Color these large fancy eggs!

Description of Coloring Page: rabbit painting eggs illustrated, decorative eggs, egg hunt illustration, swirly ribbons, large illustrated eggs!

• Now color a little child singing in choir robes at church . . .  

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Finish this doodle cross for Easter...

Description of Coloring Page: a Christian cross by kathy grimm, shapes, patterns, spirals, swirls, hearts etc...

• "Raise Up The Cross!" from Color The Bible
• And Another Cross from Crayon Palace 
• Color sharing flowers with an Easter friend...
  

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The Wonderful Cross Medley by Taryn Harbridge

Alleluia! Color The Victory!

Description of Coloring Page: An angel sends prayerful thanks to God for sparing the souls of the faithful in Christ, wings, crosses, patterns, choir robe, halo and verse:

 

"The Angel' Welcome sounds on high

The risen saints exultant cry.

In holy strain

With glad refrain

Alleluia! Victory!"

• And here is a lovely group of jonquil bulbs for your to color too!
  

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Tree and Bird Mosaic

Coloring Page Description: tree, bird, mosaic tiles by kathy grimm

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Nativity Templates for All Kinds of Uses

        The following seven templates of Nativity figures were originally published long ago with Standard Publishing Company. These are now available for teachers and students to use for bulletin boards and art projects freely. I have cleaned and restored them for this purpose alone.

Cut-out and color Mary and Joseph.

Cut-out and color the angel who announces Jesus' birth.

The shepherd who stands and listens to the angels instructions.

Baby Jesus in the manger with two more templates of sheep.

The shepherd that kneels to worship Jesus and thank God in prayer.

The shepherd who looks at the baby Jesus with love in his eyes.

Here is the wise man who travels from afar to search for the newborn King.

The Boy Who Knew God's Word

 This Bible story page is free for teachers, ministers and parents to print and handout to children anywhere, in any quantity, for any purpose no matter where they live in the world.

      Timothy was taught to honor and understand God's word by the female members of his family. He was ready to serve God when he was called to do so. The story of Timothy is about understanding the importance of a reliable character. Timothy demonstrates to others that living for God, by His word, is even more important than whether or not people know you for some other impressive reputation. We don't really know what Timothy liked to do in his spare time, whether or not he was artistically talented or athletic or even if he was some official's son. But his character was such that God made sure he would be remembered by the church by including him in Paul's life and the life of the church.

       Much of our identity as Christians is hidden in Jesus. We pass through the world without much fanfare, attending to the daily necessities of those around us, wondering if any person ever even notices who we are or what we do. Timothy had a very similar life as far as we know; he did suffer persecution and he did persevere with Paul's ministry when so many turned on the apostle. Timothy's loyalty to the church was unbending.

Paul, The Great Teacher

       This age appropriate reading material was developed by teachers for the purpose of introducing the Bible to the very young. The stories under this category at Easter Egg Crafts have been simplified and a singular moral or ethic is introduced to children in the reading of the story aloud as was and still is an educational practice in most Christian congregations today. Certainly the stories are far more complicated in the scriptures than what you will read here. But you must remember that these were written for very young students ages five to eight. (age. 5-8) The materials are free for teachers, ministers and parents to print and handout to children anywhere, in any quantity, for any purpose no matter where they live in the world.

    Paul had a very interesting history with Jesus. Although he was very bright, he also, hated the very people that God had sent his own Son to rescue from eternal death. Before he met Jesus in a vision, Paul was called Saul. God changed his name from Saul that means "asked for, prayed for" in Hebrew to Paul that means "small" in Latin. Jesus turned Paul's belligerent, hate-filled personality into that of a humble, God fearing, loving personality. 
      In Bible times, many Jewish people were disappointed in the humility and sacrifice displayed in Jesus, in fact, so much so that they would not except him as The Messiah. They wanted to be powerful and rule over their enemies in a way that they had been treated in kind. This attitude burned inside of Paul, so much so that he had a great many Christians killed before changing into the kind of teacher that the church remembers him to have been. But Paul needed to learn to live and play by God's rules, not the rules of his temple or people. This was and still is a difficult lesson to teach and learn.

David and Jonathan

      This age appropriate reading material was developed by teachers for the purpose of introducing the Bible to the very young. The stories under this category at Easter Egg Crafts have been simplified and a singular moral or ethic is introduced to children in the reading of the story aloud as was and still is an educational practice in most Christian congregations today. Certainly the stories are far more complicated in the scriptures than what you will read here. But you must remember that these were written for very young students ages five to eight. (age. 5-8) The materials are free for teachers, ministers and parents to print and handout to children anywhere, in any quantity, for any purpose no matter where they live in the world. 

     The story of David and Jonathan is an example of extreme loyalty in the scriptures. Jonathan, a prince and the son of Saul, is not only loyal to his good friend David, the next chosen King of Israel but also demonstrates extreme devotion to God. He is willing to give up his own title in order to maintain the will of God through the appointment of someone who will eventually take his inheritance of a throne. Jonathan gives up his crown, his own father's approval and his life in order to live according to God's will. This story is from 1 Samuel, chapter 20.

