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On the way to Easter…paper plate pictures

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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On the way to Easter paper plate pictures that help to tell the story of the first Easter. In the Gospels Jesus meets several people when he is on his last journey to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover for the final time. So four of our stories are about the people that met Jesus as … Read More “On the way to Easter…paper plate pictures” »

Let’s Make a Paper Plate Basket!

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Make a basket using a large paper plate! This is a great basket to make for an Easter Egg Hunt. See end of post for some other ideas too! Baskets are really useful! All you need How to make the baskets If making these with young children you may want to do several of the … Read More “Let’s Make a Paper Plate Basket!” »

God Knows When I Feel Sad and When I Feel Happy

March 30, 2022February 20, 2025 Rachel Ball No Comments

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God knows when I feel sad and when I feel happy is a toddler friendly version of the Easter Story. We focus on how Jesus’ friends felt and how they were sad because he had died and then happy at the conclusion of the story. This is a suitable way to tell the Easter story … Read More “God Knows When I Feel Sad and When I Feel Happy” »

Easter Craft – a paper Easter Garden

March 29, 2022February 28, 2024 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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Easter Craft – a paper Easter Garden that is easy to make. Easter Gardens are lovely but if you don’t have the time to make a garden with soil and real plants then this is a simple alternative. It is a great reminder of the Story of Easter. To make the Easter Garden you need … Read More “Easter Craft – a paper Easter Garden” »

God Knows when I feel….excited!

March 21, 2022February 20, 2025 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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God knows when I feel excited is all about Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem. Children are often excited so it’s great to tell a story they will relate to. This story from Matthew 21 is about the excited crowd who welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem. Traditionally this event is called Palm Sunday. It begins the week of … Read More “God Knows when I feel….excited!” »

Easter Story Video

March 26, 2021 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Palm Sunday Story Video

March 22, 2021July 1, 2026 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Palm Sunday Story Video is a short retelling of Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem. You can read the story in John 12:12-19 Here’s a link to a post with a Palm Sunday Story idea and some palm leaf crafts to make.

Easter egg colouring printables

April 6, 2020July 1, 2026 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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Easter egg colouring printables! These A4 Easter Egg designs can be coloured or made into collages. Whatever you feel like doing! I’ve used wax crayons (you can blend the colours!), felt tips, tissue paper and some sugar paper circles. Cut out the egg shape after you’ve decorated it. If you want to paint the eggs … Read More “Easter egg colouring printables” »

We’ve arrived at Easter!

April 2, 2020April 27, 2026 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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We’ve arrived at Easter! We have traveled along the road to Jerusalem to reach the first Easter. Each week we’ve met different people that Jesus met on his journey and now we are at the end of our journey. This weeks story is the Easter Story .. to tell it you need puppets or dolls … Read More “We’ve arrived at Easter!” »

On the Way to Easter…Palm Sunday Story

March 25, 2020February 28, 2024 Rachel Ball 2 Comments

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Jesus rides into Jerusalem

On the Way to Easter…Mary

March 18, 2020June 29, 2020 Rachel Ball 7 Comments

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The story is from John 12:1-8 Jesus had almost arrived at Jerusalem! He had travelled a long way. How lovely that he was able to go to his friends house. Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha were good friends of Jesus. They wanted to do something special for him so they had a dinner … Read More “On the Way to Easter…Mary” »

On the Way to Easter…Zacchaeus

March 9, 2020June 29, 2020 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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Jesus is now in Jericho on his way to Jerusalem. Last time he met Bartimaeus. Now he meets Zacchaeus. Two very different people! To tell the story… from Luke 19:1-10 Have a tree – you can make one from a pringle container or draw one – and a person to represent Zacchaeus. Place Zacchaeus in … Read More “On the Way to Easter…Zacchaeus” »

On the Way to Easter…Bartimaeus

March 4, 2020March 6, 2024 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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On the Way to Easter Bartimaeus. We are beginning to get ready for Easter at toddler group. This year we are going on the last journey that Jesus made into Jerusalem, meeting some of the people that Jesus met. Last week we met the Rich Young Man. This time on the Way to Easter we … Read More “On the Way to Easter…Bartimaeus” »

