Easter Archives - Laundry In The Temple

24 Mar 2015

Easy but meaningful Easter ideas for kids

by Jennie_Brandon | posted in: Easter, Online, Resources - on- and off-line, Traditions and celebrations | 2

Back at Christmas time, I wrote a post on easy but meaningful ways to celebrate with small children while staying focused on the Jesus story. It was a really popular post so, as Holy Week approaches, I thought I’d point … Continued

10 Mar 2015

Easy home-made Resurrection Eggs

by Jennie_Brandon | posted in: Easter, Lent, Resources - on- and off-line, Traditions and celebrations | 3

Welcome back Laundry-ites! This is going to be a great idea for your little ones to really experience the Easter story along with you. Before I start this how-to, I want to let you know about two resources I’ve … Continued

16 Oct 2014

Why bother with family traditions?

by Jennie_Brandon | posted in: Advent, Christmas, Easter, Lent, Modelling a life of faith, Passover, Pentecost, Summer holidays, Thanksgiving, Traditions and celebrations, Uncategorized, Weekly traditions | 0

Did the family you grew up in have many traditions? Mine didn’t seem to and I was always drawn to families who had their own quirky ways of doing things and who rejoiced in the group identity which formed around … Continued

14 Apr 2014

A new dress for Easter and a meaningful chocolate treat

by Jennie_Brandon | posted in: Easter, Traditions and celebrations, Uncategorized | 1

My daughter will be wearing a new dress this Easter (well, new to her). It’s an old tradition to dress in new clothes on Easter morning to represent the new life we have in Jesus and one which I think … Continued

9 Apr 2014

Easter lamb bread – our Easter morning tradition

by Jennie_Brandon | posted in: Easter, Traditions and celebrations | 0

Pigwig asked me if I’d come in and share some of our Easter traditions with her reception class last week which I did. Apart from the tomb garden which I shared last week, (this year’s is prettier!), we also took … Continued

3 Apr 2014

Gearing up for Easter

by Jennie_Brandon | posted in: Easter, Lent, Lent, Online, Resources - on- and off-line, Traditions and celebrations, Uncategorized | 2

Well, in 2 days school ends and it will then be just two short weeks until Good Friday. Are you excited? Or slightly aghast? Well, I have a few easy ideas for you coming over the next couple of weeks. … Continued

24 Mar 2014

Passover Part II Celebrating it with kids

by Jennie_Brandon | posted in: Easter, Passover, Traditions and celebrations | 1

So, last week, I wrote about why we might consider celebrating a Passover meal with our children and the extra depth of meaning it can add to Easter. Let’s talk a bit more about practicalities and some useful terminology as … Continued

13 Mar 2014

Why Passover? Part I

by Jennie_Brandon | posted in: Easter, Passover, Traditions and celebrations | 1

I think our kids may end up a tad confused. Having roundly nixed Pigwig’s suggestion last October that we celebrate Divali at home (her request was mainly because she liked the pretty henna hand decorations it turns out rather than … Continued

4 Mar 2014

More Lent thoughts

by Jennie_Brandon | posted in: Lent, Modelling a life of faith, Parents of Faith | 0

One thing I forgot to tell you about in my post on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday was what happened two years ago when I thought we’d do some traditional ashing by burning last year’s palm crosses over the kitchen sink … Continued

19 Feb 2014

Lent is coming – are you in?

by Jennie_Brandon | posted in: Modelling a life of faith, Traditions and celebrations, Uncategorized | 3

Having grown up decidedly low-Anglican (not only were there no smells and bells in our parish but even candles were seen as being a little suspicious!), I don’t have a specific Lent practice in my heritage. Yes, we often gave … Continued

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