Object Lesson - Empty

Object Lesson -
Empty
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This object lesson for
youth uses eggs to make
the Easter message of the
empty tomb memorable
and fun while re-creating,
the emotions felt by
Christ’s disciples upon
finding the empty tomb on
Easter morning.

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Games using Easter Eggs
Armenian Egg Crush – Each
youth must knock their hard
boiled egg against another
person’s hard boiled egg. The
egg that doesn’t crack wins.
Have the winners face off with
other winners until only one
person is left.

Broken Eggs – Raw Eggs are
placed on the floor while all the
youth look on. Ask them to
carefully memorize the locations
of the eggs. Then ask for a
volunteer who will be blindfolded
to walk through the eggs without
stepping on any of them. Once
blindfolded, the eggs are quickly
swapped with peanuts or corn
chips. The blindfolded person will
think they are eggs when stepped
upon. (Be sure to have a vacuum
or broom to sweep up the mess)

Capture the Egg – Play a game of
capture the flag with eggs. Divide
into two teams and give each
team 4 eggs. You’ll need a large
open area with lots of obstacles
and obstructions. Divide it into
three areas, one for each of the
two teams separated by a neutral
area. Each team must hide their
4 eggs somewhere in their area,
making sure that nobody from
the opposing team can see
where it is.

In order to win the game, you must
capture the other team’s eggs and
bring them back to your own
territory. But if an enemy team
member grabs you while you’re
standing in their territory, they are
allowed to take you straight to jail
(which is a small area somewhere
inside their territory). You can be
freed from jail if one of your team
members tags you, and join back in
the game. When time is up
whoever has captured the most
eggs wins.

Don’t Drop The Egg – Two
youth pair up and stand back
to back. Place an egg between
them. They objective is for the
youth to lower the egg to the
floor without breaking it. Best
done with a hard boiled egg,
but if you are feeling
particularly playful you could
use raw eggs.

Egg Blow – (Messy Game) Get a
clear flexible tube from the
hardware store, preferably of
large enough diameter to hold a
cracked egg inside. Youth
compete against each other by
placing their mouths on each side
of the tube and blowing. The loser
get’s a face full of egg. (Cautions:
Let them place a garbage bag over
clothes. You can also use an egg
substitute (like Eggbeater’s) to
avoid bacteria or chance of
salmonella. Have moist
washcloths and towels handy.)

Egg Drop – Give each team of
youth 6ft of masking tape, 1
balloon, a handful of straws, and 1
raw egg. They have to build a
protection “capsule” out of those
materials that will protect the egg
when dropped from various heights
off a tall ladder until only one egg
survives.
Egg Pass – Each youth has a spoon
in his mouth. Teams must pass an
egg to the end of the line as quickly
as possible using only the spoons.
First to finish wins. Do you dare use
raw eggs?

Egg Fan – Create a start and a finish
line on a hard floor using masking
tape. Each youth must use an
empty medium sized 14″ pizza box
to fan the egg to the finish line.
They are not allowed to touch the
egg and can only move the egg
with gusts of air from waving their
pizza box. This can be a team relay
race or an individual race.
Egg Roll – Create a start and a finish
line on a hard floor using masking
tape. Each youth must push the egg
to the finish line using only his/her
nose. This can be a team relay race
or an individual race.

Egg Roulette – Choose 4-5
volunteers from among the youth.
Place 4-5 eggs on a table. The
volunteers are told that one of the
eggs is raw, but the others are
hardboiled. (In fact, all are
hardboiled) Each player takes a
turn, taking an egg from the table
and tapping it on the other players
foreheads until it breaks. The
players are told whoever gets the
raw egg is the bravest. Because all
of the eggs are hardboiled, the last
player gets the prize before an egg
is tried on his forehead.

Egg Run – A youth is given a spoon
to hold in his mouth while an egg is
placed on the ground (hard boiled)
in front of him. He must stoop
down, get the egg onto his spoon
without using his hands, stand up,
travel to the other side of the
arena, return to the starting place
and return the egg to its starting
position. This can be played as a
relay or as individuals.
Egg Toss – Pairs form two lines
facing off and toss an egg back and
forth. Every time a catch is
successful those who survived back
up a little further and try again. The
pair that catches the longest toss
wins. Use hard boiled or raw eggs.

