Comments on: Tip Tuesday Bonus — Keeping Easter

By: Bright One

Bright One — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:45:00 +0000

At relief society last week our teacher gave us little snack bags with jelly beans (appropriately colored) and this little verse inside….sorry I don’t know where she got it…

RED IS FOR THE BLOOD HE GAVE.
GREEN IS FOR THE GRASS HE MADE.
YELLOW IS FOR THE SUN SO BRIGHT.
ORANGE IS FOR THE EDGE OF NIGHT.
BLACK IS FOR THE SINS WE MADE.
WHITE IS FOR THE GRACE HE GAVE.
PURPLE IS FOR HIS HOUR OF SORROW.
PINK IS FOR OUR NEW TOMORROW.
A BAG FULL OF JELLY BEANS
COLORFUL AND SWEET,
IS A PRAYER, IS A PROMISE,
IS A SPECIAL TREAT
MAY THE JOY OF CHRIST’S RESURRECTION
FILL YOUR HEART AND BLESS YOUR LIFE.

By: Sugarmama

Sugarmama — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 02:30:00 +0000

No suggestions, but here’s a joke: What do you get when you pour boiling water down a rabbit hole? Hot cross bunnies! Get it? Ha!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:02:00 +0000

Love the Resurrection Cookies. And I feel your pain, farm wife. We went through a period of reading the New Testament where my (then) 4yo was VERY concerned about people going blind, deaf or losing the ability to walk. And what if Jesus wasn’t around to heal us!

An ex-Catholic friend of mine suggested setting up pictures of the passion and resurrection for the kids to see around the house, like stations of the cross, only…different pictures. He pointed out that the Catholic church has been educating illiterate people on Jesus for centuries this way. So we have pictures in page protectors all over the hallway, at 3 feet high. It’s not cookies, but we’ll see.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:54:00 +0000

When I was smaller the focus of Easter was more on the wonder of the resurrection and new life rather than the crucifixion and suffering itself– although that part of the story was not ignored. Emphasis on sacrifice and suffering came at older ages when we were able to fully grasp its significance rather than be terrified by it.

By: Farm Wife

Farm Wife — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:41:00 +0000

I have to admit the task of explaining Easter is a tad daunting. My kids are still worried about accidentally eating the forbidden fruit and dropping dead. And #1 Son is very concerned about Pharo, the crusafixion may push them over the edge. I too may leave it to Bob and Larry for the time being…

By: Fit Mama

Fit Mama — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:17:00 +0000

Hey, hot cross buns sound like a good idea! I think I’m going to make an attempt at that (I’m still in the process of learning how to cook.) My little Carver’s too young to try to understand the meaning of Easter (just 4 months), but I’m sure hubby will appreciate the treat!

By: misha

misha — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:47:00 +0000

Thank you, Leah!! whew I was nervous that I am the only one that uses Netflix as one of my key imparters of truth. Netflix, Barnes and Noble… We do occasionally worry that Cereal (that would be Ariel), Cinderwewah, Bob and Larry and the fairies in the wall that only giggle when you are totally quiet are equally real to them as God. But then, at least they don’t pray to Bob.

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:07:00 +0000

We tell the Easter story and make the kids watch the Veggie Tales: Easter Carol, over and over and over again, until they are ingrained with the true meaning of Easter.3

By: Gabriela

Gabriela — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:52:00 +0000

Thanks for the link DYM. My little blog has never had so many hits! Have a nice day.

By: Jeana

Jeana — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:06:00 +0000

Last year we started a new tradition–a Lenten wreath. Like an advent wreath, but I used Spring greenery for it, and the candles are the colors of the salvation story–black for sin which seperates us from God, red for Jesus’ blood of atonement, white for purity, green for new life, and gold for the treasure that awaits us in heaven. (My pastor uses these colors in his advent wreath, adn I always thought they fit better for Easter)

Only we were supposed to start the Sunday after Ash Wednesday and I totally forgot about it until your post asking for ideas. so now I’ll have to add something new to our Easter tradition. Time travel.