Easter and Spring Activities

The past two weeks we have focused on:

• Easter
• Spring

In the beginning of the week we updated the window clings to Easter. The boys had a great time placing the window clings on the windows, although I know you can't tell by these facial expressions. Buzz and Woody helped too!

Our Easter books from the Library

We used a great activity from Reading Confetti that the boys really enjoyed.

Mommy sporting the silly bunny glasses I picked up at the Dollar Tree.

I also picked up two Spring crafts from the Dollar Tree that the boys loved!

While playing with playdoh, JP said "Mommy, did you know play doh and cheese feel the same?" I then enjoyed having a conversation with him about his thinking. We discussed words such as soft, smooth, rough, and hard.

I had the boys match the colored pom poms to the plastic eggs.

CA and JP also made Easter cards for their cousins with these fun, foam stickers.

We had an awesome time celebrating the resurrection of our Risen Lord together as a family. I hope you and yours also had a Happy Easter!

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Happy Easter!!!

Happy Easter from our family to yours!

We've had a wonderful weekend celebrating our Risen Lord together! I do hope you and your families have all had time to reflect on the greatness of our Lord!

Easter Sensory Bin

So I've been wanting to make the boys' Easter sensory bin for awhile now and today I finally assembled it! Better late than never, right?

I had a lot of fun making this bin for them! I colored rice for the first time and it was so fun and easy! The boys even helped with the food coloring and shaking of the ziploc bag!

Items in the Sensory Bin:

• Colored Rice for scooping, pouring, dumping
• Easter/Spring Erasers-Target $1 section
• Easter themed measuring spoons- a gift from my sweet mama
• Plastic Easter eggs- recycled from last year

JP's first exploration of the bin. At first he was tentative, but then he enjoyed hiding the erasers.

Little brother joined the fun! Both of them enjoyed scooping the rice.

I think CA likes it!

 I look forward to watching them explore, scoop, dump, pour,make patterns, and just have fun!

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Easter Muffin Tin Meal

 I am LOVING making muffin tin meals for the boys! I just find it a new, fun, creative way to present lunch!

I made them an Easter themed muffin tin meal with green liners, and Easter toppers. I had bought this set of liners after Easter year on sale and now I have a great use for them. I do plan to also make cupcakes or muffins soon with them.

Easter Muffin Tin Meal:

• Peanut Butter and Honey Sandwich in the shape of an Easter egg
• Peaches
• Bananas
• Sliced carrots
• Yogurt with sprinkles
• Mozzarella stick cheese cut up

 

JP wanted to help, so he lined his pan with the liners. Love his helpful heart! 

I encouraged the boys to at least take two bites of each cup. JP ate almost all of his muffin tin. CA wasn't as interested in  his lunch as he was the fruit smoothie I made to go with it. Oh well, I put saran wrap over it and saved it for his afternoon snack!

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Foam Easter Wreath

 This morning the boys and I made an easy foam Easter Wreath.

Materials:
Two packages of foam Easter egg stickers found at Walmart for .97!
A paper plate
Foam letter stickers
A hole punch and ribbon

 I cut the center out of the paper plate, dumped out the stickers and let the boys have fun! I encouraged them to cover all the white on the plate.

 I love to watch them work on their fine motor skills by peeling the back of the stickers off. Once JP said, "This is awesome Mommy!" I love it when they love an easy, yet purposeful craft!

I also had JP help me with the sounds of the words "Happy Easter" and they both helped put the letters on the wreath.

 I have to say I am enjoying our new colorful, Easter wreath on the front door!

I consider this activity thrifty, frugal, fun and educational! What a win-win for us all!

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