My 6 year old got assigned his first-ever talk in primary! I’m one of those weird parents that got excited about this because I LOVE preparing small lessons/talks (hence the reason I’m doing this blog). His assigned topic is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I’m going to share what we put together for his talk because he will be practicing by sharing it with our family during family “time” lesson (we no longer call it family night as we do it whenever is best for our family; this can be in the morning or afternoon some days).
I am also the primary chorister in my ward so I decided to take this opportunity to further teach how our primary songs bear testimony and teach gospel principles. Cody’s entire talk is made up of sentences and phrases from songs my primary kids know! I used 5 pictures and have the corresponding words pasted on the back; this way, the kids will see the picture while Cody and I read the back. Attached you’ll find a Word document with the appropriate wording and below are pictures showing what we did.
Before we get to hear from Cody and have him practice his primary talk, we are going to start Resurrection Rolls. These rolls are ALL over the internet and we have never tried them but that’s about to to change. I’m sure these delicious rolls with MARSHMALLOWS inside will capture my kids attention and the best part is that they teach about the resurrection of Christ. Use the pink link above to get the recipe and here are the correlations: the crescent roll represents the burial clothes the women used to wrap Jesus’ body; the marshmallow represents Jesus and his perfect, sinless life; the butter and cinnamon sugar represent the oils and spices used to anoint Jesus’ body and the oven represents the tomb. I suggest that you gather all the ingredients and prepare them as much as possible before you gather your kids: mix the cinnamon sugar, melt the butter, pull apart the crescent roll sections.
Call your family together and explain that you will be making Resurrection Rolls. Have each kid grab a marshmallow (BUT DON’T EAT IT) and tell them the marshmallow represents Jesus Christ; Jesus is white because He has never sinned and lived a perfect life. Remind them that Jesus died for us and tell them that after he died, his friends who loved him covered his body in oil and spices as a way of showing their love and respect. Have the kids dip their marshmallows in the butter and then roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture (I suggest you have a couple wash rags available). Then his friends wrapped his body in nice burial clothes; have your kids wrap the marshmallow in the crescent dough. Finally they lovingly laid his body in a tomb; put the rolls in the oven. At this point, you can quiz them on what happened next in Jesus’ story and ask them what they think will happen to the marshmallows inside the “tomb”.
While the rolls are baking, watch this video, Jesus is Laid in a Tomb. I also really like the video, He Is Risen but would only use this for older kids as I feel the graphic details of Jesus crucifixion would cause anxiety and fear needlessly; I’m keeping it simple for now. After the video, we will have Cody present his primary talk (as shown above). If there is any extra time, we will sing Did Jesus Really Live Again from the Primary Children’s Songbook on page 64.
Enjoy your Resurrection Rolls! I bet your kids will want to do this every year.
UPDATE:
Cody’s primary talk was perfect. Not too long and it kept the kids attention as they listened for lyrics they knew. The Spirit was there.
My kids LOVED making the resurrection rolls and the story that came with it. They loved looking inside after they had baked to see if “Jesus” was still there or had been risen. The one thing they disappointed us was that the rolls are just that…. rolls. They aren’t super sweet, only slightly so. We were expecting dessert but got a slightly sweet roll instead and that was disappointing for my kids… and me! I would still like to do these rolls again next year but will look for a sweeter option than the crescent dough.
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