Hungry for God

This was too cute to not share.

I try very hard to get a Bible story in our day. Well my Bible story book had nothing about the Passover so I was sitting on the couch trying to read the story from my Bible. Well my one-year old was cruising the furniture when they started to nibble on the corner of my Bible. My response, "Hey! Don't eat my Bible. No, we don't eat my Bible."

Well this tickled my daughter so much this is what her hash tag was on Facebook:

#hungryforGod

So have you "eaten" your Word for the day?

Shaving Cream Art

We had a great time doing this art. The children had an opportunity to be VERY creative. It was simple to do and only cost around $3 to do it. 

Here's what you need:

1 Can of Shaving Cream (non-mentholated)

Food Coloring (Lots of different colors. We used the neon and bold colors)

1 cookie sheet or tray per child

Lots of white paper or card stock

1 scraper or spatula

Wooden skewers or toothpicks (one for each child)

Paper towels

 Spray the cookie sheet with shaving cream (about 1/2" thick").

 Use the spatula to smooth and even out the shaving cream to the edges of the cookie sheet.

 Drop one to two drops of food coloring in various places on the shaving cream.

 Use the wooden skewer or toothpick to swirl the colors around the shaving cream.

 Place a white sheet of paper on the now colored swirled shaving cream.

 Gently press the paper against the shaving cream.

 Carefully remove the paper from the shaving cream.

 Use the spatula or scraper to scrape off the shaving cream remaining on the paper. The color should be left behind.

 Have the children to add swirls each time you are ready to lay a new sheet of paper.

 Allow the paper to dry. (It does dry VERY quickly)

Lacey Eggs

So these turned out to be a slop doggin mess, but we had fun making them. The end results were beautiful too. Oh and I have tweaked the directions because we learned through trial and error (More error than trial).

Here's what you need:

Several different colors of embroidery floss

Liquid Starch

Cornstarch

Water Balloons

Toothpick

Bowl or deep pan

Newspaper

Balloon Pump (unless you are ambitious and want to blow those balloons up yourself)

 1) Lay out the newspaper on your table.

 2) Fill your bowl/pan with 2 cups of liquid starch. You may not need that much but it gives you room to push and soak the thread into.

 3) Have your child(ren) wear smoks. This gets really messy and you don't want them to go home with stiff clothes.

 4) Unwind the embroidery floss in such a manner so it will not get tangled. This was one of those trial and error things we experienced.

 5) Blow up 20 or so balloons.

 6) Roll each balloon in cornstarch. You'll thank me later as it will help the starch not stick to it. We learned the hard way and had several balloons collapse because the string stuck to the balloon and when we popped the balloon the string followed.

 7) Place a pile of the floss in the bowl of starch and let soak for about 30 seconds. Press the floss firmly into the starch as it will float and will not be fully covered otherwise.

 8) Carefully start out by holding the starting end with the rest of the string in the starch. Wrap it around the balloon going in different directions. I found working with smaller cuts of floss, maybe 2 feet or so, worked best.

 9) Once the balloon has been completely wrapped with the floss, lay it on a cookie sheet or hang it on a dry line (we did both) to dry.

 10) It takes at least 3 hours for it to dry fully.

 11) Make sure you wrap the balloons tightly.

 12). Once they are dry, use a toothpick to pop the balloon. If the balloon is stuck to the string follow the next step.

 13. Our trial part...Our string stuck to the balloon collapsing many. Considering we made 19 and five collapsed before realizing what we did wrong. Use a toothpick to slide between the string and the balloon. Be careful - the balloon will pop we found this out too).

 14) Once the string has been separated, use the toothpick to pop the balloon at the end away from the stub (the end you blew it up at). You should be able to remove the balloon from the tip sticking out.

 Enjoy the rest of the pictures.