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Thoughtful Thursdays: Religious Easter Crafts for Kids

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  • Easter is the most important holiday of our Christian faith.

Therefore, we make a “big deal” of it in our household. It’s easy to make a big deal of it when I sing in the choir, my husband will be doing part of the readings and preaching the sermon. But we don’t want this to become a big day because it is a big day in the church. It is a big day to us personally. Christ died for me individually!

Now the kids have done 3 Easter egg hunts, will get Easter baskets, and will color Easter eggs. So to balance off the secular — because that is fun (but not the meaning of Easter), we make resurrection rolls, do devotions with Resurrection eggs, read Easter picture books such as this one, and do Easter crafts that are religious in nature (like this craft and this craft).

Last week, I shared an easy craft that could be made for Easter with the kids. I asked some other bloggers if they also had some religious crafts or fun activities that could be done for Easter, and here are just a few ideas:

14 Easter Crafts and Activities you can do with kids to help share the true meaning of Easter

  1. Free Printable Celtic Cross Coloring Page from Mama Likes This
  2. Resurrection Garden from The Farm Wife Crafts
  3. Resurrection Eggs Craft from The Farm Wife Crafts
  4. Easter family devotional to share from Adventures in Mommydom
  5. Another Easter family devotional for your family and Sunday School class from Adventures in Mommydom
  6. {Craft for Kids} Legend of the Dogwood from JDaniel4’s Mom
  7. Empty Tomb Garden DIY Easter Decor Project from Mission: To Save
  8. Easy Easter Craft for Kids for Juggling Family Life
  9. Resurrection Cross Craft for Easter from Simple at Home
  10. Resurrection Eggs Color Your Own Printable from  Simple at Home
  11. Easter Activity: Family Easter Garden from Weaving Ideas
  12. Easy Easter Cross Craft for Kids from Creative K Kids
  13. DIY Easter Tissue Paper Suncatchers (cross and printables) from Creative K Kids
  14. Cross and Egg craft using colored eggshells or tissue paper — free printables from Creative K Kids

A few other semi-related posts to Easter from last week:

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Thoughtful Thursdays: DIY Castle Crafts

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I’m thinking VBS all the time right now.

It’s the first time our church has done VBS for a long time, and I’m in charge of it. Since we have just been at this church since June, 2016, we are going with curriculum to help make it easier. Our choice was Regular Baptist Press’s  Over the Moat: Drawbridge to the King curriculum as I have used their products before.

I would love to hear from VBS enthusiasts about what you have done that has been a big hit in your programs. We will go out in our neighborhoods the first couple of weeks in April inviting people to our church’s Easter cantata and also including flyers about the upcoming VBS summer program in June. 

So please tell me some great VBS ideas! I really do want to hear all you have to offer. Either email me (there’s a contact form at the bottom of the page or my email is in the sidebar) or leave me a comment. Do you do big prizes? big snacks? How do you draw in kids? I absolutely VBS, and want it to be a program that is well-done.

Although we ordered the curriculum, we will probably come up with crafts ourselves. If any of you are doing the same RBP curriculum, here are some good crafts that are not too difficult or expensive that will go with our castle theme. There are 5 different categories, which is perfect as there are normally 5 days of crafts. We might do some easier crafts with the younger children and save the harder crafts for the older children.

Here are 5 categories of crafts you can do that have to do with castles. Use for VBS or for a unit study.

Castle crafts:

Stained Glass Crafts:

Sword Crafts:

  • DIY Sword using cardboard cut in the shape of a sword
  • DIY Sword using inner tube of wrapping rolls

Shield Crafts:

Crown Crafts:

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DIY Dr. Seuss’s “Cat in the Hat” Hat

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Last year, we had fun making a “Cat in the Hat” hat in my Kindergarten class.

Make a fun and easy DIY "Cat in the Hat" hat! Paper plates, construction paper, glue and a stapler is all you need!

I found the idea on Pinterest, but I made my hat bigger than the tutorial I found.

