Easter - Pentecost :: From the Archives

Our Easter Celebrations

• On Easter Morning (2011)
• Our Easter Menu and Family Pictures (2011)
• Hunting for Eggs!  (2011)
• {pretty, happy, funny, real} (2011)
• On Easter Day (2010)
• A Happy and Joyous Easter (Family Picture, 2010)
• On Easter Day ~ At Home (2009)
• The Easter Triduum (2008 - Plans)
• Our Holy Week and Easter (2008)

Easter Fun with Food

• The Easter Story ~ Resurrection Cookies (2008)
• Making Resurrection Cookies (2010) 
• Decorating and Painting Eggs for Easter (2010)
• Resurrection Rolls (2009)
• A Little Lamb for Easter (2010)
• Chocolate Nests for Easter (2010) 
• Making Chocolate Nests for Easter (2011)
• Easter Candy + Cookies (2008)
• A Joyous Easter Tea (2009)
• A Lamb Shaped Cake for Easter (link to Catholic Cuisine) 
• Our Easter Dinner (2011)

 

Easter Candy

• Easter Symbols :: Handcrafted Candy for Easter

Easter Books and Baskets

• Picture Books for Easter (Our Favorite Easter Picture Books) 
• Catholic Easter Basket Ideas (2011 -List of Ideas for Filling Easter Baskets)
• Getting Ready for Easter (2011 - Easter Baskets)

 

Easter Paschal Candle

• Creating our Paschal Candle for Easter 

We really enjoyed making our Paschal Candle using the lovely kit made by Illuminated Ink.   In the past years, I have always just decorated a pillar candle with Candle Decorating Pens or Decorating Wax.  Last year we even used a printable candle wrapper from Homeschool Goodies:

Other Easter Crafts

• A Cross Stitch Easter Egg

The Fifty Days of Easter ~ The Garden of the Good Shepherd

Last year Charlotte and I came up with weekly Good Shepherd Garden Parties to coordinate with The Garden of the Good Shepherd: A Sticker Calendar to Count the Fifty Days of Easter.    I have created a page with all of the links to the menus, our parties, and more, here:  

The Garden of the Good Shepherd

 

Other Good Shepherd Activities

• Lost No More Puzzle

Divine Mercy Sunday

• Our Divine Mercy Sunday ~ A Lovely Day! (2008)
• Shower of Photos 2009 :: Day 19 (Divine Mercy Sunday) (2009)

Additional ideas can be found in my Little Flowers post for the Virtue of Mercy!

Ascension Thursday

• {pretty, happy, funny, real} :: Ascension Thursday (2011)
• Ascension Pancakes (2010) 
• Ascension Thursday Picnic (2010) 
• Ascension Thursday Picnic (2009)

Pentecost Sunday

• Celebrating Pentecost, the Birthday of the Church! (2011)
• Celebrating Pentecost the Birthday of the Church! :: 2010 Edition
• A Windsock for Pentecost
• Plans for Pentecost Sunday
• Celebrating Pentecost, the Birthday of the Church! (2009)
• Ideas for Celebrating Pentecost Sunday (2009)

 

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