Easter Activities

We started our week by talking about Jesus and his entrance into Jerusalem while people rejoiced. The boys painted white tissue paper palm leaves with water color paint. They turned out pretty neat. I was glad to find that idea online!

We talked about how Judas betrayed Jesus by telling the leaders where Jesus was in exchange for 30 coins. I cut 30 coins for each. We counted them aloud. Ollie punched holes in his and strung them onto a piece of yarn to work on hand eye coordination and fine motor skills. Dawson simply glued them to paper. Neither boy used all thirty.

On Wednesday, we hosted an Easter party. I will so a blog on that separately. To prepare for the paper, Ollie and Dawson helped me to make egg shaped cookies. There is a lot of symbolism behind the egg. We talked mostly about how when the eggs are empty they represent the empty tomb because Jesus is alive!

On Thursday, we did two things. First, the boys, nana and I dyed eggs. What a disaster! I have to say that it was not my proudest mommy moment. I was a lunatic. First, Ollie tried to eat one of the dye tablets because he thought it was candy. Then, Dawson dumped the vinegar out onto the table. Ollie continually picked up the dye cups and sloshed them around. Dawson took a bite out of an egg--shell and all! OH MY WORD! At one point I think I said, "This is supposed to be fun!" haha. Lesson learned. Tell them what will happen before you set dye on the table dumby!

While Dawson napped, Ollie and I created a tomb scene. I found this idea on Confessions of a Homeschooler. For complete instructions, go to the link above. I scaled down the size of ours. I bought a much smaller plastic tray for the bottom. I used half of a plastic egg for the tomb. Ollie was a mad man with the grass seed which he sprinkled on top.

 Today, the boys and I made a blue construction paper Jesus to put inside the tomb. The rock is now in front of the tomb. Guess who won't be inside the tomb on Sunday morning?