Since we celebrated the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ this past weekend, I thought today’s post ought to take a slight detour from my usual topics in honor of this important holiday.
Not discounting the magnificent gift of Christ being born in human form, I believe the Easter holiday to be the most important. For all of our faith rests on that which we celebrated this weekend. If Jesus did not truly die and rise again to reign at the right hand of our Father in heaven, then our faith is for naught.
That said, do not worry. It is not my intention to suddenly attempt the impersonation of a pastor. 😉
Instead, I shall focus today on one of the funnest parts of our Easter celebration traditions: the Easter Egg. Decorating and hunting these eggs, which are said to represent the empty tomb and resurrection, are one of the most anticipated parts of each years’ celebration.
However, this year my family thought we would try something different. So instead of the usual dying and hunting, we made Wobbly Ninja Eggs and experimented with Easter Egg Rockets. You can click the links for the original instructions which inspired our fun, but truthfully, this was a last minute decision and we didn’t have all the required materials so we tweaked things to fit what we had on hand.
In place of the recommended googly eyes and duct tape (which I know we have, but which seem to have found a super secret hiding space somewhere in our home), for the Wobbly Ninja Eggs we used permanent markers, sticky foam squares (left over from scrapbooking), and scotch tape. We also used some left over air dry clay on the inside in place of the recommended modeling clay.
Our results may not be as Pinterest worthy as the originals, but my kids had a blast making and playing with them just the same.
For the rocket eggs I grabbed a generic box of seltzer tabs and a cheap bag of plastic eggs from Walmart while I was there picking up some other necessities. Then we used some leftover painter’s tape to cover the holes in the top and bottom before decorating (again with permanent marker). Also, since our eggs didn’t come with feet, we made little cardboard “launching stands” to hold our eggs vertical.
The two I doodled on.
As you can see, we tried both water and vinegar in combination with the seltzer tabs to see which would produce the best results. Conclusion: both worked equally well.
Although we did achieve success, I admit we had more fizzles than pops because the eggs were so flimsy. So if you are going to try this, I would recommend shelling out another buck or two to get the stiffer/stronger plastic eggs (the cheaper ones didn’t always have a satisfying snap when closed and those without a good *snap* didn’t pop). The stronger ones will just make your life easier.
That said, here are some clips of two of our successes:
More Easter Fun:
If you’d like to make some beautiful decorative eggs that any book-lover would adore, check out these Book Page Eggs.
If you’d like to learn more about the origin of Easter, check out this article.
How did you celebrate Easter this year? Do you have a favorite Easter tradition?
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