Every year at Easter time we look forward to the egg hunt. Even as an adult I have as much fun hiding the eggs as I do watching the kids find them.  This year we wanted to instill a memory and lesson with our egg hunt to make it more than just about the candy.  And it changed the whole experience into something spiritual and meaningful.
Among our eggs we had 1 gold and 1 silver egg.  In the past we’ve used these for special prizes such as $5 or so. So the kids were already asking about those eggs and expected them to be something a little above average, but what they got they never expected.

They were given instructions not to open any of their eggs until the hunt was over and we were all inside the house.

Once we had them all sitting down we asked who had found the silver egg.  We then told them to open their egg.  Inside were 30 dimes.  We explained that although the Easter bunny, baskets and egg hunts for candy are fun, they’re not the real reason we celebrate Easter.  We told the story of how Jesus was betrayed by one of his closest friends for 30 pieces of silver.

Then we asked who had the golden egg, and asked them to open it. To their surprise there was nothing inside. Then we talked about how that was the most valuable gift of all, that 3 days after Jesus was crucified he was resurrected.  The empty egg represented the empty tomb.  And because of the empty tomb we are able to receive the greatest gift of all from our Savior- the ability to return to our Heavenly Father. (then we gave the child that found the golden egg $5 because the gift wasn’t in the egg, but what was given to us by Jesus)

It was an Easter the kids wont forget.  They enjoyed the lesson and we as parents enjoyed being able to teach our children spiritual lessons among worldly traditions.