenor, tepid, timed, tired, toner, treed

6-letter words	denote, deport, dieter, editor, impede, impend, import, ironed, mender, mentor, minted, minter, modern, permit, ponder, porter, primed, remint, rented, remind, repine, rodent, temper, tender, tinder

7-letter words	merited, pointed, protein, repined, ripened

8-letter words	mentored

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Easter Analogy Answers
Stable is to Christmas as empty tomb is to Easter; Christmas is to winter as Easter is to spring; Gift is to nativity as freedom is to the cross; Followers is to leader as apostles is to Christ; Honor is to knight as duty is to patriot.