We saw this idea on Pinterest and on Lazarus Saturday (the day before Palm Sunday) decided to plan our garden.
Lily, Gabe and John filled the basket with dirt from the garden (after lining it with plastic wrap), molding the dirt around a flower pot turned on its side and wetting it down to keep everything in place.
We then planted wheat, made three crosses, and found a stone to roll in from of the "tomb."
By Thursday it looked like this:
Lily took pictures of the grass every hour on Thursday to observe its growth - we could almost see it growing! On Friday John rolled the stone in front on the tomb and on Sunday morning woke to find it rolled away and the tomb empty!
This was such a fun activity. We all enjoyed watching the wheat grass grow and wondering early in the week if it would come up in time for Easter. It was wonderful to see how engaged John was with this and hearing him recount different aspects of the events of Holy Week and Easter.
1 comment:
What a fabulous Easter activity! Thanks for sharing photos. It is neat that Lily captured photos of the wheat grass growing. John must have really grasped the meaning of Easter this year.
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