Easter 2012

I know it's December, but I was going through some old things and thought I'd post the Easter Bunny's coloring page from 2012.  Enjoy!

This Year's Coloring Page

Another simple offering from the Easter Bunny:

More Conference!

I realize that this is last-minute for the current General Conference, but it may help a few of you. If not, it can be used in the future! I've been putting together some more pages for my kiddos and wanted to share.

*Disclaimer: I've been having some trouble when converting my files to PDF format. Some of my images become very poor quality, or the PDF document adds random lines to images, etc. I apologize for this and hope that you're still able to enjoy the pages for what they're worth! :) (And if anyone knows of a free PDF creator that would produce a higher-quality product, please let me know!)

General Conference Packet

More great General Conference packets can also be found HERE!

Conference Helps

I've put together a few random activity packets/pages for my kids for LDS Stake and General Conferences. I'm also so grateful for others whose packets and activity pages I've used! I thought that, since I'm always gathering others' packet/activity ideas, I'd put up some of what I've come up with in hopes that it will help someone else out there. :) Hope someone finds something useful in here!

LDS Stake Conference Help Packet 1

LDS Stake Conference Help Packet 2

Noah's A-MAZE-ING Animals

General Conference Word Sheet

Random Conference Pages

Easter Coloring Page 2010

Each year the Easter Bunny leaves a coloring page in my kids' Easter baskets to help them remember the real meaning of the day. Here is this year's page:

For past years' pages, see HERE and HERE.

Easter Coloring Page, 2009

The Easter Bunny's newest coloring page:

FYI, the Easter Bunny found the text and images for this activity HERE. :)

Easter Coloring Pages

The past couple of years, the Easter Bunny has begun leaving coloring pages in the kids' Easter baskets to help them remember what Easter is all about. Here are the ones he's left so far:

I wonder what he'll bring this year!

Note: Clipart used in these pages and other wonderful LDS clipart can be found HERE.

Yummy Easter Object Lesson

Thanks to Michelle for this wonderful idea!

Resurrection Rolls: Great Object Lesson for Easter
Ingredients:
1 (10 oz.) can refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
8 large marshmallows
1/8-1/4 cup melted butter
1-2 TBLSP cinnamon
1-2 TBLSP white sugar

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease a baking sheet. Separate crescent rolls into 8 individual triangles.
In a small bowl, mix together cinnamon & sugar.
Dip a marshmallow into melted butter, then roll in sugar/cinnamon mixture. Place marshmallow in the center of a dough triangle.
***Be sure to pinch all seams together tightly to seal in marshmallow as it melts.
Place on baking sheet. Bake until golden brown - about 15 min.

Share how the marshmallow represents His body.
The butter/sugar/cinnamon represents the oil & spices used to prepare His body, which was laid to rest in the tomb (dough).
The tomb, like the roll, was found empty, for He had risen!

Number Of Servings:8 * Preparation Time:20 min.

Fun Easter Lesson

Here is a lesson (great for Family Home Evening) about the last events in the Savior's life, leading up to the Resurrection. Label twelve plastic eggs with #1-12 (mine are labeled with masking tape--you could use small labels, or just write on the eggs themselves...whatever!). Each egg contains a scripture and an object. We look up the scripture, read it, and discuss what the object has to do with the scripture. The kids really like finding out what is in each egg, and it is a fun, interactive way to review what happened in the life of our Savior before He died and was resurrected. The last egg, of course, is empty like the tomb (except for the scripture), and I use a bigger egg just to make it a little extra special.

If you use all small eggs, these can be stored nicely in an egg carton. Mine just stay in a plastic bag all year! :)

Below is the info on the scriptures and the objects you'd need to make your own set. For a .pdf file of this info, click HERE; for a Word file, click HERE.

Peek-a-Boo Books

Last spring we made "peek-a-boo" books. I did a religious one and a secular one (thanks to my sister for helping me put the samples together!). They're a lot of fun and are very adaptable: text or no text, large "windows" or small, simple pictures or complex, themed or non-themed, etc. You can use old magazines, calendars, etc. for pictures. Here are a couple of scans from that project:

"Teach the Children" - Symbols of Christmas

Another Christmas project...

Many of you have heard the story where Santa comes to visit shortly before Christmas and admonishes the storyteller to "teach the children" the true meaning of Christmas. He explains the symbols of the season and whence they come. So a year ago, Christmastime, we made these little bags to go along with the story. We sewed simple drawstring bags and filled them with items that illustrate the story.

For your own kit, you would need the following:
-a bag for everything
-a star
-a red ornament
-a mini tree
-a bell
-a candle (bday cake candles work well)
-small gift with a bow
-candy cane
-wreath
-the story! You can download the text HERE.

I loved having a kit like this when I was a kid. There's wonderment in pulling all of the miniature ornaments from Santa's little bag, and learning about what each one means! It's a fun thing to share with family during the Christmas season.

The ABCs of Christmas

We saved our Christmas cards through this last Christmas season in order to use them for these great books entitled, "The ABCs of Christmas." My aunt made one for my family growing up, and my mother saved her Christmas cards and made one for my little family a couple of years ago. We love it! You can see in the picture above the one my mother made and then the one that my daughter is in process of making. We need a few more pictures, and then we'll be able to laminate and bind!

These are a couple of pages from my mom's so you can see examples--so cute!

Here is the full text and some title text, for a cover, if desired:

You can download a file of the text in book layout HERE, if you're ready to put one together! We printed our pages on white cardstock.