Easter egg with cross symbol craft ideas for children of all ages! The basic printout of the symbol of the cross hidden in an egg shape can be used in several different ways. Very young children can decorate the egg with crayons and tissue paper. Older children (10 plus) can trace the picture onto tracing… Continue reading Easter egg with cross symbol craft
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Good Friday crafts to make
Good Friday crafts for children to make that use paper plates! One craft uses round paper plates (use cheap plates that can be folded easily) and the other crafts use black and green square plates. (These are available online - take a look here) Good Friday crafts - round paper plate The above craft was… Continue reading Good Friday crafts to make
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. 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
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!
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 Decoration
How to make an Easter Door Wreath You will need A plain wreath shape - or cut out the centre of a paper plate and use the wide rim. Doilie Spring pictures - I used eggs and chicks but flowers would be fine too. See what you can find in magazines and catalogues.RibbonA large cake… Continue reading Easter Decoration
Easter Story Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaWhftH99rc The first Easter!
Easter Stained Glass
Stained glass for Easter How to make your own Easter Stained Glass picture You will need Black paper plate Tacky backTissue paper in bright coloursCross cut from the plate centre or black paperGlue To make Cut out the centre of the plate (use this to make the cross)Add the tacky back - you need the… Continue reading Easter Stained Glass
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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WKPPSFd6C4&t=29s Here's a link to a post with a Palm Sunday Story idea and some palm leaf crafts to make.
Easter Story Paper Plate Craft
Paper plates are just so great for craft ideas (and can be used as storytelling props too) This simple paper plate idea can be used as both. The craft is for a child and adult to make together while talking about the Easter Story. You need - paper plate, tissue paper or similar in green… Continue reading Easter Story Paper Plate Craft
Happy Easter!
'For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God' 2 Corinthians 5:21
Easter Garden to make at home
Easter garden to make at home is a great way to celebrate Easter. The garden is a reminder of the Easter story and is also fun to make. Traditionally an Easter Garden would be made using soil, moss, flowers etc but this version is made entirely from paper and card - if you haven't got… Continue reading Easter Garden to make at home
Easter egg colouring printables
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… Continue reading Easter egg colouring printables
Salt dough egg decorations
Children of almost any age can decorate these simple egg shapes. We've used them at a toddler group, but they would be great for older children who would be able to do more intricate designs or pictures. To make them you need to start with a salt dough. This is very easy. You need 2… Continue reading Salt dough egg decorations
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…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 egg – messy craft!
This is a craft where you get in a bit of a sticky mess - but it's fun! The egg shape is polystyrene. (I bought them from Amazon) I covered it in PVA glue and added tissue paper layers. If you finish off with a layer of glue it'll look shiny. Experiment with the decoration.… Continue reading Easter egg – messy craft!
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 – Friday to Sunday
The story - from Mark 14,15 and John 20 Our story has a sad beginning - Can you look sad? Jesus died on the Friday. He was put in a tomb (cave) and a big stone was put over the entrance. His friends were very sad and frightened. A whole day went by - that… Continue reading On the way to Easter with Peter – Friday to Sunday
Time to make an Easter Garden!
This is a great activity to do with your own children/grandchildren. All you need is a container, some compost, stones, some plants/moss from the garden/seeds and a tomb shape - this could be made from plasticine or clay. It's a great outdoor activity or, if indoors, cover the area where you are making it with… Continue reading Time to make an Easter Garden!
On the way to Easter with Peter – Peter denies Jesus
Sometimes I like to give the parents/carers and children some actions to do during the story. We practise the actions first and then the idea is that everyone joins in at the right moment in the story! Actions - running (either on the spot or making sound of running with hands tapping knees, stars in… Continue reading On the way to Easter with Peter – Peter denies Jesus
On the way to Easter with Peter – Jesus’ last meal
On the way to Easter with Peter - Jesus' last meal Bible story. Bible references - Â Mark 14 and Luke 22 (see also the accounts in Matthew and John). The following is a story idea for toddlers. Some of the details have been omitted as this age group would find all the details bewildering! As… Continue reading On the way to Easter with Peter – Jesus’ last meal
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
Palm leaf craft
This is a very easy palm leaf craft. The basic shape is cut from construction paper (5 at a time). Then there are two shades of tissue paper, squares of green construction paper and some shiny cellophane - this was not great to cut up as it clings to you! It'll look nice and I like to… Continue reading Palm leaf craft
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
Easter chickens – paper plate craft
I found this via Pinterest - it's originally from this website http://krokotak.com/ which is full of absolutely great ideas. The idea for my simple chicken came from here http://krokotak.com/2012/11/cut-away-some-paper-animals/. My version is a bit simpler as I was cutting out quite a few for our toddler group. If you wanted to you could place these on the breakfast… Continue reading Easter chickens – paper plate craft
easter wreath – recycled egg boxes!
To make this colourful wreath the children need egg boxes, ready mix paint, a paper plate cut into a ring, double sided glue squares (we used Sellotape sticky fixers) and some foam shapes and if you want a bow, crepe paper. (Don't unfold it simply cut strips from a new pack) For very young children… Continue reading easter wreath – recycled egg boxes!
Easter sun catchers
Jesus enters Jerusalem – Palm sunday
To make these pictures I started with a roll of paper from Ikea and drew a road. The buildings and trees were added. As you tell the story you can add all the things you need. The cloaks were cut from material, the donkey has pegs for legs. The people were copied from this book… Continue reading Jesus enters Jerusalem – Palm sunday
getting ready for Easter
Here are some craft and baking ideas to help celebrate Easter with the links to the original posts! This week I will be getting some brand new ideas together too. I can't believe that we are almost at Easter already when Christmas doesn't seem all that long ago. Easter Nests (only suitable for ages 5plus… Continue reading getting ready for Easter
Palm Sunday craft
Palm Sunday craft to make. A few ideas that are fun to make! The story of Palm Sunday (or the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem) is from Luke 19, Mark 11, John 12 and Matthew 21. It is the beginning of the end of Jesus' life on the earth. In Mark's gospel we read that, 'they… Continue reading Palm Sunday craft
Easter garden
We made an Easter Garden for our Toddler Group Story Time. A very simple but effective visual aid. Older children could make their own. You need Tray or baking tin (I used a baking tin) Foil to cover the tray/tin Potting compost Moss (if you do this ahead you could plant seeds - I wasn't… Continue reading Easter garden
Spring/Easter wreath craft (DIY)
To make this simple wreath you will need Paper plates with the centre cut out Leaf shapes cut from sugar paper (construction paper) Petits fours paper cases Buttons/Tissue paper Glue (preferably PVA as everything will stick better) Glue spreaders To make Begin by gluing leaves to the paper plate ring. Add the petits fours cases… Continue reading Spring/Easter wreath craft (DIY)
Chocolate Easter Egg Nests to make with Kids aged 5 and over!
This is a yummy make for older children. Mini eggs are a chocking hazard so don't use this in a toddler or preschool group. It's over 5's only. All you need for this simple cooking craft is in the picture above. Shredded wheat cereal (not the bite sized shreddies) , milk chocolate, mini chocolate eggs… Continue reading Chocolate Easter Egg Nests to make with Kids aged 5 and over!