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: 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 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 […]
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 […]
An Easter Countdown: He Instituted the Sacrament
This activity goes along with day six of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. The older ones (6 & up) did this worksheet as a review after our discussion today. I printed off this booklet and had my four-year old tell me the story using his own words while looking at each picture as a […]
An Easter Countdown: Jesus Taught the Truths of Eternity
This activity goes along with day five of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. For our activity today we focused on the portion of the Living Christ that states “and the potential for the sons and daughters of God in the life to come.” I held up an apple seed and asked my littlest ones […]
An Easter Countdown: The Miracles of Jesus
This activity goes along with day four of The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown. Our children divided up into three teams – an older child paired with a younger one – and each team wrote down all the miracles performed by Jesus that they could remember. We then watched this video and I had them […]
Sewing Basics: Learning About Your Sewing Machine
Sewing won the home making poll from last week so the next several weeks my home making posts will cover the lessons I teach my beginning sewers (ha! s-oh-er rather than s-ew-er). In our house my children are very spoiled. When they turn eight years old Grandma and Grandpa buy them their own sewing machine! […]
An Easter Countdown: The Birth of Jesus Christ
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 […]
The Living Christ: An Easter Countdown
There is a new updated 30 Day Easter Countdown here! Easter is one of the most spiritual beautiful holidays! To celebrate the atonement and resurrection of Jesus Christ and what it means in our lives is truly to reflect on the whole purpose of why we are here and on HE who makes it possible […]
Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole
When I lived in Georgia my favorite restaurant to eat at was the Cracker Barrel. I loved looking at all the old-fashioned toys, playing checkers, or doing the peg I.Q. game while waiting for our food to arrive. Mmmmmm….it was good ol’ down home cooking! One of my favorite stand by’s was the hash brown […]
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