Easter crafts
Easter ideas and craft sites:
Easter crafts including washcloth bunny:
I'M A SOME BUNNY
1 dish cloth
1 dish towel
1 button - for nose
2 rolly eyes
1/2 yd. matching ribbon
Instructions;
1. Tie knot in center of wash cloth.
2. Sew or glue nose and eyes.
3. Fold dish towel over knot in dish cloth to form head.
4. Cut ribbon in half. Tie one bow around ears and one at waist.
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Bunny Baskets
Supplies:
Empty, Clean Milk Carton
Construction Paper
Glue
Crayons or Markers
Bottom 1/3 of a milk carton. Staple a 1" strip across the top for a
handle. Cut out bunny shapes; sitting up bunny - ears on top, round head
and fat body. Make sure it is the width of the milk carton (a bit like
the traditional cat drawing). Decorate the basket with paper chips
(small pieces of paper cut or torn) and draw on bunny's face. You can also
paint the basket with glue and dip it into a container of confetti. Glue
on a cotton ball on the opposite side of basket for bunny's tail.
Resurrection Cookies
1 cup whole pecans
1 tsp. vinegar
3 egg whites
pinch salt
1 cup sugar
zipper baggies
wooden spoon
tape
Bible
Preheat oven to 300 F.
Place pecans in zipper baggies and let children beat them with a wooden spoon to break into small pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested he was beat by the Roman soldiers. Read John 19:1-3.
Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 tsp. into mixing bowl. Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross he was given vinegar to drink. Read John 19:28-30.
Add egg whites to vinegar. Eggs represent life. Explain that Jesus gave His life to us. Read John 10:10-11.
Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand. Let them taste it and brush the rest into the bowl. Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus' followers and the bitterness of our own sin. Read Luke 23:27.
Add 1 cup of sugar. Explain that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died because He loves us. He wants us to know and belong to him. Read Psalm 34:8 and John 3:16.
Beat with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff peaks form. Explain that the color white represents the purity in God's eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus. Read Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:1-3.
Fold in broken nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper covered cookie sheet. Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus' body was laid. Read Matthew 27:57-60.
Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door and turn the oven OFF. Give each child a piece of tape and seal the oven door. Explain that Jesus' tomb was sealed. Read Matthew 27:65-66.
Got to bed! Explain that they may feel sad to leave the cookies in the oven overnight. Jesus' followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed. Read John 16:20 and 22.
On Resurrection morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie. Notice the cracked surface and take a bite. The cookies are hollow! Explain that on the first Resurrection day Jesus' followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty. Read Matthew 28:1-9.
He Is Risen!
We have had such a pleasant experience with
this. It has blessed our oldest to our youngest, and us
too. Reading the account of Christ's Death and
Resurrection has helped our family keep focused on
such a busy day! I hope it blesses you as well.