Make a fun and easy DIY "Cat in the Hat" hat!Here are the supplies you need to make the “Cat in the Hat” hat:

  1. 1 Sheet White Construction Paper, 12″ x 18″
  2. 1 Sheet Red Construction Paper, 12″ x 18″ *
  3. 2 Paper Plates, middles cut out (regular sized plates, not small ones)
  4. Glue
  5. Scissors
  6. Stapler

How to make the “Cat in the Hat” hat:

  • Draw a 2″ line across the bottom of the white construction paper (the long edge). Cut from the bottom of the paper up to the line every 2″ apart, creating tabs.
  • Fold up all of the 2″ tabs at the drawn line.
  • Cut 3 – 2″ x 18″ strips from the red construction paper.
  • Cut the center out of both of the paper plates, leaving about a 2″ brim.
  • Turn the white paper over and glue the cut red strips on to the white paper. About 1 3/4″ up from the tabs, glue the first red strip. Then skip about 1 3/4″ of white paper and glue another red strip. Then skip another 1 3/4″ of white paper and glue the last red strip to the very top 1/2″ – 1″ that is left of the white paper. 
  • Place glue on one of the short edges. Roll the completed construction paper into a cylinder, right side facing out, and glue together. I then stapled the top and bottom as far as my stapler would reach as the hat  didn’t want to stay together without the help of the staples.
  • Put glue around the edge of one plate (see pictures). Place tabs of the hat on the glue.
  • Put glue around the edge of the other plate. Put the plate over the top of the hat, glue side down. Move the plate down until it is on top of the tabs, sandwiching the tabs between the two plates creating a completed rim.
  • You may want to put a few staples around the rim to make sure everything holds together.

The “Cat in the Hat” hat is now ready to wear!

Let the kids wear the hats as you read them fun Dr. Seuss books and they eat fun snacks.

I also made these fun food items for our class to eat on our Dr. Seuss’s birthday celebration:

Easy Green Eggs and Ham for Dr. Seuss's birthday
Easy Dr. Seuss hat made out of an Oreo cookie, strawberry, and banana.

16 Favorite President’s Day Crafts, Activities & Food

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Since today is President’s Day, I thought it would be fun to share some President’s crafts and activities. It was harder to find crafts for President’s Days than other holidays. Many of the pins on Pinterest did not go to the correct source or post, but I still managed to find 16 ideas on Pinterest that look like they would be fun to do.

Have a wonderful President’s Day!

16 different crafts, activities, and fun foods that can be done for President's Day

 


  1. President’s Day Cookies (food) — at least 11,600 pins
  2. Abraham Lincoln’s Log cabin — at least 5,100 pins
  3. Washington & Lincoln double sided craft — at least 2,900 pins
  4. Abraham Lincoln Mask Craft — at least 2,500 pins
  5. Abe Lincoln Puppet — at least 1,900 pins
  6. George Washington craft — at least, 1,400 pins
  7. 4 Presidents’ Day Crafts for Kids — at least 1,200 pins
  8. President Lincoln & Washington Toilet Paper Tube Craft for Kids — at least 1,100 pins
  9. Abraham Lincoln Printable craft — at least 1,100 pins
  10. Lincoln’s Hat Treats (food) — link no longer goes to a post, but you can see from the picture how to do it. At least 820 pins
  11. Abraham Lincoln’s Hat — at least 739 pins
  12. Presidents’ Day Log Cabin (food) — at least 700 pins
  13. Abe Lincoln Hat and George Washington wig — at least 490 pins
  14. President’s Day Abraham Lincoln Paper Plate Kid’s Craft — at least 70 pins
  15. Abraham Lincoln Plate Craft for Kids — at least 57 pins
  16. Abe Lincoln Handprint craft — at least 50 pins

Valentine’s Day Punch + DIY Upcycled Valentine’s Container

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Holidays are a big deal in our house. We go all out putting up decorations, making desserts, and having a special meal. However, our “going all out” does not mean that we spend a lot of money. Our special Christmas and Valentine’s Day Tampico Punch is very affordable, and you can use the plastic jug to make a Valentine’s Day container after you make the punch.

Make an easy punch using 3 ingredients and upcycle the #TampicoJuice jug to make a Valentines container. #ad

Here’s how we make our Valentine’s Day punch out of only 3 ingredients:

Make an easy punch using 3 ingredients -- #TampicoJuice, ginger ale, and sherbet . #ad

Pour 1/2 gallon of Tampico Tropical Fruit Punch and  1 – 2 liter of Ginger Ale into a punch bowl. Top with scoops of raspberry sherbet. 

