For Family Home Evening on Monday, the McFarland's and Whiting's came over to our house for a little Easter lesson and activity. Joe gave everyone the old school "glove and hand" analogy and amazingly the kids really liked it and seemed to comprehend the story of Jesus' resurrection a little better. Leave it to Joe for a great last minute lesson. Then we made these resurrection rolls that I got off of my favorite http://www.sugardoodle.net/ Here is the recipe...Crescent rolls
melted butter
large marshmallows
cinnamon
sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Give each child a triangle of crescent rolls. The crescent roll represents the cloth that Jesus was wrapped in.
Give each child a marshmallow, this represents Jesus. Have them dip the marshmallow in melted butter, which represents the oils of embalming. Then
dip the buttered marshmallow in the cinnamon and sugar which represent the spices used to anoint the body.
Then wrap the coated marshmallow tightly in the crescent roll (not like a typical crescent roll up, but bring the sides up and seal the marshmallow
inside.) This represents the wrapping of Jesus' body after death.
Place in a 350 degree oven for 10-12 minutes. The oven represents the tomb.
When the rolls have cooled slightly, the children can open their rolls (cloth) and discover that Jesus is no longer there, He is risen. (The marshmallow and the crescent roll is puffed up, but empty.)
NOTE about Resurrection Rolls: I had problems the first time I made them. I re-did them last night and they worked. What I did was I cut the large marshmallow in half. Then instead of baking them on a cookie sheet I put them into cupcake papers and baked them in the muffin tin. They worked MUCH better and they were hollow inside. When I did it the first way with the whole marshmallow and on a cookie sheet, they oozed marshmallow everywhere and were not hollow).
melted butter
large marshmallows
cinnamon
sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Give each child a triangle of crescent rolls. The crescent roll represents the cloth that Jesus was wrapped in.
Give each child a marshmallow, this represents Jesus. Have them dip the marshmallow in melted butter, which represents the oils of embalming. Then
dip the buttered marshmallow in the cinnamon and sugar which represent the spices used to anoint the body.
Then wrap the coated marshmallow tightly in the crescent roll (not like a typical crescent roll up, but bring the sides up and seal the marshmallow
inside.) This represents the wrapping of Jesus' body after death.
Place in a 350 degree oven for 10-12 minutes. The oven represents the tomb.
When the rolls have cooled slightly, the children can open their rolls (cloth) and discover that Jesus is no longer there, He is risen. (The marshmallow and the crescent roll is puffed up, but empty.)
NOTE about Resurrection Rolls: I had problems the first time I made them. I re-did them last night and they worked. What I did was I cut the large marshmallow in half. Then instead of baking them on a cookie sheet I put them into cupcake papers and baked them in the muffin tin. They worked MUCH better and they were hollow inside. When I did it the first way with the whole marshmallow and on a cookie sheet, they oozed marshmallow everywhere and were not hollow).
These were so amazing and I loved it because everyone enjoyed making them and easy enough too. I can't stand the Easter Bunny thing, but while those baked up, we colored eggs which got really messy. Happy I had an extra plastic table cloth left over from a birthday party. Eventful night, but worth it.
On Monday I also decided to get a hold of a long lost friend, Brianna Dimonico. Haven't seen her since her wedding and never made it to her baby shower. So, I called her and we meet up yesterday at Mimi's and got to see her cute little baby boy. She is still such a pretty girl and life of the party. Marriage and babies seem to make us all a little bit more happy.
3 comments:
What a fun family home evening. Easter is such a fun time for kids.
i love the pre-easter pictures! i made resurrection cookies last year, but it looks like your rolls turned out better! i am going to try your recipe this time.:)
I have something similar like the rolls but it's cookies. I posted it on my blog - you can check it out for next year and switch things up!
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