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What You Need:
1 cup whole pecans in a plastic sandwich bag
1 teaspoon vinegar
3 egg whites
1 pinch of salt
1 cup of sugar
a wooden spoon or wooden meat tenderizer mallet
mixing bowl
electric mixer
baking sheet
painter's or masking tape
Bible
How to Do It:
1. On the day before Easter, preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
2. Read John 19:1-3: "Jesus was beaten for our sins..." Beat the nuts with the wooden spoon or mallet, then set aside.
3. Read John 19:28-30: Jesus drank something like vinegar; sniff the vinegar, take a little taste, then place the vinegar in the mixing bowl.
4. Read John 10:10-11: Egg whites symbolize Jesus' holy, sinless life; add the whites to the mixing bowl.
5. Read Luke 23:27: The women's tears were bitter; taste a few grains of salt, remember your own sins, then add the salt to the mixing bowl.
6. Read Psalm 34:8 and John 3:16: Sweet salvation! Taste the sugar, then add it to the mixing bowl.
7. Mix the ingredients in the bowl with an electric mixer as your child reads Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:1-3; mix for about 12-15minutes. The dough must be quite stiff.
8. Read Matthew 27:57-60: Fold the nuts (representing the rock placed over the tomb) into the dough.
9. Drop spoonfuls of the dough (using a knife and spoon) onto a cookie sheet. These mounds represent the rocky tomb Jesus was laid in.
10. Place the cookie sheet in the oven, and turn the oven off.
11. Read Matthew 27:65-66: Seal "the tomb" oven with two pieces of painter's or masking tape.
12. Read John 16:20 & 22, discuss, then go to bed.
13. On Easter morning (the very next day), read Matthew 28:1-9: Jesus is risen! Behold, the empty tomb! Unseal the oven door and remove the cookies. Break one in half - it is hollow inside. It is empty, just like Jesus' tomb.
He is risen! He is risen indeed! Hallelujah!
This. Is. Just. Awesome...
ReplyDeleteDid this once when my kids were really little, but they didn't really understand it. Now, at 15, 13, 11, & 9, they should enjoy this and be able to understand it well. Whatever it takes to bring the message to them...Love my Jesus!!!
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