I cannot believe we celebrate Easter this week! It definitely seems early this year, but that's okay with me because it's one of my favorite holidays. While Easter baskets and eggs are fun traditions, our family puts a big focus on Christ's resurrection during Easter. To make this part of our preschool at home lessons, I put together a packet of Christ-centered learning printables. I'm excited to share that I'm offering it FREE to you all, too! In these Easter printables, you'll find the … [Read more...]
Plastic Egg Water Wall
Have you ever just had an idea come to you? That's how this activity came to be. I was looking at the plastic Easter eggs that we re-use every year and was noticing the small holes on the bottom. It made me think of how they could be made into a fun water wall for my child to play with. So that's what I did! Lincoln helped me create this and he is super proud of it. In fact, he claims HE came up with the idea, so I let him take the credit! :) It was incredibly fun! We tried it with plain … [Read more...]
Egg Patterns Printable
I love how colorful and cheery Easter eggs are. Dying eggs is my boys' favorite thing to do around the Easter holiday. They just look so cute! As I was thinking about dying eggs, I thought of this idea for a printable. This egg patterns printable practices recognizing patterns with the colored eggs. There are four sheets in this printable PDF. Each page works on different patterns: ABAB (orange, apple, orange, apple) ABC (orange, apple pear) AABB (orange, orange, apple, … [Read more...]
Plastic Egg Stamping and Counting Activity
Easter is just around the corner! Do you have plastic eggs around your house? If so, they will be perfect to use with this hands-on activity. This plastic egg stamping and counting activity is a great way to work on math skills, and it's also fun! Here's what you need for the activity: plastic egg halves washable paint paper plates printable (download at the bottom of this post) To do the activity, have your child dip the egg halves into paint and stamp them onto the … [Read more...]
27 Easter Activities for Kids
Easter is coming up! This holiday sure snuck up on me. There are so many fun Easter related activities so I decided I would share 27 of my favorite Easter activities for kids. I love activities that represent the true reason for Easter -- Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. We make that the focus of this holiday in our family, but we also think it's fun to do bunny and chick crafts! Simply click on the links below to take you to each post. Easter Letter Sound Match Game from … [Read more...]
Marshmallow Egg Treats
Have you ever gone to the grocery store and made an impulse purchase? I'm sure you have! Well, that happened to me last week when I spotted some egg shaped marshmallows. I had never seen them before and just HAD to get them. While they tasted really great on their own, my creative side wanted to come up with a fun kid dessert for Easter. My kids (and husband) were big fans of these marshmallow egg treats! These turned out great and they are super simple to make! How to Make the Marshmallow … [Read more...]
What’s The Best Way to Decorate Eggs?
I love finding new ways to color eggs. There are so many unique ways to decorate eggs, but it can be hard to know which ones are easy for kids and which ones really turn out well. Today I'm sharing 7 ways to decorate eggs AND I'm judged them! Yep. I said it. I'm judged them on how kid-friendly they are, how messy the activity is, the overall appearance, and how well I recommend doing it. I judged them on a scale from 1-5 (1 being low and 5 being high). 1. Melted Crayon Eggs This … [Read more...]
Our Easter Family Traditions
We strongly focus on the cross the resurrection of Jesus for Easter. We tell our boys over and over that this is the real reason for celebrating Easter. Bunnies and eggs are just for fun. One way we do this is with Resurrection Eggs. It is a simple way and visual representation of what Jesus did for us on the cross. We also love the VeggieTales Easter movie about Easter. We also do commercial traditions, such as dyeing eggs, egg hunts, baskets, etc. Although there are SO many ways to … [Read more...]
12 Fun Games Using Plastic Eggs
Easter is around the corner, which means colorful plastics eggs are in stock at stores! Of course you can use them for Easter, but there are so many other ways to use these inexpensive plastic eggs besides just filling them up for Easter baskets. We've been playing some fun games with these and today I'm excited to share 12 games with you! 1. Shake and Roll Game For this game, just fill 5-10 plastic eggs with material from around the house. I used rice, beans, salt, pom poms, buttons, … [Read more...]
Letter Sound Matching Game
I love Target! Every time I'm there, I browse their dollar section. Last week, I found some adorable foam eggs! I grabbed a few packs and I'm so glad I did because they were sold out a few days later! When I snagged these eggs, I thought they would make a great alphabet letter matching game, but I realized we've done a lot of matching games (like this one) and my son is working more on beginning letter sounds. So, I created a letter sound matching game for my 4-year-old. For this game, I put … [Read more...]