A Cute Little Gift…

Okay, so our Relief Society group didn’t make this, but my mother-in-law’s Relief Society group did, so that counts.  Lynda was kind enough to bring a dish soap bottle to me and one to my daughter at Thanksgiving:

I originally thought that the saying was printed on a clear label that was adhered to the outside of the bottle.  Not so!  Lynda said that the saying was actually printed on a sheet of clear plastic (several sayings to a sheet).  Lynda cut the individual sayings out of the sheet and then rolled them up and stuffed them into the neck of the bottle.  She then used a pencil to stick down into the bottle to unroll/straighten the plastic sheet out until it was flat and to push it toward the front of the bottle.  She then filled the bottle with dish soap, added the lid and the bow, and voila!  Instant cute little gift!

Here is the saying that is printed on the insert:

Dirty Dishes

Thank Heaven for dirty dishes;

They have a tale to tell.

While others may go hungry,

We’re eating very well.

With home, health, and

happiness,

I shouldn’t want to fuss;

By the stack of evidence,

God’s been very good to us.

Special Easter Eggs

I wanted to share an idea for special Easter eggs that were given to our family many years ago (when my kids were very young).  They were given to us by my mother-in-law, Lynda.  She had made them at a Relief Society "home making meeting" at her ward.  They were not filled with the decadence of chocolate or the yumminess of sugary jelly beans, but they were even more wonderful, for these eggs helped us to remind our family about the true meaning behind Easter.  I was so impressed with them that I have made them for families at church all through the years, and I am now delighted to have the chance to pass the "gift" of these neat eggs along to you.

This project requires one dozen plastic eggs, plus a few extra items which are posted at the end of the list of scriptures.  Most of the items are fairly easy to get – many of them can be found at a Wal-Mart, Dollar General, etc.  The only item that requires a little searching are the communion/sacrament cups that are used for egg #1.  I actually found a place that sells these cups online; it is a company called Cokesbury.  A package of 100 plastic, disposable cups sells for $6.00 (although with tax and shipping my total cost was a $10 plus some change).  If you want to check them out, click here.  I also noticed some cups while I was at Party City, but I’m not sure if they are small enough to fit into the eggs – I didn’t have one with me.  However, it was basically a disposable individual condiment cup, and I’m sure those are available other places.

The idea is that you use little stickers (garage sale type) to number your eggs #1 - #12. 

Then, you print out the scriptures.  I have tested each of these images and although they aren’t EXACTLY the size of my original, they are pretty decent.  All you have to do is click on each page (below) and print it out.

Once the three pages are printed out, you will cut the scriptures into individual strips.  Then you put scripture #1 and item #1 (the cup) into egg #1.  Do this for all twelve eggs.

On Easter, have your family open each egg and read each scripture in numerical order.  It is a really fun way to bring the Easter story to life.  Hope you enjoy it!