Ever since my oldest was about 3 years old we have celebrated Easter all week leading up to Easter Sunday. This helps us celebrate the Easter season {much like the Christmas season} rather just Easter on one day. It also helps to keep the appropriate focus on Jesus Christ and His Atonement and Resurrection. “There […]
Palm Sunday Donkey Craft
“Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And […]
Handprint Lilies
Make a pretty bouquet of lilies using your children’s hand prints. Trace their hands on white paper and cut out. Curl each finger out using a pencil to wrap the finger around. Wrap the hand around the top of a green plastic straw and secure it with tape. Add a yellow strip of paper, folded […]
Homemade Clay Oil Lamps
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. {Matthew 25:1-4} […]
Free Easter Printables
“He is not here: for He is risen, as he said” Oh, the hope those words have given down through the ages. The miracle of the empty tomb! I created this simple print in four colorways: green, teal, purple, and tan. Click on each color name to be taken to it’s download page. They are […]
The Living Christ: Calvary’s Hill or Empty Easter Tomb Garden Craft
As part of our Easter celebration every year we grow our own Calvary’s Hill or Empty Easter Tomb Garden. This is a really great craft to do with your kids! It’s perfect for springtime as well as a good decoration for Easter. It’s a special tradition to have. Gather the following supplies: a small 2 inch […]
The Living Christ: A 30 Day Easter Countdown
A 30 day countdown to Easter utilizing The Living Christ: A Testimony of the Apostles. Each day includes a hymn or Primary song, scriptures to read, discussion questions, and activities.
Simple Pleasures: Cousins Celebrating Easter
Saturday we had a cousins Easter party. There was sugar cookie decorating pin the tail on the bunny and of course….. the Egg Hunt! Having fun with cousins is definitely a simple pleasure. What brings you simple pleasure? © 2007-2011 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC […]
An Easter Countdown: HE LIVES!!
We have had a wonderful blessed Easter! After speaking to my two oldest on skype first thing this morning (they are in Barcelona), we finished preparing for church. I snapped this picture of my children with their new dresses (and tie for the boy!) before getting in the van. Edited: Yes, I sewed all their […]
An Easter Countdown: Testimony of the Apostles
This activity goes along with day thirteen of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. Our activity today involved listening to and watching videos of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles bear their “Special Witnesses of Christ.” If you click on the title next to each picture on that page it will open […]
An Easter Countdown: His Other Sheep
This craft goes along with day eleven of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. I forgot to post this yesterday! So sorry. We just made simple salt dough sheep to hang as ornaments on our Easter tree. Salt Dough Recipe 2 cups flour 1 cup salt 1/2 – 3/4 cup water Mix flour and salt […]
Wordfull Wednesday: Easter Memories
Fudge having fun with Easter eggs two years ago Growing up Easter was always a favorite holiday of mine. When I was little (under 6) my mother would throw Easter parties for my friends and cousins. I faintly remember running around the outside of our brick house looking for eggs. It was so much fun […]
An Easter Countdown: The Risen Lord
This craft goes along with day ten of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. To show how the tomb was empty on Easter morning we have done this craft every year since my oldest was very little. It has been so long since I’ve been using this that I can’t remember where I got the […]
An Easter Countdown: Calvary’s Cross
This activity goes along with day nine of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. Can you believe we have never made hot cross buns before? We made this recipe (using raisins and dried cranberries). While the dough was rising we made stained glass windows – one of my children’s favorite art projects to do. Materials […]
An Easter Countdown: Betrayal and Trial of Jesus
This activity goes along with day eight of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. For our activity today we did another art study. I divided the children up into two groups. One group received The Flagellation of our Lord Jesus Christ by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (above), the other group received Behold the Man by Antonio Ciseri […]