My family isn’t Jewish but Passover is a special part of the history of humankind and of the Easter season. I remember my mom making a Passover Seder dinner to teach us about this rich tradition and it’s meaning for our lives. My kids are old enough to think about and start to understand the “why” of holidays, but I wasn’t feeling as motivated as my mom – sooo we read the story of the first Passover, pulled out our maps and followed the path of the Exodus and did several crafts to help the kids internalize what we talked about. Their favorite one was this cute coloring sheet available on The Design Pocket that I found via Ohdeeoh. I looked up the meaning of each of the foods served during the Seder dinner and read them to my boys as they colored the cute picture of the meal! We talked about how this tradition has been preserved and celebrated for thousands of years and how it is central to the origins of Easter as well. Easy, fun and educational – gotta love it:)
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I just make plain popcorn in the microwave these days, now that I'm all grown up. Today I needed something a bit more though so without thinking about it… melted butter was drizzled and salt was sprinkled and… the minute I took a bite a foggy part of my brain was flooded with Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, Shirley Temple, Judy Garland, The Sound Of Music, The Little Princess, Sergeant York, The Wizard of Oz… We all have them, those certain smells, tastes, sights that take us back in an instant so intensely. I sat and ate and savored my way through the whole bowl, no specific memories just a lovely feeling of carefree days. Then I wondered – what are my kids experiencing now that will haunt them pleasantly when they are men? and on I wondered… I am so engrossed in little boys right now, dirty hands and feet, bikes in the driveway, forts in the backyard. What will be the little whiffs of memory that bring these days back to me when they are grown? (above is a little sketch I did of my memory)
-scraps of fabric that make you think of sunshine and flowers -ribbon (preferably green) -plastic children's easter eggs -the smallest dowel rods you can find -pinking shears (or scissors) -disappearing ink fabric marker and ta da you're ready! So let's get started 🙂 First draw a circle that is big enough to completely cover your easter egg. One of my pot lids was the perfect size – just eyeball it.
Now that you have all your (sunshiny, make me think of sweet little budding flowers) fabric circles all cut out it's time to get their stems ready… The plastic eggs I bought had little holes in the ends and I was able to stick my teeny tiny dowel rods (1/8 maybe?) right in the holes. If you have bigger dowels or no holes in your eggs then get an icepick, little screwdriver, metal shish kabob skewer, whatever you have that is metal and pointed and make a hole the right size in your egg. Just be careful – please.
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Asia - I’m so happy your boys liked the coloring page and that you are sharing such important parts of history with them… makes my day, and that is exactly why I wanted to create it 🙂 Thank you for finding me and sharing my work. Your blog is lovely! xo
eating cakes - Awesome info! Me was honestly just thinking about something similar to this teh other day so, it was almost weird when Me ran across this. You would be surprised how many people simply have no idea when it comes to this kind of stuff. Anyway, thanks for getting this really tight info out there and Me am sure Me am not teh only one who appreciates you taking teh time to post this for teh masses.