Punch is done!!

Make an easy punch using 3 ingredients -- #TampicoJuice, ginger ale, and sherbet . #ad

After the punch is done, rinse out your Tampico jug and let it air dry. 

Now you and your child can use that jug to make a decorated Valentine’s container for your child’s Valentine’s Day party. I can see a teacher collecting these jugs before a class party, doing the first step below (cutting out the heart), and letting the kids decorate their jug themselves for a class activity.

Here’s how we made our Upcycled Valentine’s Container using a Tampico Jug:

Upcycle a plastic jug (we used a #TampicoJuice jug) to make a Valentines container. #ad

  • Rinse out jug and let dry. Remove the Tampico label. This was very easy to do as it is not sticky, so it leaves no residue and there is very little marking on the Tampico jugs.
    Upcycle a plastic jug (we used a #TampicoJuice jug) to make a Valentines container. (remove label) #ad
  • Cut out a paper heart the size you think would make a big enough opening for all the candy and valentines to fit easily into the jug.
  • Tape the heart to the side of the jug opposite the handle.
    Upcycle a plastic jug (we used a #TampicoJuice jug) to make a Valentines container. (Tape heart that is the right size onto jug) #ad
  • Use an X-acto knife to cut around the paper heart. 
    Upcycle a plastic jug (we used a #TampicoJuice jug) to make a Valentines container. (Cut around taped on heart with an X-acto knife. #ad
  • This next step is optional: I was concerned with my daughter scraping her hand getting the candy in and out of the opening, so I took the X-acto knife and cut a horizantal line from the heart on both sides to the back of the jug, leaving about an 1 1/2″ portion of plastic jug not cut. Now I could open the jug more to get our hand in the opening if desired. I do not think this step is necessary though if you make your opening big enough and your child’s hands are not too big. Make sure the jug is completely dry.
    Upcycle a plastic jug (we used a #TampicoJuice jug) to make a Valentines container. #ad
  • Decorate! We used Washi Tape and a tape that I got from JoAnn’s that is like Washi Tape called Tape Works to decorate our jug. We also placed some decorative basket filler in the bottom of our jug, and then we put some candy Grandma gave us in it.
    Upcycle a plastic jug (we used a #TampicoJuice jug) to make a Valentines container. #ad
  • My daughters had fun putting stickers on the jug. You can see the finished product up above all the directions!

We were quite happy with the results. We could have used Duck Tape or more stickers or other products as well. Be creative! To me, it was easier the jug than decorating a box.

I bought my Tampico flavors at Walmart. My Walmart had three different flavors of drink. On Tampico’s website, you can see that they have 10 different flavors of Tampico. Just think of all the possibilities for affordable, creative, fun drinks!

Thoughtful Thursdays: Show Others You Care

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I decided to go look at my old “thoughtful”  posts from February to see what I had already posted on love.

I found a post where I made some printables with some verses on love, and another post where I shared many verses that talk about God’s love.

Then I found this old post from 3 years ago that I never posted. I don’t know why it was never posted, when I had written the whole post and even added pictures and printables, but I want to share it with you today. 

This originally should have been posted a couple of weeks after Valentine’s Day, and I had titled it, “Love Does not Need to End Just Because Valentine’s Day is Over.” I left this the way I wrote it 3 years ago, and added a few notes on the bottom.

Last week, I was rebuked in my soul.

Family is very important to my husband and me. Growing up, neither one of us came from a family that was financially wealthy, but we were rich in our family’s love for each other. “Blood is thicker than water” was instilled in us at a very early age.

Now I am grown with five children of my own, and I have told people, “I may not have a lot of money, but I have five children. We may not be able to retire in style, but that’s why we have five kids–they can take care of us!”

And I would get responses such as, “That’s not the way it  is anymore.” “Kids don’t take care of their parents these days.”

And I would vehemently oppose that. I would think, “But it doesn’t have to be that way!”