Egg Tower – Using 4 Easter eggs
and 4 paper towel rolls be the first
to build a tower using all the
objects to create a single pillar. Be
careful not to get the tower out of
alignment or it will come crashing
down! Play with raw or boiled eggs.
Hot Eggs – As music plays, youth
must pass the “hot egg” around the
circle from person to person. No
one is skipped. The youth caught
holding the egg when the music
stops is out, and the game begins
again.

Raw Egg Drop – (Messy Game)
Choose 4-5 volunteers from among
the youth. The volunteers lay down
on their backs on the floor with a
cup on their forehead. One
teammate stands over them and
cracks the egg with their hands
attempting to drop the content of
the egg into the cup as it spills out.
Most of the egg will wind up on the
participants face. It’s rather tricky.
The team with the most egg in their
cup wins. (Cautions: You might
want to cover the floor with some
newspaper or plastics bags first,
and make sure the youth on the
floor keeps eyes and mouth closed.
Has some wet towels for cleanup)

An Object Lesson
A lot of the games using Easter
Eggs have an element of
surprise. The Eggs might not be
as expected. They also tend to
create a variety of other
emotions as well – fear,
excitement, hesitation, anger,
disappointment, relief, doubt,
disbelief. Many of the those
same emotions are found in the
resurrection accounts in the
gospels. The following
demonstration or object lesson
helps to draw out more feelings
as an empty egg reminds us of
the empty tomb.

Preparation
Remove the contents of a raw egg.
Some people create a hole in each
end using a needle, then use a
pipe cleaner or piece of wire to
scramble the contents inside the
egg. You can then carefully blow
into the smaller hole so that the
egg comes out a bigger hole on the
other side. Some people use a
syringe to suck the contents out.
Once you have emptied the egg,
and likely broken a couple trying,
rinse it with a little water and then
set it aside to dry.

Later you can hold the egg with
your thumb and finger to cover
the holes on the top and
bottom so they are not visible.
You also want to have a real raw
egg. You can have a dozen raw
eggs in a carton to add a little
more credibility to the object
lesson.

What to do
Holding up the real egg, ask
youth what is inside an egg. After
the games they should already
have a good idea. Explain that
unlike some of those used in the
game, this one is a raw one.
Inside you would find a raw
yellow yolk and the clear runny
white part of the egg. Break it
into a glass so they can see.

Then ask for a brave volunteer to
come in front of the group with
you. Ask them to stand still and
take out the emptied egg and
proceed to crack it over the
volunteer’s head. You’ll hear
exclamations of surprise from
both the volunteer and those
watching then there will be sighs
of relief or complaints from the
more mischievous ones.

TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL
MAKE IT SPIRITUAL
• Ask youth how they felt
when they first broke an
egg during one of the
games or when you
broke it during your
demonstration? What
feelings did they have?

Read the Resurrection story
from the various accounts.
• What were some of the
reactions people had to the
empty tomb in the Easter
story? Mary? John? Peter?
Roman Guards? High
Priests? How do you think
each person felt?

MAKE IT PRACTICAL
• If you had been one of them
at the empty tomb on that
first Easter morning, how do
you think you might have
reacted? What do you think
you might have been
feeling?
• How did those who heard
the story react? How do you
typically react when you
hear something
unexpected?

• Have you ever experienced
anything in life that at first
reaction shocked you,
surprised you, or maybe even
frightened you, but later
turned out to be something
good?
• Was it a good thing or bad
thing that the egg was empty?
Was it a good thing or a bad
thing that the tomb was
empty? How do you think the
people in the story might have
answered this question?

MAKE IT PERSONAL
When Jesus’ followers found out
the tomb was empty, they
weren’t sure right away what to
think, just like you didn’t know
what to think about the empty
egg. But the empty tomb was the
best news of all: Jesus was alive!
And because Jesus rose from the
dead, we can be saved from sin
and death and live with him
forever in Heaven.

• Who do you need to tell
about the empty tomb of
Christ this week? How do
you think they might react?
How does the Easter story
give you confidence to tell
others about the Risen
Saviour?
• What personal lessons can
you apply from the Easter
story when you face
unexpected surprises in life?

SCRIPTURE VERSES FOR THE
EASTER STORY
• Matthew 28:1-11
• Mark 16:1-8
• Luke 24:1-12
• John 20:1-18

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