Nephite Easter Activity

Buys a ton of candy.  The only specific candy you have to buy is 3 Cadbury eggs which will represent the Godhead.  The rest of the candy can be whatever your family likes.  Other required supplies include a bag and a blindfold for each participant.  We've never been fancy with this - we've just used grocery bags and strips of fabric or t-shirts for blind folds.

Wait until it was dark for this activity because it symbolizes the darkness the Nephites experienced after the Savior's death.  The scriptures say absolutely NO light could be seen and so we used the blindfolds to make the darkness absolute.

Send them all out on the front porch while you prepared the house.  While they wait turn furniture upside down and move things all around to symbolize the destruction of the land after the Savior's death.  Scatter the candy, which symbolized our family members, everywhere.  When the house was sufficiently wrecked, go get everyone on the porch and tell them what had happened using the story from the Book of Mormon.  (It might be a good idea to read it and bring out whatever points you think are important for your family.) 

Say things to the effect of "there's been terrible destruction.  The whole face of the land has been changed.  You have been separated from your family members.  You must find them."  Continue to narrate the story and end by telling us that there were 3 special eggs that represented Heavenly Father, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost.  They are to try and find them, our family and then try and get to the highest place (usually a stack of couch pillows) which represented the temple (this is, of course, where the Nephites gathered).  Then blind fold them and give them their  bags.  Then go into the house and get down on their hands and knees (it's much safer this way!) and crawl around stuffing candy (family) in our bags.  When they have been at it a while and they are pretty sure most of the candy had been collected then have them all make their way to the "temple".  This has been a GREAT activity that seems to appeal to ALL ages.