Now, I know of course that sometimes parents need more help than children can give and that it is in the parent’s best interest to get them some help. I am just opposed to the idea that children don’t want to mess up their lives to take care of aging parents. I feel that it is my responsibility to do as much as I can to take care of the parents who invested their lives and money into the raising of my husband and me.

So I blithely continued on my way. And then last week, I got a wake-up call.

I decided to call my grandma who is 91. She lives eight hours away from me and her son does a great job making sure her physical needs are met. But while I’m on the call, she tells me that I am her favorite grandchild. (Shh–don’t tell my sisters and cousins!)

Now probably part of the reason for this is because I went to stay with her for a couple months right after my grandpa died unexpectedly. My grandma was only 64, and she had 50 cows to care for on the farm, hay growing up around her, fences that had to be mended, and she just lost the love of her life. Her life had revolved around him for over 40 years, and now he was suddenly gone. So as an eleven year old girl, I helped carry pails of water out to the barn dressed up in her old sweater. We would go down in the basement and stack her wood for the next winter. I would hold the hammer as she fixed the fence out in the hay fields. We would take turns pushing that old push lawnmower around her huge yarn. And we would play card games and make grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup. I gave her a reason to keep living–she just couldn’t stop as she had to take care of me. She took me to church as she knew that is what my parents would have wanted–and she made new friends.

me on the farm with grandma

Pictures are grainy–but they are from 1986!

A few years ago, I also took care of her for a few weeks after she had been sick. I was the only one able to do it, but the caretakers came in my house, and she always felt a little bad about that seeing I had 3 very small children at the time.

But another reason is that I call her periodically. However, it had been two months since I had called her–and that smote me to think that she thought so highly of me, yet I was too busy to call my own grandmother who now is stuck in her house most of the week. And I say that I expect my children to take care of me some day?

How do I pass on that love for the elderly, that love for family, if I talk the talk but do not walk the walk?

Well, we had already decided that we were going to go visit some Senior Citizens who live in a retirement center right by our house for Valentine’s Day. I feel that my kids “get, get, get,” and that for Valentine’s Day, we should show some love to others that are not just their friends. So we prepared a plate of goodies for the three apartments we were going to–and I packed a box of goodies to mail to my grandma.Love gifts to the elderly

We were able to go visit these people on the Monday before Valentine’s Day, and it was such a special occasion! The one couple used to live in Germany. They were 13 years old when the war started. I can’t wait to hear their story one day. The other couple is close to 90 years old as well. They had a display of shells and sea stars under glass that the kids loved seeing, and the last lady had a teacup Maltese that my kids absolutely adored.

Visits to our elderly friends

Visits to our friends

To tell the truth, we got more of a blessing out of it than they did! Two couples have already sent us Thank You notes–talk about good manners that are lost today as well!

And what did we learn from it? That love does not have to end just because Valentine’s Day is over. We have already told them that we want to visit them more in the summer when we can have later nights and we can go outside (their apartments are small for 7 additional people–5 of them being rambunctious children!)  

I do not know for sure that my kids will care for me when I am older and frail, but I hope that they at least will have a love for the elderly and those who need help — and that is my job to teach right now!

It does not have to be complicated. It can be just a conversation, a card, a phone call, or a hug. When we went, I just took a paper plate, punched some holes in around the edge, ran some ribbon through the holes, and tied a bow at the top. I tied it up in some basket cellophane wrap that I had and attached a tag I made. I did not want my children to have the excuse that you have to go out and buy something big to go show love. Even those who do not have much can be a blessing to others.

We can still show love to others all year long!

If you would like to print out these little cards for yourself,  just click on them!

Printables that you can put on a gift to show someone you care.

Click on the picture to print.

Printables that you can put on a gift to show someone you care.

Click on the picture to print.

Update to this post:

My grandma is still alive at 94, but doesn’t remember me unless she sees me as she has dementia. She is now in a nursing home as she needs too much care for her 70 year old son to give her. 

I called her recently and said, “This is Tammy — your favorite granddaughter!” She said, “Well, I don’t know about that, but thanks for calling!” She still has a sense of humor even with her dementia. I don’t call her like I should. This post was a reminder of what I need to do as a daughter and granddaughter. 

