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MeckMom’s Teaching Tip: Easy Object Lesson on Prayer and Obedience

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I’m a big believer in object lessons. They help settle the class, catch their interest and reinforce the idea that the gospel principles are woven into the world around us. This week, I’m sharing one of my favorite quick and easy object lessons on looking for help in the right places.

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For more object lessons about obedience and finding help through the right sources, check out these great posts.

Sodas, Slushies, and Spiritual Consequences from LDS.org

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Is Your Faith as Tough as Nails from EntitledtoRevelation.com

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Teaching Tip: How to Organize a Lesson Plan

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Planning a lesson can be an overwhelming task. There is so much content to choose from that it can be really difficult to know where to start…especially for young teachers.

My latest teaching tip will help you focus your study and jot down notes for all the key areas of a great lesson. Check out the video below to see how it works.

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You can find the inexpensive printable lesson templates on the Sugardoodle Etsy shop. Click here to hop over and grab a copy for yourself.

Easy and inexpensive Primary birthday gift printable

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Once I posted these little darlings in the shop, I knew they would be irresistible. What Primary teacher could stay away from such a perfect little treat wrapped in a ‘scripture-themed’ package?

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Now, the adorable design has been adapted for full-size Nerds boxes as well. This printable gift is the perfect way to wish your primary kids a happy birthday and remind them about the sweetness found inside their scriptures.

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The best part about these little gifts is that they’re storage-friendly. You could make dozens of them while you have your next presidency meeting and then store them in the Primary closet all year.

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The printables print three to a page so you for $3.50 (plus candy and paper expenses) you can make countless little boxes of joy. You can find both the large, happy birthday printable and the smaller, primary theme printable in the Sugardoodle Etsy Shop.

Need some tips on making these fast? Click here to see a short video tutorial on how to assemble all of MeckMom’s cute candy grams.

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General Conference Ideas: Family Fun Round-Up

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After working on the #Hallelujah, Christ-centered Easter campaign I decided to change things up at our house this year. We skipped baskets and bunnies and enjoyed a mellow, scripture-filled holiday (thanks to all the hard work and printables from our #hallelujah kit makers). I can’t believe it took me 16 years of motherhood and 6 kids to figure out what a real Easter feels like.

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It wasn’t perfect. My kids missed the candy and there was some definite whining when they heard what all their friends got in their baskets. But there were also sweet moments, like hearing my 7 year old tell me he knew all the answers in Sunday School because we had just talked about the Easter story at breakfast. It felt sweet and simple and right for us.

All that being said, I’m a fun mom at heart. I still love the crazy Easter traditions and games we used to do. Luckily General Conference is coming up next so I’ve decided to shift some of the family fun over. That way we get a nice, sacred Easter and the kids will have even more reason to look forward to conference weekend…as if staying in your PJs all day and jumbo cinnamon rolls weren’t enough.

I jumped on Pinterest today to try to gather up some fun mom inspiration for conference weekend and I found tons of great ideas. For example, I thought this idea of pitching a tent in the living room (King Benjamin-style) would be awesome for my little kids.

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My teenagers are a little harder to impress but I thought this final-four-style bracket idea would really win them over…especially if the prize involves extra treats and bragging rights.

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There were so many great ideas and printable activity sheets out there in the blogosphere. If you’re looking to add a little fun to you family’s conference you should click over and start pinning away. You can find (and follow) the board by following this link.

Have a wonderful week everyone. I hope your conference weekend is full of fun, learning and a heaping helping of delicious food!

MeckMom HeadshotThis guest post was submitted by Maria Eckersley. Maria is a stay-at-home mom of six by day and a sleep-deprived graphic designer by night. You can find more of her ideas and printables on her new site MeckMom.com or in her Etsy shop .

Featured bloggers for the Easter Kit from Melissa Esplin

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As all of you know, we at Sugardoodle have been trying to spread the beauty of the mormon.org Easter video this season. We reached out to six amazingly talented women to create a series of free printable Easter kits to support the campaign.

Over the past few weeks some of our favorite bloggers have been posting about the kits and their own Christ-centered family traditions. There were tons to choose from but we wanted to introduce you to a few of our favorite posts from each kit. We hope you click over, read their posts, comment and get inspired to bring more meaning to your family’s Easter.

Featured Bloggers from Kit #2: Easter Scripture Print, Basket Tag & Painted Egg Box from Melissa Esplin

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Check out her handy list of spiritual tie-ins for common Easter basket fillers

I’m a wife, mom to four amazing kids, blogger, freelance editor and writer. I graduated from BYU in Advertising and love reading, discovering family history, playing in Photoshop and Illustrator, sewing, crafting, scrapbooking, traveling, sampling good chocolate, and taking care of my family. I enjoy sharing printables, projects and ideas that I create to fulfill my LDS Church callings and for my family. Most of my content is designed for Young Women. Find more posts at hangaribbononthemoon.com.

 

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See she added Christ-centered art to Melissa’s beautiful calligraphy

Clarks Condensed is a family lifestyle blog ran by Katie and Forrest Clark. It’s all about simplifying life and promoting the joy that comes from family and parenthood. You’ll find a wide variety of content ranging from family friendly meals, to DIY projects (that even non-crafty people can do), tips for living more frugally, and parenting and pregnancy advice.

 

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Check out her clever idea to give the print and some treats to a neighbor or friend

My name is Erica and I blog at 5 Little Monsters. I enjoy all kinds of crafts and I enjoy sharing my projects and ideas on my blog. There you will find crochet patterns, sewing and embroidery projects, and more.

There are so many other wonderful bloggers participating in this campaign. Please click over to the #hallelujah main page to see the full list and get links to the kit maker’s posts.