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… Continue reading On the way to Easter…paper plate pictures
Category: Easter with toddlers
Let’s Make a Paper Plate Basket!
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 Paper plate (9in/23cm diameter) Scissors Stapler Hole Punch Pipe cleaner (12in/30cm length) Stickers to decorate Tissue paper to put… Continue reading Let’s Make a Paper Plate Basket!
God Knows When I Feel Sad and When I Feel Happy
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… Continue reading God Knows When I Feel Sad and When I Feel Happy
Easter Craft – a paper Easter Garden
Easter Garden Craft 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… Continue reading Easter Craft – a paper Easter Garden
God Knows when I feel….excited!
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… Continue reading God Knows when I feel….excited!
Easter Story Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaWhftH99rc The first Easter!
Palm Sunday Story Video
Palm Sunday Story Video is a short retelling of Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem. You can read the story in John 12:12-19 https://videopress.com/v/2cM5pVQR?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata I made this video for toddler group. You are very welcome to use it 🙂 Here's a link to a post with a Palm Sunday Story idea and some palm leaf crafts to… Continue reading Palm Sunday Story Video
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 then maybe print the shape onto… Continue reading Easter egg colouring printables
We’ve arrived at Easter!
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… Continue reading We’ve arrived at Easter!
On the Way to Easter…Palm Sunday Story
Jesus rides into Jerusalem
On the Way to Easter…Mary
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… Continue reading On the Way to Easter…Mary
On the Way to Easter…Zacchaeus
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… Continue reading On the Way to Easter…Zacchaeus
On the Way to Easter…Bartimaeus
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… Continue reading On the Way to Easter…Bartimaeus
On the Way to Easter.. the Rich Young Man
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… Continue reading On the Way to Easter.. the Rich Young Man
On the way to Easter…paper plate pictures
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… Continue reading On the way to Easter…paper plate pictures
Easter and Spring craft ideas
Here are some Easter and Spring craft ideas that I've enjoyed making over the past few years.
The Last Supper – Luke 22
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… Continue reading The Last Supper – Luke 22
Easter at toddler group
Lovely crafts were made today ..
Easter Wreath Decoration
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… Continue reading Easter Wreath Decoration
Easter Ideas
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… Continue reading Easter Ideas
Palm Sunday Craft
Palm Sunday craft idea
Easter decorations!
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.… Continue reading Easter decorations!
On the way to Easter – with Peter
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… Continue reading On the way to Easter – with Peter
Easter story – Go Teach
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… Continue reading Easter story – Go Teach
Easter with toddlers
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… Continue reading Easter with toddlers
Palm Sunday – Palm leaf craft
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… Continue reading Palm Sunday – Palm leaf craft