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.

Homemade Stickers - Lick 'n' Stick

Remember lick 'n' stick stickers? I think they're less common these days! Here's a fun way to make some tasty ones of your own. You can use pictures from magazines, computer printouts, your kids' own drawings...be creative! To make them stick, mix the following:

1 tsp. gelatin (any flavor)
2 tsp. boiling water

Stir until gelatin dissolves and let cool for just a minute or so. While still warm, paint mixture onto the back of your "stickers" - use a paintbrush, a cotton swab, your fingers...whatever!

If you're doing a large sheet, it's easier to just coat the whole sheet and then cut apart afterward...

Let dry. Cut apart, if still needed. Lick, and then stick!

Color Hunt

Here is a simple, fun activity to do with your kids: go on a color hunt! Take a camera and find things of each color. Take pictures, and put the pictures in a collage when you're done. To make it easier to keep track of what you've found, take a simple checklist like THIS ONE along with you. You'll find colors where you least expect them...

The Three Little Pigs

Here's a quick little project to do with your kids sometime! Read or tell the story of the three little pigs. A fun online version can be found HERE.

Then make the three houses! We used spaghetti noodles for the straw (yarn or actual straw would work, too), craft sticks for the sticks (toothpicks would work great; just watch out for the pointy ends!), and red paper rectangles for the bricks. For hanging, we attached all three houses to a piece of yarn.

If you'd like a pattern for the houses, click HERE.

It's also fun to make the houses in 3D--use yarn or straw (or noodles) for the straw house, get some sticks outside for the stick house, and use Legos or some sort of building block for the brick house. Then have the kids try to blow each one down! They have a lot of fun trying to "be" the wolf! (Incidentally, you can also make a wolf out of a hair dryer--cover the barrel part with brown or gray paper for the wolf's muzzle, and cut out a face with a hole in the middle to slide onto the barrel...and voila! You have a wolf that can actually huff and puff!)

If you'd like some patterning practice for little ones, here's a fun little sheet. Since we did this with a group of five, the second sheet has five cutouts for the "answers"--in case you're wondering why there are so many! :) (Since the preview on the download link isn't showing properly, here's what the sheets look like):