Every year, on Easter Sunday, the Christian families give each other Easter eggs to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Easter Eggs are the symbol of new life, rebirth, and fertility. According to some Christians, it symbolizes the empty tomb of Jesus. In the early days, when the tradition started, it used to be real eggs. Let’s Know More About Easter Egg Filler Ideas Not Candy.
As modernization came, the real eggs got replaced by chocolate or plastic eggs filled with candies. Again, instead of candies, someone can fill other things like real coins, marshmallows, pink popcorns, plant seeds, or some fun stuff for example glass marbles, mini toys, animal miniatures, pieces of jewelry, stickers, stationery items, stamps, etc in the Easter Egg for a happy surprise.
The Process of Making Easter Eggs:
Making Easter eggs at home is not a big deal. It’s okay if you are going to buy artificial eggs instead of real hard-boiled eggs. But there is a lot more fun and creativity waiting in making Easter eggs filled with some surprising fillers. Let’s dive into the process if you aren’t buying those plastic ones.
Step-1: Getting The Shell Ready
- Take some eggs and clean them gently to pull out the seal on them.
- Break just one tip of the egg to make a hole through which you can put the filler. Remember that the entire shell should remain uncracked.
- Put the broken shell aside so that you can glue it again to close the hole. Instead of this, you can use any wrapper or ribbon to seal the hole.
- Take the egg white and egg yolk out to get an empty shell.
- Wash the shell off and boil it for a few minutes.
Step-2: Decorating & Filling
- Let the egg shell cool down.
- Diy the shells with bright colors. You can use edible food colors so it will not be harmful to children.
- Decorate them as you want.
- Fill them with candies, toys, coins, or any of the previously mentioned items.
- Seal the hole with the broken part of the shell or use a wrapper or colored paper or mini cupcake tin liner to make it more beautiful.
Now, every tradition has a story behind it. The same goes for the Easter Eggs tradition. Let’s have a glance at it.
The Story Behind
Eggs are a symbol of new life and fertility. But according to the Easter story, an egg is the symbol of the empty tomb of Jesus. Every year, Christians remember the crucifixion of Jesus throughout the Lent and then celebrate his resurrection on Easter Sunday by giving or eating eggs. During Lent, all the Christians fast and do not eat eggs or celebrate any fest for the whole 40 days to remember the sacrifice made by Jesus in the desert. Then, the day after Lent is celebrated as Easter by giving away chocolate Easter Eggs filled with surprises or having fun playing with eggs like egg hunting or egg rolling.
Egg Hunting:
Egg hunting is one of the fun activities that are done on Easter Sunday. In this game,pace-eggs, which are real hard-boiled eggs or artificial colored eggs filled with candies or other kinds of stuff, are hidden in various places indoors or outdoors. The children will have to find them as a part of the game and there will be various rewards based on the number of eggs found. Some eggs also contained special gifts to encourage children.
Egg Rolling:
Just like egg hunting, egg rolling is also a tradition that is still popular among Christians. In this game, children would roll the pace eggs down the hill or slope to see which one rolls the farthest. Based on this there were gifts for them. It is said that the game represents rolling the stones away from the tomb of Jesus.
These two were the traditional games that are being played since the advent of the Easter Festival. As time passed, many modern games were invented to make Easter more fun and engaging. For example egg-dumping, egg-shackling, tossing eggs into the air, etc. There was another traditional Easter game which doesn’t involve eggs in it. It was known as Easter Lifting or ‘Heaving’ played by young people.
Easter Lifting:
In this game, a group of people would lift up a person sitting on a chair as high as possible. To be released from such a situation, the person had to fulfill the wishes of the lifters. This game was played to memorize the raising of Christ from the dead at Easter. Due to some misleading behaviors of modern people, this game died out slowly.
Conclusion:
Easter remarks on the resurrection of Jesus. It is said to be the most important day for Christians and is celebrated with great joy and happiness. Easter Eggs are one of the inseparable parts of the Easter celebration. But with time, these traditions are intentionally or unintentionally changed in many parts. Let’s not be in that group and follow the tradition. Because, sometimes, following the aged traditions are more joyous than forgetting them forever.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is the Easter bunny related to the Easter tradition?
There is no such sign of the Easter bunny being related to the Easter tradition. Both have different backgrounds and histories.
- What is a pace egging?
The word ‘pace’ is derived from ‘Paschal’ which stands for the Latin name for Easter. It is a tradition of gathering money or food for an Easter feast.
