Praying hands

I have enjoyed getting some wonderful homeschool ideas from my friends blog, I plan on using many of her Easter activities/book recommendations/treats in our homeschool during April. Today we made praying hands. All we needed were these three items: pillsbury pizza crust, kosher salt, egg yolks.

I cut the dough in thin strips. Then the kids tried to form their dough in the shape of praying hands:

 It was a little more tricky than it looks so we came up with some unique shapes. And if your wondering why Anna is in her jammies, it's because she woke up not feeling too well this morning and was running a fever.

Anna came up with her own idea and did a heart shape, that works too! After the dough was made into the correct shape, we brushed some yolk onto the top of the dough and then sprinkled with some kosher salt, cooked as directed and wa-la, we had praying hands and various other shapes.

Before the kids ate their treat, they were challenged to pray for someone other than a family member, it's so often we pray for each other and we need to make sure we are lifting others up in prayer too. After they prayed, I asked who they prayed for and it was unanimous. They each prayed for our neighbor Thomas who left earlier this month to be a missionary in Japan with the Mormon church. It's hard to believe that when Thomas gets back our boys will be 12 and 14 and Annagrace will be 8! He arrives back home March of 2014.