RESSURECTION ROLLS

RESSURECTION ROLLS

Turn your oven to 350.

While your oven is preheating, read John 19

Ingredients:

Crescent Rolls

8 large marshmallows

Melted Butter

Cinnamon Sugar

Roll out the crescent rolls (each container has 8)

Tell your kids that the crescent roll represents the cloth that Jesus was wrapped in.

Read Matthew 27:57-60

⁵⁷ As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸ Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. ⁵⁹Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰ and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.

Give each child a marshmallow. This represents Jesus.

Have them dip the marshmallow in butter.

This represents the oils of embalming.

Dip the buttered marshmallow in cinnamon sugar which represents the spices used to anoint the body.

Make sure it is nice & coated.

Then wrap the coated marshmallow tightly in the crescent roll.

Seal the marshmallow inside.

This represents the wrapping of Jesus' body after death.

Place the rolls on a baking sheet.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 10-12 minutes.

The oven represents the tomb!

Let the rolls cool slightly. Then, the kids can open their rolls (the cloth) and discover that Jesus is no longer there.....HE IS RISEN!

The marshmallow melts & the crescent roll is puffed up, but empty.

Now read Matthew 28:5-8 

⁵ The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.⁶ He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. ⁷ Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.” ⁸ So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples."