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ren to the story of christ s sacrifice for us with something tangible that they could see hold and feel while they were listening to the story for us invariably pieces get lost over time regardless of how diligent we are to put them away when jacque came out with this little resurrection egg printable it made perfect sense if one piece gets lost or torn just print off another one directions on how to use this activity print off the egg sheet onto cardstock you can easy have a printer quick copy place do it for you then have them laminate the sheet cut out each of the eggs and insert them into a set of plastic easter eggs you can store these in an egg carton if you wish make sure it s clean and dry if you re recycling one and store a folded copy of the scripture references in the top then have the kids paint and decorate the egg carton on the outside alternatively you can use this as a board activity for your sunday school group you can begin this activity on the 2nd sunday before easter or just do it in one sitting a few days before easter i plan on having my 12yo present it this year each day as part of our extended devotional leading up to and through holy week this will give him a chance to share his knowledge in his own words and begin to grow his faith by sharing with others leave a comment from holidays crafts tricks and treats for st patrick s day march 15 2012 tags st patrick s day i m over at the sweet shoppe designs blog today sharing some ideas to celebrate st patrick s day i hope you ll join me and here s one sweet easy craft you can do that i found this morning it s just darling from the blog the crafting chicks leave a comment from holidays the lenten cross a devotional for easter february 22 2012 tags ash wednesday craft crucifixion easter homeschool jacque larsen jesse tree jesus lent lilypad religion resurrection note unfortunately jacque no longer sells this kit at lilypad i cannot share the file as it is not my creation and it wouldn t be right for me to share but you can see the photos and create something like it for yourself ash wednesday begins the lenten season a season of reflection devotion and for some sacrifice as we ponder on the sacrifice god made for those whom he loves so dearly it is the holiest season for christianity i wanted to do a devotion for lent that is much like the jesse tree for christmas and had a hard time finding more than the resurrection egg activity which we will definitely do then jacque larsen showed me a devotional piece she was working on much like her jesse tree craft and wham this is it it follows the messianic prophecies through the old testament and matches each with its fulfillment in the crucifixion narrative lenten cross click on image to purchase kit these are small activity cards to use along with your devotion scriptures are also found in the kit that take you on a walk day by day through the lenten season preparing your heart for what the season really means when you finish each day s devotional you then build a cross on a wall a piece of poster board or other area that works for you each day we ll pull the new card read the scripture talk about the references and symbolism and the boys will add it to the cross in the middle you can put a picture or symbol or verse of special meaning for you the image in the middle of mine is a crown of thorns from another of jacque s paper kits it fit perfectly with the theme i really look forward to completing this activity with the boys today s ash wednesday entry was a great way to introduce lent to aiden in a more meaningful way than some craft activities and to give connor some depth to his new faith and i want to encourage you if you re reading this 2 days into lent 5 days into lent or even 30 days into lent this is one of those crafts that s easy to jump into and prepare even if you only talk about the symbolism until the point you can catch up and then start where you can or prepare it now for next year s lenten season instructions how i completed this craft purchase lenten cross it is 3 this is a digital file that you will receive up on purchase that you just download to your computer you can print it from any word processing program photo editing program or even something like paint print out the 2 8 5 11 sheets of paper at an office supply store wrote the scripture references on the back of the cards have office supply store laminate the sheets cut out mount on poster board wall or other medium we happened to use tacky dough for mounting posters etc cost products 3 supplies 6 for printing and laminating and about 15 min to cut out and make our references all in all a pretty easy project that has so much more meaning note i receive no financial benefit from this blog post at all you might also be interested in our ash wednesday craft 4 comments from uncategorized get your handwriting made into a font january 28 2012 if you are interested in turning your handwriting into a font i have the services for you it s as simple as submitting a handwriting sample and getting an awesome font delievered within 48 hours to use in scrapbooking letters promotions etc leave a comment from scrapbooking aiden grandpa january 18 2012 tags arrl ham radio morse code science fair project aiden finally got to have his own 1 1 time with dad later in the afternoon to go out and show off his sling shot skills see what i can do some advice wow that really worked grandpa these are moments i treasure watching the boys with their grandparents learning from them making memories with them and seeing all of our parents showering the boys with unconditional love and watching the boys radiate in that love it s a wonderful gift from god that we can still have these kinds of moments leave a comment from family homeschooling and all i got was this eyepatch january 13 2012 tags amblyopia eye doctor the old joke mom and dad went to ____ and all i got was this crummy t shirt we lived it this week sort of i took the boys for their first eye exam last week neither have shown any reason to need to get their eyes checked earlier no squinting no issues reading no light sensitivity little did we know both boys loved seeing how alien they looked with these connor got an all clear aiden however was diagnosed with amblyopia not to be confused by strabismus which is the crossing of one or both eyes it is basically a deficiency in how his eye focuses and then how the brain reads those images that it gets back it is typically referred to as lazy eye but it is just an anomaly where his eye has no physical reason why it cannot focus it just doesn t the optometrist said he s too old to expect good results typically an eye matures around the age of 8 or 9 but that we should patch him just get a play patch from the toy section that s all we got from her oh and the fact that his eyeglass prescription would make him look like a cyclops so be prepared yes a slight bit of hyperbole there but it is just about all we got from her when i would ask questions she wasn t forthcoming with more than it s just him he ll learn to live with it he had to have his eyes dilated which was an experience in itself the boy does not like knowing pain is coming and she started out saying i have to put these water drops in your eyes and it s going to hurt yep that was a smart move she couldn t have known that about him but it s not necessarily something you want to say to a little one to prepare