Tea and Crafts

Ok,I have been reading lately about people having 'Tea' and crafts time with their children and using the time to talk about bible studies or religion.

I thought this was a great idea, so this evening we had our own version of it.

We started off by making 'Good Deed Beads' which are simply 10 beads threaded onto thread/string/wool and at the bottom could be a cross or holy medal.At the top you tie the thread/string/wool onto a safety pin and the child can then pin it onto something.The idea is that every time you do a good deed or say a little prayer you can move a bead up or down the string and you should try to do ten of these things each day.

This is Sam enjoying his tea which we had just before bedtime,we used some fancy china and enjoyed cheesecake bars which we made earlier this evening.His good deed beads are laid on the table.During this time we listened to music and talked about examples of kind things that we could do each day.

Rose is wearing her beads.The tea time was a really pleasant experience,I bought special camomile,honey and vanilla teabags today so we had tea from these and I sweetened it with some honey.I hope we can make this a regular occurence,I am going to try and do it at least once or twice a week.