Lamb of God.......Primary Activity Day

This year our theme for Primary is:

I Know My Savior Lives

“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth” ( Job 19:25)

So traditionally our first activity of the year is to meet your new teacher and to introduce the theme to the children. We showed them the bulletin board that monthly we would be moving a pair of feet around from one location to the next to chronicle the life of Christ.

Then they watched a sweet slide show with pictures of Christ set to the new song for this year which is "I Know That My Savior Loves Me".

Then the children rotated to their class to meet their new teachers.

Or to the treat station where they could decorate some heart shaped cookies. They were heart shaped to remind them of the love the Savior has for them. Our Primary President spent forever cutting and baking cookies with her husband the night before...way to go Carrie!!

The other rotation was the craft location where they made a lamb craft to remind them that they are the sheep and the Lord is the Shepard. I spent for ever painting 100 plates black,cutting 100 pipe cleaners for the mouth, going to a couple of stores for enough pink pom-poms for the nose and punching 200 ears for the lambs....at about the 100 mark I thought about maybe making the lambs be special and have only one ear each but I didn't want any of the children to be traumatized so when that part was finally done my hand was all deformed and cramped up for awhile!! The poem that we put on the back of the lamb said:
"Jesus is my Shepard, His little lamb am I.
He knows me by name;I know that he's close by.
I'll follow him in faith. And to prove my loyalty,
I'll obey all His commandments, for I know that He loves me."
The kids had a fun time and it turned out great.