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 the one here. The playdough will last a couple of weeks before it dries out – so this won’t keep for ever – but… Read More Easter with toddlers
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… Read More Easter chickens – paper plate craft
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… Read More Jesus enters Jerusalem – Palm sunday
This year Palm Sunday is 29 March. The story 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 (Jesus and his disciples and followers) were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and… Read More Palm Sunday craft
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… Read More Easter garden
Children of almost any age can decorate these simple egg shapes. We used them at toddler group today, 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… Read More Easter decorations – eggs and more eggs