On the Way to Easter.. the Rich Young Man

February 26, 2020June 29, 2020 Rachel Ball 2 Comments

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We are beginning to get ready for Easter at toddler group. This year we are going on the last journey that Jesus made into Jerusalem, meeting some of the people that Jesus met. Our first story is from Luke 18:18-23 and Mark 10:17-22. A rich young man comes to find Jesus as he is travelling … Read More “On the Way to Easter.. the Rich Young Man” »

On the way to Easter…paper plate pictures

February 21, 2020February 19, 2024 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

On the way to Easter paper plate pictures that help to tell the story of the first Easter. Next half term at Thursday toddler group we will be travelling along the road to Easter. In the Gospels Jesus meets several people when he is on this last journey to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover for … Read More “On the way to Easter…paper plate pictures” »

Easter and Spring craft ideas

March 30, 2019April 3, 2020 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Here are some Easter and Spring craft ideas that I’ve enjoyed making over the past few years.

The Last Supper – Luke 22

March 27, 2019April 27, 2026 Rachel Ball 2 Comments

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The Last Supper. As part of the bigger Easter Story we’ve told the story of Jesus’ last meal with his disciples from Luke 22:7-20. The props are very simple -see the pictures below. The craft is straight forward too and there is a free printable. The Last Supper story idea The big city of Jerusalem … Read More “The Last Supper – Luke 22” »

Easter at toddler group

March 29, 2018 Rachel Ball 3 Comments

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Lovely crafts were made today ..

Easter Wreath Decoration

March 23, 2018 Rachel Ball 3 Comments

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Sometimes I have cut out wreath shapes from paper plates but when you need to make 50 that can take a while! So when I found that Baker Ross were selling cardboard wreath shapes I was really keen to try them out. As you can see they are dark brown, obviously made of card and … Read More “Easter Wreath Decoration” »

Easter Ideas

March 19, 2018 Rachel Ball No Comments

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I’ve spent part of today making Easter crafts ready for the next couple of weeks of toddler group. The above is a collection of all the things we’ve done to celebrate Easter over the past six years. When I look at some of them I am amazed that I made the time to prepare 60 … Read More “Easter Ideas” »

Palm Sunday Craft

March 9, 2018March 9, 2018 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Easter decorations!

March 29, 2017 Rachel Ball No Comments

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This craft is suitable for all ages – you may have to vary how you decorate the shapes. I used air drying modelling clay to make flowers and eggs. These were cut using cookie cutters. The shapes need time to dry out – a couple of days. We’ll be decorating flower shapes at Toddler Group. … Read More “Easter decorations!” »

On the way to Easter – with Peter

March 3, 2017March 3, 2017 Rachel Ball No Comments

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The fish outline is a free download from :- <a href=”https://clipartfest.com/”>clipartfest.com</a> The colourful ‘scales’ are mini cup cake cases cut in half. I bought them from Amazon. The fins are the cases cut into quarters. We were doing the story of Peter being called to follow Jesus from Mark 1:16. As Peter was a fisherman … Read More “On the way to Easter – with Peter” »

Easter story – Go Teach

February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Easter is nearly here! At least the schools break up in about five weeks time. We’ll be telling the Easter story nearly two weeks before the Easter weekend so it feels closer than it is. If you are looking for a simple telling of the Easter story then Go Teach Toddlers Book 2 is one … Read More “Easter story – Go Teach” »

Easter with toddlers

January 7, 2016April 1, 2026 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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Easter with toddlers! There are some lovely Easter Garden ideas in this post and if you read to the end an Easter Story video. A simple Easter garden is a great way to introduce young children to Easter. You can use natural materials such as soil/compost and leaves or you can make a garden like … Read More “Easter with toddlers” »

Palm Sunday – Palm leaf craft

March 20, 2013October 11, 2019 Rachel Ball 2 Comments

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Easter is nearly here! In toddler group we have been learning about being ‘Wonderfully made’ and have already talkied about our mouths that shout, whisper and taste’ and our ears that can ‘hear shouts and whispers’. The Bible story that we are using to develop this is the Palm Sunday story that we read in … Read More “Palm Sunday – Palm leaf craft” »