Pom Pom Cross Activity

I have a TON of pom poms leftover from when I was teaching and I saw a picture of kids using pom poms as a painting tool so I thought this would be a fun way for Molly to decorate a cross after we read a book about The Easter Story. 

We have been talking about Jesus and the story of Easter using my printables over the past few weeks, but I also wanted a book that Molly would enjoy about the same topic. She loves the Bernstein Bears so I thought that 'The Bernstein Bears and the Easter Story' might be a safe bet. The reviews on Amazon were great so I bought it and Molly and I have been reading it the past few days. She loves it and it! After reading the book all morning, we did to do the craft after nap time. 

What you need: 

1) paint paper 2) template 3) large pom poms 4) clothespins 5) scissors 6) paper plate 7) paint

Instructions:

1) Print off cross template 

2) Clip the pom poms to the clothespins

3) Put a dab of each color of paint you will be using on plate

4) Set pom pom in each color

5) Dab away and paint the cross!

A lot of the painting activities that we do Molly will want to spend no more than five minutes actively engaged in it before she says 'all done', but this activity she could have done FOREVER. She loved it. I do not know if it was the novelty of painting with pom poms or the clothespins or the combination. Either way she was definitely a fan of this. She loved the pom poms so much. In fact, she has been carrying them around ever since (clean ones). She even had to go to bed with them. Ha!

Molly is too young for these, but I made an extension for older kids. You can get five Easter writing paper for FREE on my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.

Hope you enjoy 'pom pom'ing!

Teaching Kids the Story of Easter

Easter is an amazing time of year. It is a celebration of the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. It is the time of year when the flowers are starting to bloom and come to life. It is the time of year when people can spend time playing outside again (mothers everywhere rejoice!!!). What is not to love? Molly and I have been busy doing all things Easter the last week or so and our house is covered in bright and cheerful crafts and activities. It all just makes my heart so happy. I plan on sharing these crafts and activities a little different than what I did with St. Patrick's Day ones. I am going to have several posts over the next week few weeks sharing what we have been doing. Each post will have one or two related activities that you can do at home. Hopefully this will make it a little less overwhelming and easier to read. 

I wanted to start my Easter crafts and activities off with a product that I made yesterday. I started making this yesterday because I wanted to be able to introduce the story of Easter to my daughter, Molly. Once I got going, a quick and easy project turned into a much bigger one and I was making all kinds of stuff. I think this product is great because there are activities for kids of all ages. 

Here is a quick summary of everything included in this product. It is 50% off for the next 48 hours on Teachers Pay Teachers. Click on picture to purchase this product.  

I hope you enjoy this! Please let me know if there is anything in particular that you would like for me to make.

Tomorrow I will be posting about a some adorable Easter hand prints and foot prints. See you then!