This craft is so easy.  I made this pair for my niece for her birthday.  Her jammies are pink with green accents and she thought they were too cool!  Besides a great and easy gift to make, this would be a fun craft for a slumber party!  I have to give credit to Hobby Lobby for their idea sheet.  I saw this in the store a couple of weeks ago when was there buying my daughter her summer flip flop wardrobe.  They were on the 50% off special that week.  You just can't beat 75 cent shoes.  Here is what you need:

1 pair of flip flops

fleece - your choice of color - 1/4 yd should be enough for 1 pair

Ribbon for the sides of the shoes and for the tops

Hot glue gun

1. Trace around the shoe on the fleece.

2. Lay the fleece on the shoe.  Make a slit at the top to be able to fit the material around the part that goes between your toes.

3. Make a slit on each side and tuck the material.

4. Lift up the material a little at a time and run some hot glue on the shoe.  Press the material down firmly.

5. Take the ribbon and hot glue to the sides around bottom of shoe. 

6. Then hot glue ribbon to the strap.

There are so many different things you can do.  Use buttons instead of ribbon.  Use eyelash yarn on the straps and ribbon on the sides.  Put a flower in the center of each strap.  Use ribbon that has pearls or sequins on it.  Wool felt would probably work as well as fleece and may actually be more aborbent in case your loved one has sweaty feet.  Have fun with this project.  Let your imagination run wild.  And email me a picture if you make a pair!

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As we studied Passover, we learned about the Israelites redemption from slavery in Egypt.  My son found a really neat craft from a link in the Biblical Holidays, Spring Holidays e-book.  It is called Moses and the Red Sea.  The instructions are simple and you can print the people, clothing, and fish needed to make the project, and the kids can color them in.  Here is a pictue of what my 9 year old son made.  He did everything except cut out the people.  I cut while he colored.  It made for good one on one time together.  Plus, I enjoy making crafts as much as he does.

The Israelites crossing the Red Sea

Then, we discussed how Jesus is the Passover Lamb and how He was the perfect, unblemished sacrifice.  We discussed how He redeemed all mankind from the slavery of sin.  Then, I pulled out a box with something I had purchased on clearance after Christmas.  It is called The Amazing Sheep.  You put this paper sheep together and then sit it in some special liquid that comes with it and it grows "wool".  (I never could find the ingredients for the liquid so I could explain what makes the wool grow.)  Anyway, the sheep was going to be used as a centerpiece for our Passover Seder.  It didn't complete it's growth, possibly due to our 80 degree weather and the humidity.  See the pictures below of the progress.  It was fun and the kids enjoyed it.  We didn't use it for our centerpiece but we had a back up plan and the picture is also below.

About an hour after being in the liquid.

4-5 hours later the wool was growing.

This is the lamb we used instead.  The above wasn't really a lamb so this was a better reprsentation anyway.

However you celebrate this season, be it Passover/Feast of Unleavened Bread/& First Fruit or Easter/Resurrection Sunday, remember to focus on Jesus and bless Him with your worship.

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.  By oppression and judgment he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was stricken.  He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.

Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.

Isaiah 53:7-10

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Ll is for Lamb

Made by Autumn, 3 yrs old

Here is a very simple craft to make with a child as young as 2 years old.  I found this craft at DLTK's website .

Materials needed:

Picture of a lamb - you can print one here

Cotton balls

Glue

Scissors (age appropriate)

Instructions:

1.  The lamb shape may be cut out or left on the sheet of paper as I did above.  If your child knows how to use their scissors well or is at the stage of learning to cut out shapes they can do this.

2.  Allow the child to put dots of glue all over the lamb.

3.  Have the child put cotton balls on the glue dots.

Now they have their own wooly lamb!

I used this craft when I introduced the letter Ll during a phonics lesson, Ll is for lamb. This craft could also be used:

When studying Passover

For a Sheep/Lamb unit study

For Easter (We call this Resurrection Day)

Have fun making your lambs!

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