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Easter egg with cross symbol craft

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 Rachel Ball No Comments

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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 … Read More “Easter egg with cross symbol craft” »

Wax Resist Pictures

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 Rachel Ball No Comments

All age craft, Craft, Family craft idea, Family Ideas, Things to make at home, Wax resist pictures

Wax resist pictures are fun and easy to create. All you need is some paper, wax crayons, watery paint and a paint brush. You can make patterns and pictures – it’s very easy and relatively mess free. If you want to create a pattern then it’s fun to start with taking a crayon for a … Read More “Wax Resist Pictures” »

Use what you have Christmas Collage

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 Rachel Ball No Comments

Christmas, Christmas collage, Christmas craft, Family craft idea, Family Ideas, Use what you have craft

Use what you have to make a Christmas collage. There is so much for us to spend money on at Christmas that it’s a nice change to use what we already have have to make crafts. I always keep Christmas cards as they have great pictures. And those bits of wrapping paper that aren’t quite … Read More “Use what you have Christmas Collage” »

Ascension Day Craft (5-11 year olds)

May 12, 2021April 25, 2022 Rachel Ball No Comments

Ascension Day Craft, Family craft idea, Family Ideas, sunday school craft

All you need – A3 paper x2 Cloud shape cut from A4 card Green and blue paper to make sky and hill Glue Cotton wool to add to cloud Verse from Acts 1:11 (see download below) Cut into a size to fit into the cloud To make the eleven disciples make a paper chain of … Read More “Ascension Day Craft (5-11 year olds)” »

‘Thank you God for yummy food’ craft

April 19, 2021 Rachel Ball No Comments

All age craft, Craft, Family craft idea, Family Ideas, Harvest, Pdf file, Printable, Thank you God for yummy food, Toddler craft

To Make You need A4 card with holes punched at the top (landscape) centre and thread added Stick on lots of pictures of fruit and vegetables (from gardening catalogues) Add the ribbon/banner. See download below. Hang up in the kitchen! While you are making talk about the names of the fruit and vegetables, their colours … Read More “‘Thank you God for yummy food’ craft” »

Beautiful flowers and Jesus’ promise (Sermon on the Mount)

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

Family Bible Time, Family craft idea, Family Ideas, Sermon on the Mount

This is a craft and something to read and think about from the Bible. It’s an idea to help families to look at the Bible together. Enjoy! You need a Bible, glue, paper/card, flower photos from catalogues/magazines, scissors (adult supervision required) and some time to do this together! If you want you can seperate this … Read More “Beautiful flowers and Jesus’ promise (Sermon on the Mount)” »

Star Christmas decoration to make – using lollipop sticks

November 20, 2020October 30, 2023 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Star Christmas decoration to make to hang on the tree! Lots of sequins are needed for this simple star shaped decoration for the Christmas Tree. It’s a fun craft to make and looks lovely as a special home made decoration. The printable banner, ‘Joy to the World’ is a reminder of the great news of … Read More “Star Christmas decoration to make – using lollipop sticks” »

Autumn activity for kids!

October 26, 2020October 27, 2020 Rachel Ball 3 Comments

autumn, Family Ideas, Plant a tree

Several years ago when my children were children (and not adults – how did that happen so fast?!) we planted some conkers in plant pots. Once we had kept the squirrels at bay they began to grow and are now abour six feet tall. They are still in pots as horse chestnut trees can become … Read More “Autumn activity for kids!” »

Cress to grow at home

April 22, 2020April 28, 2020 Rachel Ball No Comments

Family Ideas, Things to make at home

Cress is lovely to grow at home with children because it grows so fast! No long wait to see the seeds sprout. Within a week you have something that you can eat. No need for soil – I used an egg box, some tissues and the seeds. You could make a picture diary of this … Read More “Cress to grow at home” »

Easter Garden to make at home

April 7, 2020March 20, 2025 Rachel Ball 3 Comments

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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 … Read More “Easter Garden to make at home” »

Paper Plate Nativity

December 4, 2019June 29, 2020 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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Links to ‘how to make’ the characters (specifically the angels but the same basic idea is used for Mary, Joseph and the shepherds too) and the manger The stable is a cardboard box covered in tissue paper. If you cover the inside of the box with yellow paint or tissue paper the characters will show … Read More “Paper Plate Nativity” »

Make Your Own Advent Calendar

October 22, 2019October 18, 2022 Rachel Ball No Comments

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All you need to make an advent calendar with Bible verses that help us to prepare for Christmas

Easter egg – messy craft!

April 5, 2017March 2, 2021 Rachel Ball 3 Comments

Easter, Easter egg messy craft, Family craft idea, Family Ideas

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. … Read More “Easter egg – messy craft!” »

Easter decorations!

March 29, 2017 Rachel Ball No Comments

Craft, Easter, Easter with toddlers, Family craft idea, Family Ideas

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!” »

Teach us to pray activity

November 17, 2016January 22, 2024 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

Family craft idea, Family Ideas, Prayer craft, Prayer ideas, sunday school craft

Teach us to pray activity to go with the Bible story from Acts 12:1-19 – Peter in prison. The church met to pray for Peter and their prayers were answered. This take home craft is a reminder to pray. It would be great to use as a family too. Each person could pick a card … Read More “Teach us to pray activity” »

Paper Plate Christingle

November 6, 2015November 6, 2017 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

Christingle craft, Christmas, family Christmas ideas, Family craft idea, Family Ideas, Paper plate craft

I so wanted to make something like this last year but just ran out of time. So this year I was determined to make a craft focusing on Christingle. This is not necessarily instead of making the real thing. This craft could be done as an extra activity or used for very young children that … Read More “Paper Plate Christingle” »

Super-easy icicle Christmas tree decoration

November 17, 2014November 6, 2017 Rachel Ball No Comments

Christmas, Christmas craft, Craft, family Christmas ideas, Family craft idea, Family Ideas

I found this decoration idea on Pinterest. Take a look at the original by Happy Hooligans here. It is so simple and easy to make but also looks great. There is no need for glue or paint either! All you need are some glittery pipe cleaners, beads – I used circular and star shaped and … Read More “Super-easy icicle Christmas tree decoration” »

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