The husband of the couple that I mentioned that we went to see from Germany just passed away a couple of weeks ago. What a sweet couple they were!

Now we live in Florida and are in a church that is comprised of 60% of the congregation being over the age of 65. Before Christmas, another mom and I were taking 1-2 of our children weekly to go visit different elderly people in our church who needed encouragement. They are so kind and loving and full of wisdom. We need to start going on visits again. We also go swimming in a couple of the pools that are owned by elderly widows in our church. They have become 2nd moms/grandmas to our family. 

 

Things come and go. Relationships and people are what matter. Take time to nurture the people in your life!

Make a gift for someone that shares you care. It doesn't have to be expensive! It just takes a paper plate, hole punch, ribbon, some goodies, and these free printables. The heart printables are perfect for Valentine's Day, but they can be used all year long!

Here are some other Valentine’s Day posts you may be interested in viewing:

Here are a couple of posts I enjoyed last week:

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75+ FREE Printable Valentines

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If you are like me, you like to make your own Valentines for parties, but you don’t want to search and search for the perfect Valentine.

I found over 75 Valentines that can be printed off and done at home.

Over 75 Valentine Card ideas that can be printed at home!

There are so many ideas, I don’t know which ones we will choose! Since I have 5 kids, there are ones that will make all of them happy.

I found all of these on Pinterest, so all of the links except one will take you to Pinterest, and then you can click on the link which will take you to the blog post. One of the links on Pinterest did not take you to the blog post, so I found the blog post and included it instead of the Pinterest link. I do check all of the links, and if they do not work, I do not include them.

On the top, you can see the picture links, but I’ve also included text links below the pictures. Have fun!


