Resurrection Mountain

The week of easter Jayden and I had a fun activity that helped us

focus in on what Easter is all about.

It was perfect for his age and hopefully we will make this a tradition for years to come.

I got the idea and instructions from the book,

"Treasuring God in your Traditions"

by Noel Piper

it is a wonderful book on how to make holidays and birthdays

special and meaningful without being commercialized.

We spread the project out throughout the week, but she

recommends having it for the entire week from Palm Sunday

to Easter and to spread the story from the scriptures through out the week.

First we made the mountain out of the recipe in the book.

4 cups of flour,

1 1/2 cups of salt

1 tablespoon of oil

1 1/2 cups of water

mix it together

and then shape it into a mountain,

stick your fist into the middle to make the place for the tomb

make a whole in the top for the cross

you bake it at 250 for 4 hours

and then you can paint it

we only had finger paint,

so that is what we used!

for the cross, we found 2 sticks in the yard and put them together with twine,

you also want to find a rock and fit it to the tomb, before you cook it

we then made the people out of pipe cleaners

they were very "creative" but sara and jayden had fun

making them

you use these people when you are telling the story

we used the mountain and the people and recounted the story to jayden

and the boys

on good Friday we put Jesus in the tomb,

and then there was silence on Saturday

to represent the waiting

and then on Easter morning,

Jayden awoke to this:

the stone was rolled away and He is RISEN!

jayden was so excited about it,

and i think from talking about it throughout the week

with this activity -

it helped it sink in

Thank you Jesus that you are RISEN!

we celebrate you!