An Easter Roundup Of Ideas

Seriously I couldn't believe my eyes when I sat down and looked closely at the calendar. Easter is just about upon us! True, it is! I knew it was getting close but I had no idea it was this close.

I was browsing some of the things we've gotten up to in the past and thought I would do a bit of a roundup post for all of our Easter fun! I've included links to everything so you can easily find the printables and/or instructions.

I can still remember how much he enjoyed using these adorable little Easter Counting Cards.

 We still have this Tin Foil Easter Egg Garland, it was so simple to make and the bright paint really looks great.

 I still smile every time I see this gorgeous little Bilby graphic. Do you think anyone would notice the fact they are practicing multiplication over his cuteness ;-)

These adorable little Marshmallow Easter Bunnies were eaten nearly as quickly as they were assembled.

We no longer have a Bambino among us but I shared a few of our Easter themed trays that he used over and over again. You really don't need to go over the top with these things, simple is most generally best and easiest on you.

I don't know any one that can resist a play in a sensory tub!

Here's another lot of Easter themed trays for the little bambino's.

I have a small range of Bilby Easter themed printables, more suited to the younger age groups.

 Have a look at the fun we got up to with the story, The Bilbies First Easter.

You can also make a little Bilby Pencil Topper, with instructions on how to put him together.

Visit my Pinterest Easter Themed Board where I've pinned  many more fun ideas.


Follow Kylie @ Our Worldwide Classroom's board Easter Theme on Pinterest.

I hope you have a lovely Easter and lots of crafty fun in the lead up.

Happy Homeschooling,
Kylie 

Bambino Academy - More Easter Themed Works

Here are a few more of our Easter themed work trays, for the Bambino among us. Quite often the bigger kids use some of these and that's all good too.

Pastel playdough with these super cute cutters. These have been played with every day this past week.

Easter Bunny puzzle, a little above his ability so someone normally gives him a hand.

Easter Playdough mats. Crosses on hot cross buns, eggs in a basket and adding features to the Easter Bilby.

Handwriting, vocabulary practice.

Cards and counters.

1 - 10 Easter Bilby Puzzle.

Tonging easter 'gemstones'.

Pattern strips

Check out these other Easter themed posts

• Bambino Academy Printable Easter Pack
• Easter Multiplication Printable
• Easter Themed Bambino Academy (Montessori) Trays
• Easter Sensory Tub
• Easter Counting Cards 
• Marshmallow Easter Bunny
• Bilbies' First Easter

The Bilbies First Easter Activities

Their farm was baked dry by drought. But with hope, faith, and the help of the bilbies, William makes an Easter surprise more magical than any bunny could deliver. (fishpond)

We spent Good Friday with family, the kids enjoyed some fun activity time with Grandma, who brought along her 'The Bilbies' First Easter' story sack.

They began by reading the story of The Bilbies' First Easter, before moving into some fun hands on activities to help bring the book alive.

Everyone was keen to make their very own chocolate Easter Bilby.

Eating the chocolate, though was a whole lot more fun.

mmmmm Yum, these Easter Bilbies' are good.

In the story the Bilbies' paint rainbow coloured eggs to bring to William, for a simpler version the kids simply decorated their eggs with rainbow coloured felt pens.

The older members of the crew made themselves (with Grandma's help) a cute Bilby pencil topper.

Materials Required:

• Pencil
• Grey Pipe Cleaner
• Pink Pipe Cleaner
• Pink Pony Bead
• Goggle Eyes
• Pink Felt

Begin by wrapping the grey pipe cleaner around the top of the pencil. Use only about half of the pipe cleaner. Shape the end half into two long bilby ears and secure the end of the pipe cleaner with a twist.

Twist the pink pipe cleaner around the base of the grey pipe cleaner, just a couple of times (enough to hold it securely) place a pony bead on the end and twist up the pipe cleaner to ensure the bead doesn't fall off. This is the Bilby tail.

Now simply add his facial details, eyes, a small triangular nose and his little pink ears. And there you have your very own special Bilby.

A few simple hands on activities can really bring a book alive.

"Grandma" operates Butterfly Wings: Butterfly Wings Child Parent Programs (BWCPP) are Early Intervention and Early Literacy programs focusing on singing traditional and contemporary rhymes and songs and playing simple singing games which help children and adults to become familiar with each other and form secure attachments.

You can visit their website by clicking here and follow Butterfly Wings on facebook by clicking here.

Why not take a look at some of our other Aussie Book Adventures.

Don't forget to check out where I am linking this post.

What Aussie Book adventures have you gotten up to lately?

Bambino Academy Easter Themed Trays

I thought I'd share a few of our Bambino Academy Easter Themed Trays that are available at the moment.

Simple six piece puzzle.

Colouring Easter Eggs.
He needs to choose the correct colour.

Cutting strips. 

Pre-writing Practice Page.

Easter decorating/arranging.

Colouring sheet.

Dot marker page.

Easter Egg sequin craft. 

Simple activity picked up from a 'cheapie' store. Great for fine motor work though.

The printables are all from my Easter Printable Pack.

I have a few others waiting in the wings. I'll do my best to get them photographed over the next couple of days.

Be sure to check out where I am linking this to.

Easter Bilby Printable Bambino Pack

It's time for some Easter fun and there's no better way to do that here in Australia than with our adorable little Bilby!

Unfortunately the poor old Easter Bunny doesn't get a good wrap here in Australia. To put it simply they are an introduced pest that causes widespread havoc on our native lands and farming crops.

For several years there has been a push for our native Bilby to take the Easter Bunny's place here in Australia.

We will spend the next couple of weeks prior to Easter learning a little more about our Bilby friends.

For the little one among us I have put together a few simple Bambino Academy activities for him.

Inside the Easter Bilby pack you will find:

Easter Bilby puzzles.

Easter Egg Basket Playdough Mat

Handwriting Practice

Patterning Strips

Pre-writing Tracing

Colours with Easter Eggs

Scissor Work with cutting strips

Dot Marker—B is for Bilby

Handwriting Practice—B is for Bilby

Colouring Pages

Simply click here to download the pack.

My cute graphics are from Melonheadz :-)