Our Lamb, Our Saviour

Today we made a lamb. It is to help remind us of our Savior Christ Jesus. For He was our eternal Lamb sacrificed for our sins. Through Him, a new covenant was born. With this being the month we celebrate Easter, I thought I would have the influence of Jesus to start the month out with. We will be doing activities that involves Easter eggs and bunnies, but there will be a strong influence of the gift given to us by Jesus' sacrifice.

Jesus Our Lamb

What you will need:

1 toilet paper roll
white glue
1 long white pipe cleaner cut in half
lots of cotton balls
white and blue construction paper or foam sheets
Newspaper
Masking Tape

1. Start first with stuffing the toilet paper roll with the newspaper. 
2. Cut two round circles that will fit to either side of the toilet paper roll from the white foam/construction paper.
3. Use the glue to mount the white circles to the toilet paper roll.
4. Next cut an egg shape, slightly larger than the circles, from the white foam.construction paper for the sheep's head.
5. Cut two smaller ovals from the white foam/construction paper for the ears.
6. Cut two small circles from the blue foam/construction paper for the sheep's eyes.
7. Have your child assemble the various shapes for the sheep's head.
8. Glue the head to one end of the toilet paper roll.
9. Use the tape to mount the sheep's legs (pipe cleaners) to the bottom of the toilet paper roll.
10. Have your child generously glue the cotton balls to completely cover the entire roll and rump of the the sheep. 

As you can see from our pictures, our sheep turned out very cute. It took about 15 minutes for us to complete this cutie. Have fun with it. It is OK if the face comes out distorted and if it looks like the lamb received a bad hair cut. My children had fun with this. Cotton balls make a great sensory item too.