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Family Easter and Lent Activities, Traditions, and Rituals |
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Easter and Lent Family Activity Package
Designed specifically for families on the go who are looking for
simple quiet ways to celebrate the Lent and Easter season
without the planning, running, and hassle. The
family package includes a 2007
Lent calendar, daily family devotions for Lent, family activity
ideas, and puzzles. |
Easter Cross
Soap
A
fun and
easy
activity for families is to make
soap
in the shape of crosses. The soap can be placed in the bathroom
and kitchen soap
dishes, or in the kids' baths to remind everyone in a quiet way
of Christ's sacrifice. The soap can also be placed in small gift
bags and given to friends and family. We carry everything you
need to make the
soap
crosses
in our Family Craft section. Combine this activity with
Easter and Lent family devotions and
activities for a special family tradition. |
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Make Your Own
Peeps
Does your family like marshmallow peeps? Then you might want to
try making your own. Just make homemade
marshmallows
and use Easter
cookie cutters
to cut out the shapes. After the marshmallows are cutout,
roll them in either colored sugar (sugar with food coloring) or
colored sprinkles you can find in your grocery store baking
section. |
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Easter Basket
Scavenger Hunt
On Easter morning make a
treasure hunt for the kids to find
their baskets. Start the first clue with a note from the Easter
bunny on the kitchen counter and let your kids run throughout
the house and yard looking for the other clues and eventually
their baskets. You can use those plastic Easter eggs to hide the
clues. Don't worry if not all your kids can read, parents or
older children can read for them. It is great fun and a
wonderful way for your kids to work together. |
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Start a Garden
Use the Lent and Easter season to start your summer garden by
starting flower or vegetable
seedlings
inside. Not only will your kids love digging in the dirt, but
they will also learn how a seed can symbolize the death
and resurrection of Jesus. |
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Crown of Thorns
Purchase a grapevine wreath to represent the crown of thorns
that Jesus wore on his head. You can place a white candle in
the center and as a family take some time each week to light the
candle, pray together, and
read
Easter stories.
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Easter Egg Roll
For families looking for a twist to the traditional Easter Egg
hunt, try an Easter egg roll similar to the one done every year
on the White House lawn. The object of the game is to see who
can roll their egg the farthest
down a small hill or slope without breaking the egg. |
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Celebrate Each
Other
For many, Lent represents a time of sacrifice, but for others
Lent is often a time to celebrate the joys in your life. At the
beginning of the Lenten season, place each family member's name
into a bowl and draw names of the person each family member will
celebrate. Then for the entire Lenten season, each family
member can in quiet ways celebrate their chosen person, by doing
special things for them or recognizing them for something
special. On Easter morning share with each other the names each
other had drawn. |
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