Saturday we had a cousins Easter party. There was sugar cookie decorating pin the tail on the bunny and of course….. the Egg Hunt! Having fun with cousins is definitely a simple pleasure. What brings you simple pleasure? © 2007-2011 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC […]
Archives for April 2011
Some giveaway winners and Wordfull Wednesday Topic
Random.org picked these two lucky ladies to win the Lamb of God CD. Congratulations Cellista and Judi! Please e-mail me your addresses at chocolateonmycranium {at} live {dot} com and we’ll get the CD’s sent to you asap. The random winner from April’s Wordfull Wednesday participants is Carrie from One more thing. She wins this sweet […]
Sewing Basics: Sewing Along Lines
After having fun sewing all the different stitches our sewing machine can do we take a step back and learn to follow lines drawn on paper using the basic straight stitch on our machine. Do this with an old needle (or change the needle after doing this as paper will dull it) and NO THREAD. […]
An Easter Countdown: HE LIVES!!
We have had a wonderful blessed Easter! After speaking to my two oldest on skype first thing this morning (they are in Barcelona), we finished preparing for church. I snapped this picture of my children with their new dresses (and tie for the boy!) before getting in the van. Edited: Yes, I sewed all their […]
An Easter Countdown: Judgment
This activity goes along with day fifteen of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. Washington CD Temple Mural (click on picture to enlarge) Today’s activity was short and simple. We discussed the artwork chosen for the day, the mural at the Washington DC Temple. We looked at the faces and positions of the people in […]
An Easter Countdown: The Second Coming
This activity goes along with day fourteen of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. Sometimes talking about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, especially all the signs and calamities that will occur before, can be scary for younger children, and even teenagers as my husband found out when discussing this with the youth at a […]
An Easter Countdown: Testimony of the Apostles
This activity goes along with day thirteen of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. Our activity today involved listening to and watching videos of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles bear their “Special Witnesses of Christ.” If you click on the title next to each picture on that page it will open […]
An Easter Countdown: His Priesthood and Church are Restored
This activity goes along with day twelve of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. When Joseph was a missionary he used labeled cups to teach about the apostasy and restoration of the gospel. I have seen other versions but none as detailed as his. He still uses them to teach people! I know the youth […]
An Easter Countdown: His Other Sheep
This craft goes along with day eleven of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. I forgot to post this yesterday! So sorry. We just made simple salt dough sheep to hang as ornaments on our Easter tree. Salt Dough Recipe 2 cups flour 1 cup salt 1/2 – 3/4 cup water Mix flour and salt […]
Wordfull Wednesday: Easter Memories
Fudge having fun with Easter eggs two years ago Growing up Easter was always a favorite holiday of mine. When I was little (under 6) my mother would throw Easter parties for my friends and cousins. I faintly remember running around the outside of our brick house looking for eggs. It was so much fun […]
An Easter Countdown: The Risen Lord
This craft goes along with day ten of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. To show how the tomb was empty on Easter morning we have done this craft every year since my oldest was very little. It has been so long since I’ve been using this that I can’t remember where I got the […]
Branding Time
A hundred or so calves face off against ‘real’ cowboys on horses and ranchers waiting to ear tag, immunize, castrate the bull calves, and brand. Sounds like fun, right? It is! Unless your one of the calves… We haven’t just been caught up in doing our Easter Countdown this past week. Branding was on Wednesday, […]
Snippets of Wisdom
There were so many good things to read in these week’s historical April 15, 1873 Women’s Exponent. I had a hard time deciding what to write on! So instead of trying to narrow it down I’m sharing some of my favorite ‘snippets of wisdom.’ The “influence of a smile” “There is nothing which makes the […]
An Easter Countdown: Calvary’s Cross
This activity goes along with day nine of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. Can you believe we have never made hot cross buns before? We made this recipe (using raisins and dried cranberries). While the dough was rising we made stained glass windows – one of my children’s favorite art projects to do. Materials […]
An Easter Countdown: Betrayal and Trial of Jesus
This activity goes along with day eight of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. For our activity today we did another art study. I divided the children up into two groups. One group received The Flagellation of our Lord Jesus Christ by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (above), the other group received Behold the Man by Antonio Ciseri […]