Our Good Friday lunch

I wanted to do something to really hit home the meaning of Easter this year, so I came up with a last supper/food from the region meal. I used flat bread crackers, and I topped them with olive hummus, gave them a boiled egg, (Though I could not find one reference to these beauties in the Bible, it stands to reason that they COULD have had them, since they had birds, right?) a mixed green salad, dried fruit, and an empty tomb dessert, made with a graham cracker topped with green coconut and half a doughnut. I think it turned out great, and it really opened the door for discussion about the various parts of the Easter story.   Continuing our theme, this last supper was served with a cup of grape juice. 

I hope you had a fantastic and memorable Easter weekend!  I would love to hear how you made the weekend special for your children!




Meredith

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Meredith

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Bugging Out

We celebrated the work of author Eric Carle with some of his famous books, bug activities, and VERY fun and easy bug food! My kids ate a huge feast, and the funny thing was, most of it was veggies!

Couldn't resist making a batch of bugs on a log.


The very hungry caterpillar, in salad form!


Tortilla wraps make a great caterpillar, too!


Fruit salad, to represent all the fruits the caterpillar ate through each day.


Here's our very grouchy ladybug!



Cricket dip, based on The Very Quiet Cricket..YUM!



Easy spiders, from The Very Busy Spider


And some very pretty butterflies, because we all know what happens at the end of The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

While I had read The Very Hungry Caterpillar many times, I don't think I had read Eric Carle's other works before. We all enjoyed them SO much! Check some out at your local library, and cozy up with some creepy crawly snacks for an afternoon you and your kids won't soon forget!
Meredith

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