them for what s coming it took both of us holding him down to get the drops in and he was really mad at me the rest of the day we got an eyepatch for him from the pharmacy and had him wear it all weekend by sunday i was ready to tackle this thing that was effecting my boy i read and read and researched and just wasn t happy with the information that was given to me by the optometrist when i was reading that there was more hope online so on monday i spent a couple of hours on the phone between insurance companies and trying to find a pediatric opthamologist and we had an appointment on wednesday he was happy to get to look like a pirate we d been looking at different patch options and he really did just want to stay with a plain patch because the rest looked so baby ish no spiderman no batman but the camo did intrigue him what a difference that appointment made dr davis of pediatric opthamology was wonderful with him didn t ask a lot of questions didn t make him look at teeny tiny letters ad nauseum had some fun photos for aiden to focus on while he did the exam at one point he said wow the boy has a lot of astigmatism turns out it was wicked all right he has different variations of it in different areas of his eyes making it really hard to find where the refractory points are to get a good indication of how bad the amblyopia really was and how to correct it so aiden had to be dilated again but this time with a child s prescription of medication and the dr was quick as lightening after more exam and letting aiden take control of the machine to adjust the focus points dr davis pronounced that yes he does have amblyopia but it wasn t the worst case he s ever seen and he could be corrected to 20 40 from his 20 100 and that just wearing proper glasses would be therapy enough he felt we d come see him in three months to see if there was any improvement and if there wasn t much we d start patching therapy if we wanted to go ahead and patch a bit each day he wouldn t tell us not to but he really feels the glasses will be enough so we went right out to lenscrafters to get his glasses and tada the first thing he said when he put them on with a huge grin on his face i can see and as we told everyone that s not a bad haircut that s a decent haircut on a boy with a bazillion cowlicks that never lets his hair lay the same way twice isn t he just the cutest thing ever he picked out these glasses himself you can t even tell he has a strong prescription in one eye i m so grateful god gave us the opportunity to seek out a second opinion and find out how to help him better we re looking at patching for one hour each afternoon to give him a little eye exercise but will wait til the exam in april to go forward with anything more once we find out how he s progressed so the moral of this story is nothing really get a second opinion sure we could have taken the boys in for eye exams earlier and we might have caught this earlier and begun treatment earlier but dr davis said this may not have cropped up until the last year or two not being in a traditional classroom setting we wouldn t have seen him squinting to read the blackboard and because he showed no other signs like not being able to read street signs when he was driving he wasn t tripping over things as if he had no depth perception and he was doing fine in school and reads really well nor did he ever express to us that he was having problems seeing there was nothing to signal that there was an issue and sure i do wish we d gone in earlier in hindsight but it wouldn t have cured him it would have just given him a little more treatment time for now we rejoice that it wasn t worse thank god for the intervention and trust that treatment will improve aiden s eyesight and never rely on a megamart optometrist again for something significant leave a comment from family happy hanukkah the dreidel game december 20 2011 tags chanukah dreidel dreidel game hannukah happy hanukkah tonight at sundown begins the 8 days of celebration called hanukkah for those of the jewish faith our family finds ourselves connected closely with the faith seeing our christianity as an extension of the jewish faith and one way we teach our children about the jewish faith is to participate in observances to help them embrace it hanukkah or chanukah is a celebration of the festival of lights a symbol of rededication and miracles from judaism 10 1 after years of oppression by the greek government two groups of jewish people banded together to revolt against the oppression by this government which had placed a hellenistic priest in their temple a non jew being in charge of the temple forbid the practice of the jewish faith and required a pig to be sacrificed on the altar non kosher read more here according to tradition as recorded in the talmud at the time of the rededication there was very little oil left that had not been defiled by the greeks oil was needed for the menorah candelabrum in the temple which was supposed to burn throughout the night every night there was only enough oil to burn for one day yet miraculously it burned for eight days the time needed to prepare a fresh supply of oil for the menorah an eight day festival was declared to commemorate this miracle note that the holiday commemorates the miracle of the oil not the military victory jews do not glorify war you can read more here http www chabad org holidays chanukah default_cdo jewish hanukkah htm one of the observations of hanukkah is the lighting of the menorah and readings that come with it as well as a dreidel game for the children a dreidel is a top with 4 sides each side with a different hebrew letter representing the phrase a miracle happened here the dreidel game using markers chocolates raisins beads or use a point system if you don t want to use actual objects place 2 markers per player in the middle spin the dreidel nun do nothing gimel take everything hay take half shin put one in when someone collects all the markers or gets to a predetermined point level the game has been won if you want to print your own dreidel or use one as a wrapping box this week heather roselli sweet shoppe designs has this great printable here is a simple printable from enchanted learning typical treats for hanukkah would include latkes donuts and applesauce leave a comment from holidays looking for a unique teacher gift idea december 12 2011 tags font service fonts for teachers gifts for teachers sweet shoppe it s the time of the year when people begin getting twitchy and nervous about what kinds of gifts to give their children s teachers you know they probably will smile and say thank you but one more i the teacher coffee mug or apple for the teacher plaque might just send them over the edge here is a really unique gift for all of the teachers you need to buy from all for around 10 15 dollars depending on if you buy a print or a cursive font service for them they ll be able to use their own font on newsletters handouts and letters home to parents or for their own personal scrapbooking djb fonts leave a comment from scrapbooking older entries email subscription enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address sign me up subscribe in a reader my fonts designs search me categories categories select category adventures alton brown faith family food geekery holidays homemaking homeschooling monday s munchies scrapbooking thursday s teaching tips tuesday s tips 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