Our activity for day one was very low-stress. Because we do so many crafts around Christmastime based on the Nativity etc, I decided to do an art study with the painting by Gerard Van Honthorst.
We talked about the painting, where your eyes are naturally drawn to because of the use of light, and the expressions on their faces. Then each child {well, the younger ones} tried their hand at drawing the painting. Here are their results:
Counterclockwise from upper left: Truffle (10), Fudge(8), Cookie(6)
top: Special Dark (4) notice baby Jesus’s little feet sticking up from the manger, bottom: Brownie (12)
This activity goes along with day one of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown.
Hey Cocoa I wanted to print out the extra reading but wasn’t able to click on those links though they were highlighted. Am I doing something wrong?
Hmm…the links work on this end. They are set to open in a new window so don’t right click on them as I have right clicking disabled on the blog.
We are so excited to start the Easter Countdown with our two children (4, 2). Obviously, we will have to modify some things but overall we are super excited.