Ramblings of a Crazy Woman

Nothing fancy this year just a Paas kit, vinegar and boiled eggs.  We still love dying Easter Eggs.

Caity and I are helping with our church's Easter egg hunt. Our church always does an egg hunt, story and a craft. We are helping with the craft. I wanted to do a craft linked to a bible verse. John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! We used : 2 clothes pins (for legs, colored black with marker), white paper cut in the shape of a cloud, cotton balls, black paper cut in to the shape of a head, eyes and glue. We also used pink paper for a mouth. Glue cotton balls on to white paper for the body. Glue the body on to the clothes pins for legs. Glue on head.

I love this colorful Easter Egg, it uses the different colors to tell us about Easter. We used: Yellow, Red, White, Green, Blue and Purple construction paper, glue or glue stick, scissors and a marker. Cut all the colored paper except white into 2 in strips and glue on the strips to the white paper. Draw an egg shape on the back and cut out. Write what each color represents on the colored strips. Yellow represents God's perfect light Red represents the blood Jesus shed for us. White represents the cleansing of our sins. Green represents the new life we have Jesus. Blue represents the baptism that identifies us with Jesus. Purple represents the crown of life. You could also use these colors to make a "Colors of Faith" Easter bracelet with beads.

I saw this great idea in Family Fun Magazine. To dye Easter eggs, put the egg in a wire whisk. This will prevent the kids from dropping the egg in the dye and letting the dye splatter everywhere. Love this idea.

Today at preschool we discussed the true meaning of Easter. We read the Easter story and I used this great tomb craft I saw here at Totally Tots. I added Easter Eggs filled with animals, dinosaurs and bugs to the sensory table. The kids had fun discovering what is inside.

Here is an easy and colorful way to make Easter Decorations. We used: Thick white paper, assorted colors of crepe paper or tissue paper, glue and scissors. Glue on pieces of tissue paper to the white paper. With a mixture of water and glue (just add enough water to make it easy to spread on over the tissue paper). Allow to dry. Cut out the desired shapes.

I think these turned out so cute. They would make great magnets or gift toppers. We used: 2 craft sticks glued together (I was out of Large craft sticks), white and yellow paint, wiggly eyes, scissors construction paper, feathers, glue and ribbon. I cut out shapes to glue on the sticks. The cheeks for the bunny are not shown. Glue on the shapes, feathers,ribbon and eyes.

Today in my 2's class we made these cute hand print chicks and paper plate bunnies faces.

I made these cute Easter Bunnies to put in Easter eggs. Materials needed: 2 Pom-poms, 1 very small pom-pom,1 chenille stem, 2 small eyes, embroidery thread, glue and scissors. I found the pom-poms at the Dollar Tree. Directions: Glue the 2 pom-poms together. Cut and glue on the whiskers, about 3 pieces of thread. Glue on small pom-pom for nose. Glue on eyes. Cut 2 small pieces of chenille stem for arms. Glue on to the body. For the ears, fold over chenille stem and cut. Repeat for the second ear. Glue the ears on to the head.

This is an Easter Basket that only takes a few materials. My Eggs look black but up close they have a lot of color. We used: Paper plate with a half circle cut out the one side of the middle, Easter grass and eggs. I used scratch off eggs, but you could also use construction paper cut into egg shapes. Glue on the eggs and Easter grass. These are done by my 2 year old class.

I found this great Easter Songs and Finger Play book here on Delicious Ambiguity. To go along with the songs I cut out and colored Easter Egg and Bunny coloring pages. I need to laminate them and glue them to craft sticks. I am going to give each child in my class a bunny and an egg to use to sing with the songs. I love this song: 5 little Easter eggs, Lovely colors wore; Mother ate the blue one, then there were four. 4 little Easter eggs, two and two, you see; Daddy ate the red one , now there are three. 3 little Easter eggs, Before I knew, Sister ate the yellow one, Then there were two. 2 little Easter eggs, Oh, what fun ! Brother ate the purple one, Then there was one. 1 little Easter eggs, See me run!!!! I ate the last one, And then there was none. This is just one of the cute songs you can find in this printable book.

I can not believe it is almost Easter, here are some of my favorite Easter projects from last year. And for all my past Easter crafts you can go here. I love this Easter egg doorway decoration. Go here for directions: Easter bunny with footprint ears are here. The Crosses of Calvary Dandelion painting is here . Love this Easter Bunny hand print wreath. This is a great way to recycle and make an Easter basket. Easter egg game is here. The Easter Bunny needs food to for all his hard work. Here is a carrot and celery holder for the Easter Bunny. Here is the hand print lamb.