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Weekend Inspiration: Easter Edition

  

Crafting and Creating


DIY Egg Shaped Chalk & Crayons :: Home Made Simple

Butterfly Wall Hanging All About Easter :: Kiki Creates

Mexican Confetti Eggs :: Cathie Filian


Pat Bunny :: A Creative Princess

Easter Egg Wreath :: The Polka Dot Umbrella

Hobby Lobby Inspiration Easter Wreath :: Inspiration Thief

Easter Printable Consider the Lilies :: Lady Bird Ln

He is Risen Free Printable for Easter :: Auntie Lolo Crafts

Spring Flags Banner Free Printable :: Sandy Toes and Popsicles


Culinary Delights




Marshmallow Eggs :: Workman Family




Carrot Cupcakes :: Parents Connect


Vegetable Bolognese with Eggplant :: Good Cheap Eats


Manicotti Primavera :: Good Life Eats



Family & Home
 


Five Ways for a Family to Celebrate Easter :: InCourage me

Vegetable Gardens For Every Space :: Green Your Way

Simple Ways to Save Money at Home :: Money Saving Mom





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~Robert Flatt
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Your Own Lenten Grotto

Emily & Madi with a friend
 I put it on my to-do list last year to make my very own Lenten grotto after I saw the project here on "A Holy Experience."  I loved the simplicity and the symbolism that could help better explain the Lenten & Easter season to my children.  I also love any excuse to bring a succulent plant into the house.   

We lucked out when gathering supplies because we had everything we needed in the house already.  We got creative with plants and found rock leftover from another potted plant.  Moss was outside and the rocks that we used to make the tomb were in the backyard.

Here's what you will need to make your very own Lenten Grotto Garden:

  • A container that has a lot of surface area like a planter basket or plastic bowl planter
  • Three or four small plants.  We used a spider plant and a few succulents.  (You can get yours at a garden center or take cuttings from plants you have on hand like we did.)
  • A small branch
  • Moss
  • Small glass for the reflecting pool
  • A few shells or rocks to scatter around and to make a path to the tomb
  • A large rock or rocks to make a cave-like tomb
  • Soil & water

Reflecting Pool



Plant your garden and fill your pool with a little rock and water.  Lay stones to make a path in expectation of what is to come. 
Our completed Lenten Grotto
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