Decorating for Easter

It's taken me longer than usual but  I finally took 45 minutes this morning and switched out the fall / winter decorations in the house and replaced them with some springtime flowers and my homemade Resurrection eggs.  Take a few minutes to add some color and lighten up the inside of your home if you haven't already done so.  You (and your family) will love it!

Spring Easter Decorations Resurrection Eggs

Spring Easter Decorations

Good Friday : It Is Finished

Good Friday.  Some may wonder what's so good about it? Christ was crucified and died a humiliating, painful death on the cross, deserted by most of His followers and was then buried in a borrowed tomb.

The only thing even remotely similar to this that I can think of is a woman in labor giving birth to her baby.  The pain is truly excruciating (I know, I've borne two children) but when it's over the joy of holding your  newborn baby is overwhelming.  Not sure I've actually forgotten completely how much it hurt, but for the love of my children I would do it all over again...for them.

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Thank You, Lord, for enduring the cross for us as Your children so that we can have eternal life... May we (I) never neglect being thankful for this every single day.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me."

Making Homemade Easter / Resurrection Eggs, Part 1

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This year (2012),  Good Friday is on April 6 and Easter is on April 8

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I'm a little behind on this since I've been sick. Good Friday is next week, April 2, with Easter the following Sunday, April 4.   When my older son was about 3 years old, we made these eggs together.  You can purchase "Resurrection Eggs" from various sites online, but they are much more meaningful and educational if you make them together with your child(ren) yourself. Once you make them, one egg is opened each day from Palm Sunday through Easter with scriptures read for each day. Inside each egg is  a small item related to the scripture.  You could also make ONE each day and use it as your Easter learning time with your children the first time you make them.  We made them all in a couple of days, then opened them throughout Easter week.

We have had these eggs for almost 18 years and they are still in great shape, carefully stored after each Easter.  When I set them out, I have fond memories both with my older son who helped make them and with my younger son as he opened and learned from them as a young child.  They are currently sitting in our living room for the Lenten season.

To make these eggs:

You'll need these basic supplies:

• straw basket
• purple cloth (represents royalty of Christ)
• white cloth (represents forgiveness from our sins)
• a dozen plastic LARGE eggs that open and shut
• glue gun or Elmer's glue (we used Elmer's white glue)
• sequins, stars, stickers, jewels, decorative add-ons
• fabric paint or colored Sharpies
• your Bible

We spent one session just decorating the eggs.  Round up your supplies.  You may already have everything on hand except the sequins, jewels and begin decorating the outside of the eggs.  I'll continue this tomorrow (maybe later today if I have time).   It's a fun craft for your kids and an easy way to teach the truths about Jesus' Resurrection during the Easter season.