New Creation Easter Egg Coloring

I enjoy making every holiday memorable and meaningful for my family and I. There are certain Holidays that have a more precious meaning because of our faith. I know our world has commercialized most major Holidays and I'm not here to tell you how to celebrate. We do the Eater Bunny, Egg Hunting and of course the most popular Easter tradition...We color eggs! Coloring Easter eggs has always been such a fun time for me, I remember anxiously awaiting for that water to boil and transform my most favorite breakfast food into a blank canvas that I would proudly turn into a masterpiece... Oh to be a kid again. Now my husband on the other hand grew up in a home where Holidays were not celebrated, so this gives me more reason to want to make each and every activity super special.

So now onto the good stuff, I came across a post on dying eggs with whipped cream and I thought that sounded fun and messy. I loved it! I decided to incorporate the Jelly Bean Prayer to give my kids a lesson that would help them appreciate the meaning of Easter, and what Christ's sacrifice really means for us.

*WARNING* Your child WILL put there fingers in their mouth, and it WILL be OK.

We started out with hard boiled white eggs. Put them in a bowl with a little vinegar. Have your children wash their hands, This is a fun, messy, oh so yummy  and beautiful experience.

White represents the Pure and Sinless Christ who gave his life so we may have life.

The vinegar is what was given to Jesus as he hung on the cross for OUR sins. Matt 27:34

 We then took White whipped cream which represented God's Grace. We put a drop of different food coloring into "God's Grace".

 Each color drop represents something precious God gave us:

Red is for the Blood he gave

Green is for the Grass he made

Yellow is for the Sun so bright

Brown is for the sins we made

Purple is for his hour of Sorrow

Pink is for a new tomorrow

*you do not have to use all of these colors

 

Once you have all of the colors in the whipped cream

Take skewer and create swirls. Then drop the egg in the bowl of whipped cream using a spoon  or your fingers (YUM)

carefully remove the egg and place on a paper plate. This symbolizes the transformation process we experience as being born again.

Someone was busted "trying" his creation

Oh so yummy

Such a fun mess

Ladies and Gentlemen we are free to lick our fingers!

We put our eggs in the fridge and let them sit overnight. Make sure to let your eggs sit in fridge for at least an hour so the colors has time to stain the eggs. 

 We were all so excited to see our NEW CREATION. We took our eggs out of the fridge, rinsed them off and  voila you have the perfect example of the transformation we experience when we decide to accept Christ as our Savior.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Psalm 139:14

 Thank you Chick-Fil-A for supplying these awesome place mats. They are the perfect size for kids crafts of all kinds.