Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Free Easter Printables

I found the most precious free printables:


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 FROM: Pizzazzerie

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FROM: Catch My Party

There are so many FREE printables out there. So much fun to choose from, no matter what crafting experience you have you can make it fun and educational.

Chicken Coop Plan

After lots of research {and mybe still more to come} I am pleasantly surprised to find these plans at Purina and think these  {with some modifications ~ we want a large pen attached for some free reign-happy chicks} may just be THE PLANS:

THANKS PURINA!

Resurrection Activity

Finding this idea brought tears to my eyes while I pictured doing this with Meggie and Gabe as a  part of our Easter celebration:



On Good Friday last year, Lydia and I took a round baking dish outside and filled it with dirt…we were making a mini-garden. Then we found rocks, sticks, plants, moss and leaves to cover and plant in our new garden. The final piece was a giant potato. Yup, like from Idaho. We chopped the bottom off and carved out a little hole in the middle. We placed it cut-end down and suddenly, it wasn’t any garden. It was the tomb and garden where Jesus was buried.
Lydia was so proud of our garden. I was impressed at how beautiful it was. A great reminder of what Jesus did for us–but also a pretty decoration for our Resurrection Sunday celebration. By Good Friday evening, the leaves started to look a little dingy. By Saturday night? They were looking downright pitiful. That night before Lydia went to bed we looked at our garden again and talked about how Jesus’ friends must have been feeling. Thinking back to when we made our garden–it seemed like a long time ago! This whole time Jesus had been dead and his friends were so sad–and scared and confused. After Lydia went to bed I did a little doctoring to our garden

 And when Lydia woke up she was shocked to see our garden alive with beautiful flowers and growth and LIFE! I loved seeing her little face staring at the flowers in amazement (instead of greedily looking through her Easter basket). I loved the waiting we did from Good Friday to Resurrection Sunday. I loved the gorgeous picture of LIFE and beauty the flowers gave us. I want my kids to know and understand what Jesus did for them on the cross. I want Easter to be as big and as exciting and (dare I say?) magical as Christmas. This is just one way we’ve decided to help impress the greatest gift and miracle onto our children.

{love this idea}