Easter Baskets on a Low-Key Budget

Currently 35 weeks along in this pregnancy and I have been busy getting everything ready through like Mother's Day, maybe I'll do Father's Day too, so I don't have to plan later.  So here are my Easter Baskets for my boys!!!

I've got everything spring related in these baskets - after a long winter with lots of snow and just recently maybe a sign of spring, we shall see - these baskets are soooo cute!!!  Frogs in their lily pads in the pond!

Thank you to Family Christian #FCBlogger for having some AWESOME stuff in their store, I was able to get some good deals, especially with taking advantage of the 40% OFF coupon over President's Day!!!

So, I picked up those plush frogs that sing "He's Got the World in His Hands" in a very gospel rock version, which my kids LOVED when we went to the store a couple months ago, if you didn't see the picture I posted, here it is again:

These are like $29.99 in the stores, but I used 40% off coupons on President's Day to get them for like $18!!! Currently, there is a 30% off coupon I've seen floating around.  So, I picked up two, one for each of my boys.

This is my older son's basket with the following items from Family Christian: Plush Singing Frog "In His Hands", Veggie Tales Ricochet plush toy (his favorite League of Incredible Vegetables character), Butterfly Sucker with Caterpillar Gummy.  The plastic eggs came from Oriental Trading through a co-op and stuffed them with his favorite candies: skittles, starbursts, and krackel.

My younger son's basket with the following items from Family Christian: Plush Singing Frog "In His Hands", Veggie Tales Thingamabob plush with key chain clip, Butterfly Sucker with Caterpillar Gummy.  The plastic eggs came from Oriental Trading through a co-op and stuffed them with his favorite chocolates: milk chocolate, dark chocolate and caramel filled.

Each basket cost me around $20 and I already had the blue tissue paper, shredded grass, candies and green buckets on hand.  All I need to do now is label their names on their buckets and they will be all set!

What are you doing for your Easter baskets?

My next post will cover our "Egging Neighbors" activity and how we reach our neighbors for Jesus! 

Have Fun and Be a Blessing!
~Bekah

Easter Week in Review

I love everything about Easter - the eggs, the hunts, the flowers, the jelly beans, the candy, the chocolate, the baskets, the smiles, the laughter, etc.  And everything can be used to teach about Jesus!!! My son loved everything about Easter too and I was able to take everything and turn it back to the real meaning for the day and we had fun!


I don't have a picture of our posterboard this time. :(  I completely forgot to take a picture, lol.  But we learned the following:

Letter: C

Color: Purple (Biblical Meaning = Royalty)

Number: 23 (Biblical Meaning = Death & Resurrection)

Shape: Cross

Story: From Palm Sunday to Jesus' Resurrection (covered them all)

Verse: "If anyone is in Christ, He is a new creation." 2 Corinthians 5:17

Purple Hunt

He found ALL the items in his playroom that were purple.

Then he figured out that the round tubes could be used as tunnels for his cars.

This wasn't part of the plan, but he wanted to build an animal.

I LOVE this set! It's a Bloco Construction set.  It requires thinking to put

these together, but my little guy did it and figured it out! :)

You can view the product HERE.

Jelly Bean Prayer Printable

I can't remember which site I printed this from... so sorry, I found so many

then just picked one to print.  But my little guy colored the jelly bean piles

the color that was indicated and then we talked about how it points to Jesus.

There is something about a white crayon and white paper my son is infatuated with

then 5 seconds later will be complaining it doesn't work! lol

So, I showed him how white crayon and white paper can work.

I drew a picture on a piece of paper, gave him watercolors and told him to find the

picture on the paper.  Once the picture started coming through he was ALL about this activity.

This was part of our Bible lesson.

I explained to Him that Jesus died for our sins so that we could be close to God again.

Telling him that because of Adam and Eve's sin, God cursed the earth and we were separated from God.  But Jesus' death on the cross allowed a way for us to get close to God, so we

can talk with Him, walk with Him, listen to Him, etc.

Butterfly Dot-to-Dot Worksheet from Preschool Palace

This went perfectly with our memory verse.  Then I made up a little finger play

about caterpillars, cocoons and butterflies... to show how a butterfly

represents a new creation.

The Purple Book - another Free Printable from Preschool Palace

I had him color each of the items purple.  He had a box of crayons with

different shades of purple, but he only wanted one particular purple. :)

Then with a purple marker he traced the word "purple".

We had a little fun - I made an egg hunt for his lunch.

I took about 20 eggs and hid his lunch in them.

The lunch consisted of sandwich, diced apples, diced ham rolls,

diced cheese, cheese balls, and diced veggies.

This was our family time, but this comes from Scripture Adventures.

We made an Easter Chain and each night he would cut off one chain and we

would read about what happened on that day back in history.  Then I would read the story in the Bible and we'd talk about it.  Jordan had lots of questions, so my husband and I enjoyed

answering his questions and helping him to understand.

Have fun and Be a Blessing!

~Bekah