  1. Tic Tac Toe Valentine’s Day Card — at least 64,600 pins
  2. Have a Kool Valentine’s Day Printables — at least 58,200 pins
  3. Share the Love: I’m beary happy you’re in my class — at least 49,500 pins 
  4. Glow Stick Valentine Candy Free Card for Kids and Free Printable — at least 41,900 pins
  5. Free Printable Smarties Valentines — at least 37,100 pins
  6. Valentine Donut Printables — at least 34,700 pins
  7. You’re the “Balm” Valentine’s Day Card Printable — at least 26,600 pins
  8. Printable Religious Valentine Cards for Kids — at least 24,600 pins
  9. Goldfish Crackers Printable Valentine Cards — at least 24,200 pins
  10. Printable Starburst Valentine Cards — at least 22,200 pins
  11. Valentine Heart Bookmarks to Print and Color — at least 21,000 pins
  12. Starburst Valentine Label Topper (goes to the blog as the Pinterest link was not right) — at least 20,100 pins
  13. Free Printable Valentine “You Make My Heart Race” Valentines  — at least 17,500 pins
  14. Friendship Bracelet Valentines — at least 17,000 pins
  15. You’re AwesomeSAUCE, Valentine — at least 16,200 pins
  16. Star Wars Valentine’s Day Cards for Kids — at least 15,700 pins
  17. Printable Valentines cards with Skittles — at least 15,600 pins
  18. Printable Valentine: Have a Colorful Valentine’s Day — at least 14,600 pins
  19. “you’re exSTRAW special” easy printable Valentine’s Day card — at least 14,400 pins
  20. Printable Star Wars Valentine’s — at least 13,000 pins
  21. Free Printable Valentines For Kids — at least 11,600 pins
  22. Free Hotwheels printable! {Valentines for boys!} — at least 10,500 pins
  23. One in a Melon Valentine for Kids {Free Printable} — at least 10,400 pins
  24. Printable Star Wars Valentine’s Day Cards — at least 10,400 pins
  25. Printable Kid’s Valentine — at least 9,400 pins
  26. You’re All That and a Bag of Chips Printable Valentine — at least 7,700 pins
  27. Free printable Valentine cards — at least 7,000 pins
  28. You’re A-MAZE-ing Free Printables — at least 6,400 pins
  29. LEGO Valentine’s Day Cards – Printable — at least 5,600 pins
  30. Free Printable Valentine Paper Fortune Cookies — at least 4,900 pins
  31. Bubbles Valentine & Free Printable — at least 4,300 pins
  32. Printable Pokemon Cards — at least 4,200 pins
  33. Free Printable Valentine’s Day Cards for Kids with Owls and Birds — at least 4,100 pins
  34. Pencil Arrow Valentines — at least 3,900 pins
  35. Orange  You Glad Printable Valentines— at least 3,500 pins
  36. Homemade Valentines? Check! Grab this printable Pencil Arrow themed Valentine’s Day cards. — at least 3,400 pins
  37. Hey Smartie! Printable Valentine — at least 2,900 pins
  38. Free Printable Dinosaur Valentines — at least 2,800 pins
  39. Heart Stamper Non-Candy Valentine with Printable — at least 2,600 pins
  40. Finding Dory Valentine – Free Printable — at least 2,600 pins
  41. Disney’s Frozen Free Printable Valentines — at least 2,600 pins
  42. Free Printable Valentine’s Day Chocolate Bar Wraps — at least 2,500 pins
  43. Kids Printable Valentines Using Extra Gum! — at least 2,400
  44. Emoji Printable Valentines — at least 2,300 pins
  45. I Like You Beary Much Valentine Printable — at least 2,200 pins
  46. Free Printable Pokemon Valentine’s Day Cards – 6 Designs with Lollipops! — at least 1,800 pins
  47. Free Star Wars Valentines Printables — at least 1,700 pins
  48. John 3:16 Printable Valentines with Globe Keychains — at least 1,600 pins
  49. Printable Pop Rocks Valentine’s Day Gift Tags — at least 1,300 pins
  50. You Make My Heart Pop! Valentine’s Day Idea — at least 1,200 pins
  51. Playdough Valentines — at least 1,200 pins
  52. Free Flashlight Valentine Printables — at least 1,100 pins
  53. Modern Lego Printable Valentines — at least 1,100 pins
  54. DIY Fishbowl Valentine Printable — at least 1,100 pins
  55. Free Valentines with Bubbles Printable for Kids — at least 1,100 pins
  56. Free Valentine’s Day Printables: Donut Labels — at least 1,000 pins
  57. Free Printable Car Valentine Card — at least 1,000 pins
  58. Free Printable Valentine Lunch Box Jokes — at least 950 pins
  59. Butterfly Printable Valentines — at least 946 pins
  60. Free Printable Valentine’s Coloring Bookmarks — at least 900 pins
  61. Free Printable Valentine’s – With Bible Verses — at least 851 pins
  62. Free Star Wars Printable Valentines Cards Idea with DIY Pencil Lightsaber — at least 770 pins
  63. Free Printable Valentine’s Treat Tags — at least 655 pins
  64. 8 DIY Non-Food Valentines for Kids — at least 563 pins (You can find these here on Creative K Kids)
  65. Applesauce Valentine Printable — at least 554 pins
  66. Dino-mite Valentines — at least 530 pins
  67. Rice Krispies “Treat” Valentines with free Printable Tags — at least 399 pins
  68. Tic Tac “Mint to Be” Classroom Valentine’s — at least 361 pins
  69. Free Printable Emoji Valentines — at least 354 pins
  70. Printable Bookmark Valentines — at least 345 pins
  71. Printable Classroom Valentines — I Like How You Roll — at least 344 pins
  72. Star Wars Printable Valentines — at least 326 pins
  73. Simple Sunglasses Printable Valentine — at least 322 pins
  74. Heart Tangram Printable Valentine Cards — at least 287 pins
  75. Color by Number Printable Valentine — at least 257 pins
  76. Printable Valentine Cards with Crayon Hearts — at least 250 pins (Find this printable HERE on Creative K Kids)
  77. Printable Frozen Valentine’s Day — at least 100 pins (Find this printable HERE on Creative K Kids)

Thoughtful Thursdays: Make This Year the Best Year of Service

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 Last week, I shared some thoughts on “What type of person should I be this year?” 

I shared answers and promises from God’s Word that will shore us up when we have doubts or questions about life and our abilities. Today, I wanted to finish the conversation about how we can have the best year ever when it comes to living for and serving God.

There are 5 steps we must take to have a great year in our service for God:

  • Step 1: Presentation of our bodies as a living sacrifice

Romans 12:1 -- I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1

We get out what we put in. We need to put our whole self in without holding any part of our life back from God. This is a decision we must make daily. It’s a matter of our will.

