Home Grown Hearts: GIVEAWAY: Magnetic Pom Poms

Home Grown Hearts: GIVEAWAY: Magnetic Pom Poms

Resurrection eggs

I purchased a set of Resurrection eggs yesterday for our family to use during Lent. The kids really got into the advent wreath and reading the Bible passage and lighting the candles. They seem to be at that age where they find it interesting and are old enough to take it seriously and be respectful and listen when we read bible passages. We need to do this more often and I thought the resurrection eggs would be a great activity for us AND get us to do more bible study/reading with the kids. I only wish I had done some internet research prior to my purchase. If I had done my research I would have found the following great sites to guide me in making my own egg set! :( It seems pretty easy to make these. SO, if you decide to make your own here are a few different versions.

http://blog.wantingwhatyouhave.com/2009/03/make-your-own-resurrection-eggs.html

http://www.easyfunschool.com/article2110.html

http://www.rainbowcastle.org/resurrectioneggs.html

http://www.smithsroom.com/resurrection_eggs.htm

http://stretchmarkmama.blogspot.com/2009/03/make-your-own-set-of-resurrection-eggs.html

http://www.econobusters.com/?p=1044

making heart crayons

For Valentines day, Allie and I took a bunch of old and broken crayons and recycled them into pretty crayons to give to classmates! We used a silicone mold to make cute heart shapes. It was a quick and easy way to make use of our excess crayon stash. We then made cards on the computer that said "valentine you make my world colorful" complete with a pretty heart in the center to affix the crayon onto. The pictures above show my assistant and I working on our project. I did learn (after the project was over) that if you soak your crayons in cold water first it makes taking the labels off MUCH easier! Something to remember for next time! :)