Empty Tombs

Gather
  • small clay pot
  • Gray acrylic paint or black marker
  • 3 long twigs and 3 short twigs
  • Black thread
  • Tray with a raised edge
  • Small bucket of dirt
  • Spanish moss
  • 1-inch square white cloth
  • Rock big enough to cover the pot's opening
  • Gravel
Go
  1. Paint the inside and rim of the clay pot.
  2. Make three crosses from the twigs tied together with thread.
  3. Place tray on newspaper. Evenly layer soil on your tray.
  4. Lay the pot on its side in the dirt. Build a hillside tomb by putting more soil over the sides and bottom of the pot, but don't cover the opening.
  5. Arrange moss on top of soil.
  6. Put the three crosses on the hill over the tomb.
  7. Lay the white cloth in the tomb.
  8. Cover the tomb's opening with the large rock.
  9. Add small rocks to make a path to the tomb.
  10. Display your Easter tomb on a table or counter.
  11. On Easter morning, roll away the stone and discover the empty tomb and white grave cloth.
  12. Read John 20:3-8 together.

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