When we consider what God has done for us in providing His Son as our means of salvation and then the daily blessings He gives us, this offering of our whole self for His service should be an automatic and expected response.

  • Step 2: Separation from this world

And be not conformed to this world: Romans 12:2a

We must live in this world and be salt and light to those around us; but no longer are we “of” this world. I love how Hebrews 11:13 says that the patriachs of faith all:

. . .died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

We are pilgrims just a passing through, as the song This World is Not My Home says:

This world is not my home I’m just a passing through
My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue
The angels beckon me from heaven’s open door
And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore.

Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its mold. J. B. Phillips

"Don't let the world squeeze you into its mold."

  • Step 3: Transformation with Scripture

but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2b

We must think the way He thinks, and that is only possible if we read His book. This will reveal His mind to us and will change us to be more like Him.

  • Step 4: Cooperation in service

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office. So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Romans 12:3-5

We finally can serve! But we must do the 3 steps above first! We cannot truly serve if we do not present our bodies as a living sacrifice, separate from the world, and have a transformed life from the inside out. 

Now we are ready to have a great year in service for our God. We  must do one final step:

  • Step 5: Evaluation

Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, Romans 12:6a

Each one of us must look at our own self honestly – what has God gifted me with that I can use for His service?
If we do each of these steps, we truly will have the best year of service for God.

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Penguin Activities & Crafts for Kids

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If you are looking for penguin crafts, activities, worksheets, printables, or books, then you are in the right place.

A couple of weeks ago, I shared these two penguin posts:

14 crafts, free printables, and activites you can use to go along with Tacky the Penguin books or a penguin themed day. Plus there is a list of 18 books about penguins! These are the top 16 penguin crafts on PInterest. Each craft has been re-pinned 6,000-100,000 times. For each craft, there is a supply list so you can see how costly it is or if you have what you need to make the crafts.

Today, I am sharing 32 more penguin ideas from some of my favorite bloggers.

You can click on any of the picture links below to go to their posts. The first 14 posts are activity or printable posts. The last 18 posts are penguin crafts. The text links are also at the bottom of the post.


Penguin Activities/Worksheets

14 Penguin activities, worksheets, and free printable coloring sheets for kids! Plus 18 penguin crafts for kids!

  1. Penguin Sensory Bin from Inspiring 2 N. H. Kids
  2. Small World Penguin Play in the Sand Table from Rubber Boots and Elf Shoes
  3. Penguin pretend play from Nurture Store
  4. Printable Penguin Alphabet Matching from From ABC to ACTS
  5. Penguin Winter Clothes Matching from totschooling
  6. Feed the Penguin Counting Mats from Modern Preschool
  7. Penguin Winter Coloring Page from Hattifant
  8. Penguin Family Coloring Page for Kids from Trail of Colors
  9. Penguin Coloring Page from Trail of Colors
  10. Penguin Tracing Coloring Page from Trail of Colors
  11. Penguin Dot-to-Dot Worksheet from Trail of Colors
  12. Counting by 2’s with Penguins Free Math PDF from Wise Owl Factory
  13. #365Penguins and Ways to Play with Penguins from Adventures of Adam
  14. Explore the World of Penguins: Facts & Activities from Edventures with Kids

Penguin Crafts:

18 penguin crafts kids will love to make. Plus 14 activities and printable worksheets & coloring sheets for kids

  1. Milk bottle luminary penguin craft for kids from Crafts on Sea
  2. Salt Dough Footprint Penguin from Messy Little Monster
  3. Paper Heart Penguin Craft from There’s Just One Mommy
  4. Preschool Penguin craft from sparklingbuds
  5. Giant Craft Stick Macaroni Penguins from Fireflies & Mudpies
  6. Handprint Penguins from Rubber Boots and Elf Shoes
  7. Penguin Snow Globe from Sand in My Toes
  8. Mixed Media Penguin Art from The Pinterested Parent
  9. Mosaic Penguin Crafts for Kids from Easy Crafts for Kids
  10. Mosaic Penguin from Crafts by Amanda
  11. Paper Tube Penguins from Clare’s Little Tots
  12. Paper Plate Penguin Craft from Easy Peasy and Fun
  13. Penguin Footprint Craft from Easy Peasy and Fun
  14. Easy Penguin Corner Bookmark from Red Ted Art
  15. Round Penguin Craft for Kids to Make from Easy Peasy and Fun
  16. 3D Penguin Paper Toy Free Printable from Easy Peasy and Fun
  17. Cotton Balls Penguin Craft from Easy Peasy and Fun
  18. Penguin Paper Plate Craft from Making of a Mom

