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Easter Lily

Last week Lydia had an Easter party at school. I of course, volunteered to help at it. I volunteer for every party. So, the kids are always exited to see me coming (at least I think they are!)


We did a color-coded egg hunt. I gave each kid a bag with colors on them. They could only pick up those colored eggs and then mark them off when they found them. It actually worked better than I thought and everyone got the same amount of eggs!


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For snacks, one of the moms made a cute ‘He is Risen’ tomb cake. How easy is that?!

Then I read the The Parable of the Lily by Liz Curtis Higgs. It’s one of my favorite Easter books because it’s so perfectly about Jesus and the Resurrection–without going to the torture and cross OR the other way with Easter eggs. It’s the story of a little girl who receives a box of dirt and a flower bulb from her father. She thinks it’s a terrible gift and even throws the bulb outside! On Easter morning she goes outside to see a beautiful lily where her bulb landed.


The best part of the book is the Scriptures on the bottom of each page–which clues us into the real gift given by our Father. The gift that didn’t look very awesome, that we threw away and was buried in the ground for 3 days. And the gift, Jesus, who came back to life on Easter morning!

It’s a fabulous story. And to help us remember it, we made handprint lilies! They are so easy–just trace your hand, cut it out, roll it up and tape.


Then push the ends back to resemble petals of a lily. The final piece is a long green pipe-cleaner and a small 3 inch piece of yellow. Attach the yellow to the top of the green and then slide it into the lily for a stem!


handprint lily
Cute, right? (Sorry I couldn’t get better action shots of the craft for a real tutorial–have you ever tried doing a craft with 17 kindergarteners? They don’t pose for blog photos much! *wink*)

This is is a perfect gift for your unEaster basket and would be even cuter if you coupled it with a real lily!

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Disclosure: I’m a Tommy Mommy.

Comments

  3. Rachel says

    I just absolutely love when I get tulips in the spring. I know they don’t live long but I love them. 🙂

  7. Martha says

    Tulips!!! I wish our church would use the tulips on Easter so that I can go in the sanctuary since I am allergic to the Easter Lily.

  10. Beth says

    I love tulips…and we love this book, especially since my daughter’s name is Lily!

  11. lace says

    I adore yellow tulips. I’ve never heard of this story and would love to use it for my sunday school’s Easter lesson.

  12. Kristin Schulte says

    My daughter’s name, Susannah, actually means “lily”. . . .so glad to know about this book!

  13. Monica says

    My favorite Spring flower is the Lily of the Valley aka Ladder to Heaven. My children & I would love this book!

  16. J S says

    Bluebonnets in texas are the best!! With lilies close behind. Thx for all the awesome ideas and tips!

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