Happy Easter! Again, we tried to pack in a ton of activities for the little ones in a short period of time, for lots of family fun! Our goal is that our children will understand the true meaning of Easter and not just think of it as candy, eggs, bunnies, and baskets. We decided this year to do several resurrection type activities leading up to Easter Sunday before the Easter bunny came to fill our baskets. Our hope is to more meaningful activities leading up to their baskets so that they can understand the importance of Easter and why we celebrate it.
One of favorite activities this year was when we took white carnations and put them in colored waters. The white carnation was to symbolize Christ and his purity, while the colored water represented our sins, or bad choices as we told the kids. Then we got to see how Christ took the sins of the world upon Him as he did in the Garden, as the carnations began to change color according to the waters. The kids LOVED this activity and we even left the flowers in the waters for at least 3 days so the kids could keep checking on them.
We also managed to sneak in our Church Easter Egg Hunt, Making Resurrection Rolls, Coloring Eggs, and Paper Plate tombs. Happy Easter!
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| Before changing colors |
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| Coloring eggs |
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| The Easter Bunny Came..yes even mom and dad got little Easter Baskets :) |
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| Making Resurrection rolls for breakfast on Easter Sunday |
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| Testing out the new sets of markers the Easter Bunny brought |
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| Happy Easter |
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