A Colorful Easter Story (video)

Easter provides the perfect opportunity to talk to our sweet grandbabies about the beautiful gift of grace, and this eggy spin on the Wordless Book is the perfect way to do it. Follow the directions below to walk your grandkids through a colorful story about the love of Jesus, as they stuff their Easter eggs with seven, life-giving truths.

The video shows the whole “colorful story,” as told to six-year-old Bella, four-year-old Saydie, and three-year-old Sutton. I mean, it’s not the WHOLE story because I decided to spare you the full, 25-minute EGGstravaganza (and I DO mean EGGstravaganza. Zowie!) by whittling it down to just six-minutes.

I’ve never loved the idea of scaring anyone into heaven…you know, oversimplifying the salvation message by making it only about whether or not we “get in to heaven.” But here’s the thing, as Christian adults, we understand the depth of what it means to be God’s child. We understand the deep sense of purpose God plants in our hearts as we draw near to him. And we feel the presence of the Holy Spirit on really dark days. But our grandbabies – especially older toddlers – simply can’t grasp such abstract concepts. Saying “Jesus can live in your heart” or “Jesus came to save you” is just too illusive for their little minds.

They can, however, understand the idea of “going somewhere” someday. They know how it feels to get excited about going to grandma’s house or going to the zoo or to the beach. So, saying “someday you can go to God’s home in heaven – a place made of jewels and gold – a place where nobody is ever sad or sick,” is something they can grab onto. As they grow, there will be opportunities for you to discuss the deeper truths of having a relationship with Jesus. For now, simple may be best.

Watch the following video to see an overview of this eggy Easter story and then check out the directions and free printables so you can tell the story to your own precious grands.

To prep your own colorful story, you will need the following supplies.

Gather Your Supplies

Plastic, Fillable Eggs

You’ll need one egg of each color, for each child: Gold, Purple, Black, Blue, Red, White, and Green. As you saw in the video, I had a set of eggs for each child, but you could easily tell the story using just one set.

I already had purple, blue, and green eggs in our storage room, and found a bag of gold eggs at Walmart for $1.98. Black, red, and white were a bit more difficult to find, so I ended up just painting them with spray paint we already had in the basement. Not ideal, but it only took a few minutes. If you’re not interested in using spray paint, no worries! This set of eggs from Amazon has all of the colors except gold – a little spendy, but no mess! OR you can skip the plastic eggs altogether and simply use the free coloring-page printable at the end of this post.

Containers with Easter Grass

Bella, Saydie, and Sutton loved taking their eggs home with them and telling the story to their parents. I found these cute little buckets for them in the birthday favor aisle at Walmart for about a dollar each and divided one small bag of Easter grass among them. Of course, Easter baskets, zipper bags, or paper bags will work just as well!

Printables & Markers

Simply download the free printable at the end of this post, print one copy for each child, and then cut into strips as shown below. Each of the seven strips has a Biblical truth that coincides with each of the colored eggs and each one has a dotted word for your grandkids to trace. These dotted words give clues about which colored eggs match each truth. To trace the words, your grandkids will also need a highlighter, marker, or pen.

Here are the seven clues you will use to tell the Easter story:

• Gold = God’s home in HEAVEN is happy all the time and covered with shiny jewels and streets of gold.
• Purple = God made me and he is my KING. He wants me to be his friend and to live in heaven someday.
• Black = SIN hurts my heart and makes God unhappy. It even stops me from going to heaven.
• Blue = God’s love for me is bigger than the SKY. It’s so big that he sent his son Jesus to save me.
• Red = Jesus never sinned so when he died his BLOOD had the power to take away the punishment for my sin.
• White = Jesus came back to life & lives in heaven! He will make my heart CLEAN when I ask him to wash away my sin.
• Green = God will help me to GROW strong and wise until I live with him someday, forever in heaven!

Add Grandkids!

Once you have everything together, gather the grandkids and you’re ready to get started!

Now It’s Time To Tell the Story

Get set, and set the stage

Put each set of empty eggs in a container. and put them on the floor or table in front of your grandkids. Beside each container, put markers and a small plate. You also need to have the paper clue strips cut and ready to go – even if your grandkids can read, it’s best to keep these beside you and distribute them one at a time, as you tell the story. Have your grandkids unload their eggs onto the plate while you explain that they are about to solve a mystery! Tell them that each time you read a clue, they need to try to figure out which egg it matches.

#1 GOLD = God’s home is in heaven

• READ the clue and guide your grandkids to choose the gold egg. Then, get excited about how awesome God’s home is and how great it would be to go there someday.
• TRACE the word heaven; then fold or roll the paper to fit inside the gold egg.
• Put the gold egg INTO THE CONTAINER.

#2 PURPLE = God is our King

• READ the clue and guide your grandkids to choose the purple egg. Then, celebrate the truth that God created each of your grandkids perfectly and that he wants so much to be with them.
• TRACE the word king; then fold or roll the paper to fit inside the purple egg.
• Put the purple egg INTO THE CONTAINER.

#3 BLACK = Sin hurts our hearts

• READ the clue and guide your grandkids to choose the black egg. Then, be sure they understand that sin is the naughty stuff we do and it makes God unhappy. When we sin, it keeps us from going to heaven.
• TRACE the word sin; then fold or roll the paper to fit inside the black egg.
• Put the black egg INTO THE CONTAINER.

#4 BLUE = God’s love is bigger than the sky

• READ the clue and guide your grandkids to choose the blue egg. Then, help them understand that even though we sin, God loves us SO MUCH that he made a plan to send Jesus to save us from our sin.
• TRACE the word sky; then fold or roll the paper to fit inside the blue egg.
• Put the blue egg INTO THE CONTAINER.

#5 RED = Jesus poured out his blood

• READ the clue and guide your grandkids to choose the red egg. Then, explain that Jesus died – he poured out his blood – to take the punishment for our sins so we can be forgiven.
• TRACE the word blood; then fold or roll the paper to fit inside the red egg.
• Put the red egg INTO THE CONTAINER.

#6 WHITE = Jesus makes my heart clean

• READ the clue and guide your grandkids to choose the white egg. Then, be excited that Jesus didn’t stay dead! He came back to life and lives in heaven with God. When we ask him to forgive us, he washes our hearts as white as snow! (Since making the video, I updated the printables to emphasize the important truth that Jesus rose again and lives in heaven.)
• TRACE the word clean; then fold or roll the paper to fit inside the white egg.
• Put the white egg INTO THE CONTAINER.

#7 GREEN = God helps me grow strong and wise

• Your grandkids will notice that the last egg is green. (Not much of a mystery!) Ask them to think of things outside that are green. They will likely name things like grass and trees…things that GROW!
• READ the clue for the green egg and celebrate the truth that God promises to help us grow wise and strong.
• TRACE the word grow; then fold or roll the paper to fit inside the green egg.
• Put the green egg INTO THE CONTAINER.

Download your free printables here…

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