SUPPLIES:
- cardboard egg carton (styrofoam does not take well to paint)
- purple paint
- paint brush
- 12 plastic eggs
- purple sharpie
- glue stick
- printed carton cover
- printed narration
- scissors
- 2 pieces of small plastic wrap
- egg contents
- 1 – aluminum foil cut into 30 small pieces.
- 2 – plastic chalice (can be found at your local Catholic supply store or party store)
- 2 – pita bread cut into a small circle
- 3 – olive pits or olive branch
- 4 – 2 sticks
- 5 – string/twine
- 6 – thorns from a rush bush
- 7 – purple cloth
- 8 – sticks and string
- 9 – 3 nails
- 10 – cut sponge
- 11 – white cloth
- 12 – this egg will remain empty
DIRECTIONS:
paint the outside of the egg carton with purple paint
print, cut and color the carton cover. glue it to the top of the egg carton
label the plastic eggs #1-12
insert the egg’s contents
- 1 – cut and roll 30 pieces of aluminum foil. wrap with plastic wrap
- 2 – plastic chalice. cut pita bread and wrap with plastic wrap. (my pita bread has lasted for years w/o mold)
- 3 – olive pits or olive branch
- 4 – 2 sticks
- 5 – tie several pieces of string/twine together
- 6 – thorns from a rush bush
- 7 – purple cloth
- 8 – create a cross using the sticks and string
- 9 – 3 nails
- 10 – cut a small piece of sponge and mark it with a purple sharpie
- 11 – white cloth
- 12 – this egg will remain empty
print narration onto purple paper. fold. insert into egg carton.
share, recite and meditate as desired.
