YOU'VE BEEN EGGED: Easter

YOU'VE BEEN EGGED!

Sometimes it's is hard to plan how to make sure that the younger ones in your life understand and get the true meaning of Easter.  Our family always participated in egg hunts and had Easter Baskets but the true meaning of Easter was always emphasized in many ways. I have friends that believe you should not participate in Easter Baskets and Egg Hunts and that it takes away from the real meaning of Easter.  I believe there are ways to teach and celebrate both. I too believe sometimes, as with Christmas, things can get out of hand and off track but being mindful of what you do, say and teach all year through is key in my opinion.  I really liked this idea of putting eggs in someone's yard randomly with an empty one to teach the lesson about Jesus' empty tomb.  This is the saying if you would like to "Egg" someone:  "You've been egged!  There are 12 eggs hidden in your yard.  Enjoy the hunt but don't be discouraged if you find the empty egg as it's a simple reminder of Jesus' empty tomb for HE IS RISEN!"

 

 

 

 

In addition to the "Egged" basket, my pictures show some other goodies I made last year for Easter using silhouette cut files. I am always searching for "non-food" and "non-candy" items to be able to give kids during holidays.  It seems it is always candy, candy, candy.   It has been very popular as of late, to make cute designs and put EOS lip balm gifts in them.  I used some "ready made" designs from the Silhouette store which you can find under Lori Whitlock "Lip Balm" but I also  chose designs I liked and drew a circle in the center on my silhouette screen and made the cuts for the EOS lip balm spaces myself.  Because it's hard to find "boy" valentine things, I chose the sports theme.  I knew I could find plastic sports eggs.  I inserted  oval shapes into the designs I wanted to use egg shapes with (like the football) and then cut them on the silhouette so the egg would fit. 

 

 

I used the Silhouette Pens to write on the basketball hoop.

 

 

Lori Whitlock now has tons of these to choose from on Silhouette that are ready made so you don't have to make them yourself.  She has little monsters, farm animals, snowman, Santa and tons of others!  Check them out!