Easter Activity

I'm not sure who came up with this idea, but it's a great one! We did this with our children last year and they loved it.


Here's what you'll need

1- cup whole pecans or pretzels

1-teaspoon vinegar

3 egg whites

pinch of salt

1-cup sugar

zipper baggie

wooden spoon

tape

Bible


Preheat the oven to 300 (this is important-don't wait until you're half-done with the recipe)

1. Place the pecans or pretzels in the baggie and let the kids beat them with the wooden spoon to break them into pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested, He was beaten by the Roman soldiers.

Read John 19:1-3

2. Put the vinegar into a mixing bowl. Let each child smell the vinegar. Explain that when Jesus was on the cross and He became thirsty, He was offered vinegar to drink.

Read John 19:28-30

3. Add the egg whites to the vinegar. The eggs represent life. Explain that Jesus gave His life so that we could have life.

Read John 10:10-11

4. Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand and let them taste it. Put the rest into the bowl. Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus' followers, and the bitterness of our own sin.

Read Luke 23:27

5. So far the ingredients are not very appetizing. Add 1 cup of sugar. Explain that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died because He loves us. He wants us to know and belong to Him.

Read Psalm 34:8 and John 3:16

6. Beat the egg whites with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes, until stiff peaks form. Explain that the color white represents the purity in God's eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus.

Read Isa. 1:18 and John 3:1-3

7. Fold in the broken nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto a wax paper cookie sheet. Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus body was laid to rest.

Read Matt. 27:57-60

8. Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door and turn the oven off.

9. Give each child a piece of tape and seal the door. Explain that Jesus tomb was sealed.

Read Matt. 27:65-66

10. Go to bed. Explain that they may feel sad to leave the cookies in the oven overnight and that Jesus followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed.

Read John 16:20-22

11. On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie. Notice the cracked surface and take a bite, the cookies are hollow! ON THE FIRST EASTER, Jesus' followers were amazed to find His tomb empty.

Read Matt. 28: 1-9

Question

When Abigail was a baby she would get very bad diaper rashes because of her medical history(I don't have time to post the whole story, but she had 60% of her colon removed and had horrible rashes because her stools had more acid in them than usual) so we used cloth diapers sometimes. I didn't know anything about the huge selection of diapers, we just did it out of necessity. So I used folded receiving blankets that I found at a thrift store.
Anyway, I am thinking about using them with this new baby. However there are so many choices I don't know where to start. So I was wandering if anyone has some advice on the subject. Do you or have you used cloth diapers, and which ones do you recommend and why?

(Also, Abigail's birthday is next month and I promise to post all about her rough beginning.)

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