41 Indoor Snow Activities and Crafts for Kids

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Yesterday, I shared 28 fun “snow” recipes you could make with your children or with a class you teach or for a winter party. 

Today, I wanted to share some of my favorite fun snow activities and crafts from my blogger friends. They are so creative! There are over 40 fun things to do below. I have them all linked up so you can see the pictures or you can look at the text links at the bottom of the post.

15 Indoor Snow Activities and 26 Indoor Snow Crafts:


15 Indoor Snow Activities:

  1. Mess Free Snowflake Sensory Bag fr0m Crafts on Sea
  2. Winter Wonderland Playdough from Messy Little Monster
  3. Instant Snow – How to make the BEST snow dough from from Wunder Mom
  4. Erupting Snowballs – Winter Science Activity from Wunder Mom
  5. Growing Salt Crystal Snowflakes Winter Science from Little Bins from Little Hands
  6. Snowman Building Writing Prompts for Kindergarteners from Simple Fun for Kids
  7. Crystal Snowman from Go Science Kids
  8. Snow Dough Alphabet Writing Tray from Modern Preschool
  9. Snowflake Themed I Spy Game {Free Printable for Kids} from And Next Comes L
  10. Create a Symmetrical Snowflake from Buggy and Buddy
  11. Floral Snowflake Coloring Page for Adults and Kids from Mama Likes This
  12. Printable Snowflake Memory Game from Juggling Act Mama
  13. How to make Playdough Snowmen from Crafty Kids at Home
  14. Snowman Coloring Page for Your Little Ones from Trail of Colors
  15. Winter Scene Coloring Page for kids from Trail of Colors

26 Indoor Snow Crafts:

Here are 26 fun snow crafts for kids. There are also 15 fun snow activities to do with kids!

  1. Paper Plate Snowflakes fr0m Crafts on Sea
  2. No Mess Paper Plate Snowflakes from Messy Little Monster
  3. Making Paper Snowflakes from Little World’s Big Adventure
  4. Bubble Wrap Snowflake Art Project from Crafty Kids at Home
  5. Bleeding Tissue Snowflake Art from The Pinterested Parent
  6. Newspaper and Watercolor Snowflake Art from The Pinterested Parent
  7. Snowflake Craft: Relief Painting from There’s Just One Mommy
  8. Free Printable Snowflake Craft from Sunny Day Family
  9. Snowflake Painted Stones from Non-Toy Gifts
  10. Q-Tip Snowflake from Easy Crafts for Kids
  11. Make Your Own Snowflake Window Cling from Ann’s Entitled Life
  12. Tissue Paper Snowflakes from Smashed Peas and Carrots
  13. Foam Cup Snowmen from Crafts by Amanda
  14. Pom Pom Snowman Craft from Crafts by Amanda
  15. Shaving Cream Paint Snowman Craft from There’s Just One Mommy
  16. Clothespin Snowman Craft for Kids from Living Life and Learning
  17. Sparkly Puffy Paint Snowman from Emma Owl
  18. 3D Cotton Ball Snowman Craft from Kids Craft Room
  19. Fun Snowman Kid’s Craft from Singing Through the Rain
  20. Melting Snowman Blow Paintings from Kids Craft Room
  21. Paint Stick Snowmen from Moneywise Moms
  22. Doily Snowman Craft from Easy Peasy and Fun
  23. Simple Waffle Snowman from Juggling Act Mama
  24. DIY Snow Globe from Powerful Mothering
  25. Bubble Wrap Snow Printing from Kitchen Floor Crafts
  26. Winter Tree Finger Painting from Easy Peasy and Fun

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