Expecting Easter- The Family Lenten Tree

We are truly making more of an effort

to celebrate the joy of Easter

here at

The Fantastic Five,

just as we did with our 

Christmas Countdown

this past December.

After pooling together a few resources

and setting up...

...our personal Lenten Countdown Trees...

(Read more about them by clicking

HERE...)

...we began our 

Trail to the Tree Devotionals.

 My plan is to add a

kiddo-friendly activity to each of the

Biblical stories.

The first story was about 

Adam and Eve

and the beginning of human sin...

(Genesis 3)

The HOPE we can cling to

in this story can be found in 

Genesis 3:15:

 ^"And I will put enmity
   between you and the woman,
   and between your offspring and hers;

he will crush your head,
   and you will strike his heel.” 

 I told the kiddos that the

"he"

God is talking about there is

Jesus.

The plan was there,

from the beginning,

to send us a Savior

who would crush Satan

and free us from our sinful nature...

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So,

to create a reminder for our family

about God's plan for salvation,

the kiddos and I got to work on an

Easter Tree.

The kiddos 

(and our doggies)

went with me into the backyard

to gather some branches

for our tree...

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After to branches were gathered...

...they were arranged in a tall 

candle holder...

...along with several jewels to keep

the branches in place.

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Later that evening,

I printed, laminated, and cut out

the ornamental pictures

found in the 

Ann Voskamp devotional.

I arranged them all on our 

Easter Tree,

along with some egg ornaments

I found at the Target Dollar Spot...

Now our mantle is beginning to look...

...like Easter should.