A few weeks ago, we were discussing what to do at Easter for school. My friend Audra found a Resurrection Garden on one of the homeschool websites. We all loved the idea and decided to duplicate it.
For our Resurrection Garden I used the following:
One 9" teracota pot bottom
One 1-1/2" terracota mini flower pot
Potting soil
Grass seed
Rocks
Sticks
Rope for the crosses
Glue
Fill the pot bottom with soil and position the mini pot in the middle. Cover the mini pot with soil as well to make a hill. Sprinkle the grass seed on top and lightly cover with more dirt. Use the rope and glue to make 3 crosses. Put the crosses in the hill and position the rocks somewhere near the mini pot or tomb. Love the way this came out! My only suggestion is do not start your garden one month before Easter. Ours is currently so overgrown I have had to cut the grass multiple times.
I Am an Artist, by Pat Lowery Collins was our next book. I feel as though this is the type of book I can revisit again. The whole story is about looking at nature and all of its beauty, which presents the perfect opportunity to discuss God's creation.
"So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom"
Psalm 90:12
Our first project was making imprints into clay with different object from nature.
We used pinecones, dried flowers, anise seeds, sticks, rocks and pine tree clippings.
After making imprints in the clay I baked it at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. We ended up with a bunch of these...
Next we used glue, yarn and construction paper and let the kids glue the yarn on the paper.
We attempted to get the kids to glue on yarn on the page in straight lines.
Apparently straight lines are boring for preschoolers so our little artists created pictures like this:
Later on in the week I decided to let my kids paint. I got out the sparkly finger paint so they could paint some clouds. I have been saving egg cartons to use as paint cups and they worked great. We used clothes pins and rolled up bath tissue as brushes.
Then I got brave and let them paint with Q-tips. Much messier than the clothes pin and tissue.
Their pictures came out great though!
Our last book was The Little Rabbit by Judy Dunn. A very sweet book about a little girl named Sarah who gets a white bunny in her Easter basket. Sarah names the bunny Buttercup and real photos tell the story of the two. Unfortunately life got in the way and we only used this book for co-op day. My friend Kathleen taught and came up with an adorable bunny project for the kids to work on!
Snack was "rabbit food" with ants on a log, cheerios, carrots and dried banana chips. The banana chips were so good! Here is the recipe: Baked Banana Chips
The End! We are on recess until after our new little one is born.
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