A slice of my Florida life
Possibly the most important verse to remember:
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
Sunday Verse includes a simple verse, perfect for memorizing.
I’m teaching art once a week at a local Christian school so I thought I would share my crafts. Since we’re in Florida and sea turtles nest on the beaches here, I thought paper plate turtles would be a good craft. It can be as easy or hard as you want. All you need are two paper plates (I used heavy duty just because they had a little more dome shape to them), green or brown construction paper, crayons/markers, and a stapler (glue might work).
This was my pattern. The big piece is the head and front flippers, the smaller one is for the back flippers (so cut two). You will also need a tail, but we just ripped a corner off the construction paper and used that.
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One the back of one of the paper plates, draw three hexagons in the middle. The draw a line from each of the points to the edge of the plate (these are called scutes). If you’re feeling fancy, add little rectangles around the edge.
Color your turtle and then staple it together. You could use googly eyes if you wanted, but we just drew eyes.
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I went out to check on my honeydew plants yesterday and was excited to find what I think are three itty-bitty melons! Some critter has been happily munching on the leaves though so hopefully it leaves the little melons alone!
The first verse I taught my kids:
Ephesians 6:1 says “Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.”
They don’t have to obey Mommy and Daddy just because we say so, it’s also because God says so.
Sunday Verse includes a simple verse, perfect for memorizing.
A few Sunday’s ago, my Sunday School teacher said something to the effect of, “why worry when you can pray.”
Matthew 6:34 says “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
This is one of my favorite verses (actually the whole passage Matthew 6:25-34 is excellent!). Whenever I’m tempted to worry (which is frequently), I remind my self of this verse.
Sunday Verse includes a simple verse, perfect for memorizing.