Resurrection Garden

Quite some time ago I heard about something called a resurrection garden. Now that my little one is old enough to understand I think this is a great way to teach her about why we celebrate Easter. Since today is Good Friday, we went out as a family in search for plants for our garden. We filled a flower pot with topsoil and all of the pretty things we could find. As the rest of the day goes on and all day Saturday, I'm sure the garden is going to start to sag. On Easter Sunday, my little one will wake up to a beautiful garden and all that will be left in the tomb is a cloth. I'm so excited!

Here are some of the things we collected:

It's partially assembled here: 

I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a wooden "man" to represent Jesus. I asked for a sample of satin-like fabric also, so I could wrap Him before placing Him in the tomb. 

I also bought some clay that baked in the oven for 15 minutes after molding into the tomb and stone.

I'll update this post after Sunday to show how the plants look and then the new garden. I hope I've posted this in time just in case anyone wants to do this with their family.

Apple