Under the cover of darkness, this truly becomes a “hunt.”
Afterward, the eggs’ contents offer an opportunity for enlightening discussion.

Materials
Give the traditional Easter egg hunt a twist by staging it at night with flashlights. Set up a maze-type area outside, and then hide the plastic eggs. Put candy inside some of the eggs, and in others, flathead nails, a strip of leather, coins, a communion cup, a communion wafer, and thorns from roses (available from a florist). Also leave some of the eggs empty (signifying the empty tomb).

Debrief
Once the hunt is over, gather kids and have them open their eggs. This becomes your Bible study as you discuss each item and the role it played in Christ’s death and resurrection.

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Materials
Collect plastic eggs of a single color for each team of youth. If you want to have three teams you will need three colors of eggs. Take your favorite Easter Scripture Verse and cut it into the same number of pieces as you have eggs of a single color.

Activity
Have teams collect the easter eggs of their own color only. First team to find all the eggs and piece together the words of the scripture verse in the correct order win a prize.

Variation
Instead of plastic eggs, dye real eggs. Write the words from the scripture on each egg in wax before you dye them. You can also use a permanent marker to write the words.

Variation
Instead of scripture verses make a list of events.
Easter Events

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Needed
A large open area. An empty field works best, but a large room can also be used.

Set the stage
Remind the youth that when Jesus was betrayed by Judas, the disciples were frightened for their lives. The disciples were afraid they might be arrested if they were identified as followers of Jesus.

Activity
Form two teams of disciples. Appoint one “soldier” per team. Divide your playing area in half and designate opposite corners as “jail cells.” Set a timer for 2-5 minutes. Place one team on each side of the playing area. They may not leave their side of the area. Tagged disciples must go to the jail cell on their side and remain there until the timer goes off.

The two soldiers must turn away from the disciples, count to 20, and then must attempt to tag the disciples. After playing, the soldier on each team can pick someone else to be the soldier and play again. You can award the team of disciples which lasts the longest or has the most disciples outside jail at the end of the game time.

Debrief
1. How did it feel to be caught by a soldier and thrown into jail for being a disciple?
2. What feelings did you have while playing this game?
3. How do you think the disciples felt after Jesus was arrested?
4. What do you think you would you have done if you had been with Jesus when he was betrayed?
5. Has there been a time in your life when you denied you were a Christian? Denied Christ? Didn’t stand up to the pressure when you were persecuted for your faith?
6. Why is it sometimes difficult today to let people know that we are Jesus’ disciples?
7. What can we learn from this event in the life of Jesus and the disciples? Remind youth of the events after the resurrection and the changed Disciples boldly standing up for Christ.

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Needed
For each group you will need forks, knives, spoons, and a silverware tray with compartments molded to the shape of each utensil. Add extra miscellaneous tools that don’t fit in the silverware tray. Alternatively, you can use a tool box that has plastic molds conforming to the shapes of the tools.

Activity
Let the groups or individuals compete to be the first to place all the items in the correct compartments. You might choose to have more than one attempt to see if they can speed up their times. Award the group with the fastest time.

Linking ideas
1. Ecclesiastes 2:1-24; The silverware fits right into the spaces provided in this tray, but if we try to put a hammer or screwdriver in the compartments they don’t fit. Discuss how King Solomon also tried to fill in the holes in his life with pieces that didn’t fit. That’s because only God can fill the voids in our lives.
2. Blaise Pascal said that inside every man there is a god shaped vaccuum that only God can fill. We can try to fill that void in our lives with many things, but only God will bring us contentment and happiness. Only those things of God will truly fit and make us complete.
3. We are each created with different tools and spiritual gifts. Our goal in life is not to try to fit ourselves into another person’s mold, but discover our own place.

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