{"id":8653,"date":"2014-04-10T01:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/?p=8653"},"modified":"2014-04-09T22:44:22","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T05:44:22","slug":"a-scavenger-hunt-for-palm-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/10\/a-scavenger-hunt-for-palm-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"A Scavenger Hunt for Palm Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"041014PalmSundayScavengerHunt\" I get to spend today and the next three days with all my family — my husband, our children, and our grandchildren — at the\u00a0beach<\/strong>! This means we will have 9 children just barely-five-years-old and under all in one place for 76 hours!<\/p>\n

So — I am making preparations! I’m going armed with Play-doh, tempera paints, cookie dough, and empty plastic Easter eggs to stuff with finger food for an Easter egg hunt lunch. We are also going to do a little Palm Sunday scavenger hunt<\/strong>. (We’ll see how that goes with a bunch of little guys! \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n

Here’s my plan, in case any of you would like to take advantage of the work I’ve already done. Read the following passages aloud<\/strong>, stopping when you reach each word in bold<\/strong>.\u00a0For young children, have them go find that object and come back to you. (All the words are listed below, with suggested items to find.)\u00a0Then continue reading until the next bold word.<\/p>\n

For older children, have them make a list<\/strong> as you read of all the items they will be looking for. When you have finished reading all three passages, have them look for all the items. This can be done as a group, or you may choose to liven things up a bit more by dividing into two teams<\/strong> to see who can finish first.<\/p>\n

When all the items have been gathered, lay them out in order as they appear in the Scripture passages, and have the children retell the story<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

John 12:1-8<\/p>\n

1\u00a0Six days before\u00a0the Passover,\u00a0Jesus therefore came to Bethany,\u00a0where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.\u00a02\u00a0So they gave a dinner for him there.\u00a0Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table.\u00a03\u00a0Mary therefore took a pound\u00a0of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume<\/strong>.\u00a04\u00a0But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said,\u00a05\u00a0“Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0given to the poor?”\u00a06\u00a0He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and\u00a0having charge of the moneybag<\/strong>\u00a0he used to help himself to what was put into it.\u00a07\u00a0Jesus said,\u00a0“Leave her alone, so that she may keep it\u00a0for the day of my burial.\u00a08\u00a0For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Luke 19:28-36<\/p>\n

28\u00a0And when he had said these things,\u00a0he went on ahead,\u00a0going up to Jerusalem.\u00a029\u00a0When he drew near to Bethphage and\u00a0Bethany, at\u00a0he mount that is called Olivet<\/strong>, he sent\u00a0two of the disciples,\u00a030\u00a0saying,\u00a0“Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied<\/strong>,\u00a0on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.\u00a031\u00a0If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.'”\u00a032\u00a0So those who were sent went away and found it\u00a0just as he had told them.\u00a033\u00a0And as they were untying the colt<\/strong>, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”\u00a034\u00a0And they said, “The Lord has need of it.”\u00a035\u00a0And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks<\/strong>\u00a0on the colt, they set Jesus on it.\u00a036\u00a0And as he rode along, they\u00a0<\/a>spread their cloaks on the road.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Matthew 21:8-9 8\u00a0Most of the crowd\u00a0spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches<\/strong>\u00a0from the trees and spread them on the road.\u00a09\u00a0And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting,\u00a0“Hosanna<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0the Son of David!\u00a0Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”\u00a010And\u00a0when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”\u00a011\u00a0And the crowds said, “This is\u00a0the prophet Jesus,\u00a0from Nazareth of Galilee.”<\/em> Items to find:<\/strong><\/p>\n