Tomb for easter play

Jesus' empty tomb made from a pop up camping tent. (I am the Director of Children's Ministries at First Presbyterian Church of Bakersfield - California). The only cost to make this was the rolls of bulletin board paper from a school supply store.

Below are ideas for building "The Empty Tomb" and other related scenery and props for the stories of Lent and Holy Week. To some churches, it might seem exorbitant to have "scenery and props" available in Sunday School, But in the Workshop Rotation Model, we have a classroom we call "The Drama Workshop" where we keep all our drama supplies, costumes, and backdrops at the ready for any Bible lesson. It's all pretty homemade stuff, but super handy to not have to go looking for it. And the…

A church's Easter tomb backdrop, carved out of Styrofoam with Hot Wire Foam Factory tools. Pieces were repurposed for Christmas and VBS, too!

A short video, picture and outlined tutorial explaining step by step how to craft a Faux Tomb and Boulder for your Easter Celebration.

How to make a cave. First I started off with some paper mil paper. It is pretty heavy duty stuff, and it come in a roll, but don't ask...

Outdoor Empty Tomb for Easter Sunrise Service 2014 Highland Mills UMC

The younger girls helped me mix up another batch of salt dough, this weekend (4 cups of flour, 1 1/2 cups of salt, 2 cups of water, and 1 tablespoon of oil).. . ...to form into a roundish stone, and a cave around an empty can, with a slit, in the dough, at the back, to fit a popsicle stick cross... ...for our second year of a tradition we picked up from Little Page Turners, last Easter - a resurrection scene. We baked our dough tomb, and stone for a few hours at 250 degrees Fahrenheit, and…

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