Gran mailed the girls the pieces to make their Easter Baskets. They painted faces on wooden bunny cutouts. We cut the tops off empty milk cartons and glued the wooden pieces to make these baskets.
It was going to be hard to top last year's Best Easter Basket Ever. So why mess with a good thing? I created more coupons for their baskets, but this year, I added a little twist.
A SCAVENGER HUNT!
In addition to coupons, I added clues that sent them outside to search for a prize. Instead of toys, prizes were a book, bookmark, book light clip, package of mechanical pencils, and a shirt/nightgown.
Some prizes were small enough to fit into large eggs, while others I put in brown paper bags (great for instant camoflauge!). I hid them in specific places in the yard and wrote rhyming clues to help the girls find their prize.
One clue sent them to search for a prize in the shed. They opened this clue at the same time, so they went to search for it together.
Another to look under the fire-pit cover.
Another to the flower garden (minus flowers).
They had so much fun, and I do believe the scavenger hunt topped last year's Best Ever Easter Basket.
EMPTY TOMB ROLLS
I really can't believe I have NEVER done these before. I guess Easter Sunday is always so busy with getting ready for church, I've just not had time to do them. This year I was determined to do it, but we made them Saturday morning instead of Easter Sunday.
We followed this recipe for Empty Tomb Rolls.
Some of them collapsed, but a few were perfect and the girls were surprised to find them hollow, just like the tomb was empty when the stone was rolled away.
And they were delicious, too.
The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name. Luke 24:46-47
