FREE Valentine’s Day Cards with Scripture for Children

Here are 2 ideas I am going to use this year!  Clink on the links below for all the information.

FREE Valentine’s Day Cards with Scripture for Children from Blessed Beyond a Doubt

A Valentine Countdown of God's Love

A Valentine’s Countdown for Kids from Not Consumed ~
                              http://www.notconsumed.com/2014/01/22/14-days-gods-love/

How she uses the countdown each day…

1. Each morning she hide a heart somewhere in the house; then the kids go on a treasure hunt for God’s love.

2. Once found, they add it to a display and then look up the verse in the Bible. The kids take turns reading the verse then write it down.

 

Click on the above link to download the hearts.

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How to make a Santa Hat!

How to make a Santa Hat!

Picture from Girl in Air Blog

Here are instructions for this Santa Hat Newborn to Adult Sizes:

http://www.girlinair.com/2010/12/how-to-make-santa-hat.html

Symbols in the Bible

There are many things in the Bible that represent Biblical truths.

 Sword = Word of God ~ Ephesians 6:17

Jesus:

Lamb of God ~ John 1:29

John chapter 10, “I Am…the Gate”… and the “Good Shepherd”

John 15:1, “I Am the Vine…”

John 6:48 & 51, "I am the Bread of Life

The Church:

Body of Christ, Eph. 1:23, "God...appointed [Jesus] to be Head over...the Church, which is His Body..."

1 Cor. 12:27, "...you are the Body of Christ..."

God’s Temple: 1 Cor. 3:16 “…you, yourselves are God’s Temple…”

Also look up these symbolisms of plants in the Bible: vine and vineyard, olive trees, fig trees, fir, myrtle and pine; mustard seed, wheat and tares, palm (branches), rose, lily, etc.

The Devil is called a snake, a serpent.

The Cross/ Crucifixion is the symbol of Jesus’ death & resurrection.  But in Roman times it was considered a most shameful and disgraceful way to die.  It symbolized an execution.  It was also a humiliation, by making the condemned as vulnerable as possible.  The length of time required to reach death could range from hours to days depending on method, the victim's health, and the environment.

Crucifixion (or impalement), in one form or another, was also used by Persians, Carthaginians, and Macedonians.  Notorious mass crucifixions followed the Third Servile War in 73–71 BC (the slave rebellion under Spartacus), and other Roman civil wars in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC.

Many Christians now believe that we should do away with the symbols of our modern celebrations of Easter and Christmas.  They believe that the original meanings are non-Christian.  And maybe some of those symbols ARE too much of a stretch to associate with these Holy Days; but not all of them.

 So, since the cross was originally a symbol of execution (non-Christian), is it also wrong to think, & display, it as the symbol of Christ?

 

A Felt Nativity Story

This is such a cute nativity set children for to play with during the holiday season, either at home or in a class situation. 

Stay at Home Educator has a step-by-step guide and a free pattern.

The Gettysburg Address Challenge

Homeschool Freebie of the Day is having "The Gettysburg Address Challenge."

Tuesday, November 19th will be the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address given by Abraham Lincoln in 1863. To mark the occasion, they have issued a challenge: Actually memorize and recite the complete speech (only 266 words), then send an mp3 audio of your recitation.

The details are on their website and the deadline for entering is midnight on Friday, November 15th.

There are samples of recitations from ages 5, 10, & 13.

Formal & Informal Table Settings

  

 

Cultivating Thankful Hearts unit study

My next Thanksgiving lesson from Blessed Beyond a Doubt.

The site includes:

Key memory verses
Easily understandable and teachable lesson
Prompts for further study, song, and conversation
A fun printable activity
Scripture memory copy work pages

Candy Corn on the Cob

Oh, my!  This looks so good!

Why do we have candy corn kernels and not a full cob of candy corn?

I found out about it here.

 

 

Crocheted hearts

I was looking for crocheted hearts to make for Valentine's Day.  Here are 3 different patterns:

This one, from Bella Dia, is larger: 

 

This one is from Between the lines: 

 

And this one, from Salt for the Spirit, is tiny:

 

Colors of Faith Jelly Bean Bracelet

I've passed out copies of the Jelly Bean Prayer on Easter; but I'm going to this bracelet this year!

Here's the link for the instructions:

Colors of Faith Jelly Bean Bracelet

Names of Jesus Ornaments

These ornaments are great for your tree, or for decorating
your classroom or bulletin board for Christmas.

Here is the link to create them:  BIBLE STORY PRINTABLES.com

Nativity Pop-up Card

This will be a cute cards for the kids to do this Christmas.  There is a step- by-step tutorial on their site here -
 BIBLE STORY PRINTABLES.com

Thanksgiving Bible Printables

I was looking for lesson plans & printables for my classes this November and found this web site.

Thanksgiving Bible Printables & Crafts

from Christian Preschool Printables 

Printable Thankful Pumpkin Pocket

I love this craft from Christian Preschool Printables

This is a printable pumpkin pocket

children can make to store different
things they are thankful for.  

It includes an art sheet of items for them to cut out.

How to Become President of the U.S. Poster

Love this!
Go to http://kids.usa.gov/president/index.shtml
to print it out or to order a larger version.

CHRISTIANS ARE LIKE PUMPKINS

CHRISTIANS ARE LIKE PUMPKINS

God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all of the dirt off which you may have gotten from other pumpkins.

Then, He cuts the top off and scoops out all of the yucky stuff.

He removes seeds of doubt, hate, greed, unforgiveness, etc.

Then, He carves a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you
to shine for all the world to see.

Are you letting your light shine?

Be a jack-o-lantern for Jesus!

Pumpkins and Jesus

 Pumpkins and Jesus
P is for the People that Jesus came to save.
U is for the Unconditional love to each one He gave.
M is for the Message that we should all be sharing.
P is for the Priceless gift God above showed he is caring.
K is for the King of Kings.
I is for the Insight He brings.
N is for the Nails in His hands.
S is for our Savior who gave His life so we could stand.

Love this crochet afghan edging!

I've been looking for a pattern for a new afghan edging. I finally saw this edging on this web site.  But the actual link to the instructions is here.  I can't wait until I finish it!