Make A "Special Day for Mother"

Fold and Cut a Paper Basket:

1. Cut our a paper basket about twice as large as the one shown above, from construction paper.
2. Print, color and cut out the printable of rhymes and flowers for the basket.
3. Use the tips of your small scissors to cut slashes inside of the paper basket for the 'thought flowers.'
4. Slip the 'thought flowers' into the cut openings in order to fill your Mother's Day basket full of good thoughts!

These rhymes may be printed and cut out to weave inside of a paper basket for Mother's Day.

Fold and decorate a triangular gift box...

        The black silhouette designs below may be copied and cut by students and transferred to a triangular keepsake box. Although the design here suggests the use of traditional black papers, any color interpretation would be suitable as well... One box top design is of birds and lily-of-the-valley flower shapes the other of pine trees. The tinier design is of a Christmas tree. 

       Step-by-Step Instructions for the Templates:

1. Cut a triangle from folded paper. (see illustrations below in the printable)
2. Draw design on one side.
3. Cut out design with scissors.
4. Unfold and design is complete.
5. Use Mod Podge to decoupage the design to the top of the box.
   

       Above you can see the drafted version of a triangular box plus a diagram for the lid. 
       The template of the box may be used as printed or enlarged to the size you need. On the printable, the drafted version suggests sizing the box to measure 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" 
       For the lid, simply cut a slightly larger triangle from the one you cut for the lower half of the box and repeat the same steps. This larger version should then slip over the top of the former.

How to stuff an Easter egg for an egg hunt...

Here's a little egg for
your church webpage!
 Happy Easter!

How many ways are there to stuff an Easter egg for a successful hunt? I'll add more ideas as I think of them, folks.

1. Treat you 'egg hunt' like a potluck. Have every family hunting in attendance bring a certain number of eggs for hunting. Then the sponsor of that egg hunt hides the eggs secretly prior to the egg hunt. 
2. Stuff plastic eggs with printable scriptures. - especially if the hunt is at a church! include these along with treats.
3. For older kids and adults - among your eggs, stuff the green ones with cash money!
4. Dad creates beeping Easter egg for blind daughter here. and his website.
5. Have a 'rubber duck' hunt on a lawn instead of eggs. Number the ducks with a permanent ink marker on their bottoms. This prevents kids from collecting something off of a lawn or public park that may get dirty and you don't want them to handle it before eating candy. They can pick up rubber ducks and exchange these for gifts. Then wash the ducks or soak them in vinegar and water for the following years. Bulk rubber ducks here or here. (These are also useful in fair, floating in a kiddie pool.)
6. The original Jelly Bean Prayer to include inside of an egg including jelly beans
7. Organize hunts into color matching for specific visitors. Each person may only collect one egg color and in this way the gifts are made personal and every person hunting gets the same amount of eggs.
8. Stuff plastic eggs with scripture candy here!
9. Always have a 'golden egg' with the greatest prize and hide it seriously. Make this egg very difficult to find. When my dad was little, the town had egg hunts and the golden egg usually had a money gift for high school graduates. It was usually hidden in the wooded public park.
10. Have a scavenger egg hunt where each egg contains a clue that will lead them to a destination for another clue and so on until... a big prize is collected.
11. Peeps for stuffing eggs, very traditional. 
12. Egg hunts for children confined to wheel chairs may be done with colorful egg shaped balloons filled with helium and paper tickets. Tie a weight to the end of each balloon string so that these won't get caught by the wind and blown away. The child may then pop each balloon with a toothpick and turn in their tickets for prizes after the hunt.
13. How a church holds community Easter egg hunts for different age groups...
14. Include riddles for clues that leads to candy or more hidden eggs.
15. Number eggs so that if someone finds it they can retrieve candy or prizes from a cleaner location, with the same number.
16. Have an 'egg glow' egg hunt at night instead of having the hunt during the day! 
17. Print out fun facts about Easter and kids can use these tips to help them complete a crossword at a dinner party later.
18. Purchase sidewalk chalk shaped like eggs for little ones to draw and play with later.
19. Mumsnet hints for a successful hunt at home...
20. Dogs love egg hunts too; fill the plastic eggs with your pet's favorite treats! You can even hide a few hard boiled eggs with their shells peeled off of course.
21. Share the Good News and pretzel treats to your Easter eggs from rosaenid

How one church hosts egg hunts indoors when it rains...

The Big Egg Repaint

Sitting on top of my desk, is a faux sugar egg and other vintage looking Easter decorations.

This needs a few coats of paint; I think.

       I purchased this large Easter egg from a dollar store. But it was not particularly attractive at all. However, it was much improved with a new base coat of chalk paint. Then I painted the raised areas with brighter colors and coated the entire egg with Mod Podge and transparent glitter. I think it looks very much like a giant sugar egg now!

More About Real Sugar Eggs:

• Grace Stevens from Everyday Baking makes real sugar eggs for her kids
• Colorful brown sugar Easter eggs by Martha Stewart
• Discover a the lost art of panoramic sugar eggs by New Day Northwest
• Faux sugar eggs to decorate your home with by ThePinkTree
• Studio 5 interviews Michelle Crowley about her sparkly, molded eggs with peek-a-boo centers - irresistibly charming...
• How to mold sugar for all your sweet decorations by JuliaMUsher