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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” »

Good Friday crafts to make

March 11, 2024April 15, 2026 Rachel Ball No Comments

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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 … Read More “Good Friday crafts to make” »

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” »

Easter Decoration

March 27, 2021 Rachel Ball No Comments

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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. Ribbon A … Read More “Easter Decoration” »

Easter Story Video

March 26, 2021 Rachel Ball No Comments

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Easter Stained Glass

March 23, 2021 Rachel Ball 1 Comment

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How to make your own Easter Stained Glass picture You will need Black paper plate Tacky back Tissue paper in bright colours Cross cut from the plate centre or black paper Glue To make Cut out the centre of the plate (use this to make the cross) Add the tacky back – you need the … Read More “Easter Stained Glass” »

Easter Story Paper Plate Craft

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 Rachel Ball No Comments

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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 … Read More “Easter Story Paper Plate Craft” »

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” »

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…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” »

getting ready for Easter

March 18, 2015March 21, 2022 Rachel Ball No Comments

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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 … Read More “getting ready for Easter” »

Palm Sunday craft

March 17, 2015March 4, 2024 Rachel Ball No Comments

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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 … Read More “Palm Sunday craft” »

Easter decorations – eggs and more eggs

March 28, 2013July 1, 2026 Rachel Ball 3 Comments

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Easter decorations – eggs and more eggs, some to decorate and some to eat! It’s very straightforward to make salt dough eggs but you do need to do this ahead as the dough shapes need to dry out. To make them you need to start with a salt dough. This is very easy. You need … Read More “Easter decorations – eggs and more eggs” »

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” »

Jar of perfume craft – mary anoints Jesus

March 14, 2013February 8, 2015 Rachel Ball 3 Comments

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There are Bible stories that tell us what happened just prior to Jesus’ death and ressurection. One of these stories tells us about mary annointing Jesus’ feet with expensive perfume. As the children had been learning that we are ‘Wonderfully Made’ we started with the familiar – we thanked God for our noses and how they help … Read More “Jar of perfume craft – mary anoints Jesus” »