Retro
Enjoy these photos of Passover seders and Easter dinners gone by
Brace yourself for more grainy photos, horrible haircuts, precocious preschoolers and mucho amounts of manischewitz as we journey back in time to remember some awesome family holidays. Goodness, we love retro photos!
Photos via rbaranblat, The Rocketeer, The Gifted Photographer, Valerie’s Family Geneaology, camiluna and neilfein on Flickr.
Do you have any retro family holiday photos you’d like to share with us? Send photos of family holiday fun to meghan@bunchfamily.ca or find us on Flickr.
Passover
Where are ya gonna stash that afikomen?
This Passover, you should make this incredible Afikomen envelope! This felt envelope from Kveller.com is a great option for an afikomen-hiding apparatus to make with your kids.
You’ll Need:
- Felt for the envelope as well as to decorate it
- A pencil
- A ruler
- Sharp scissors
- Paint
- Sponge or paint brush
- Trim or ribbon
- Hot glue gun
- A button, snap closure, or hook and eye closure (optional)
Steps:
1. Cut out a square or rectangular envelope shape (or copy the one provided on Kveller.com)
2. Write, paint or stencil the word “afikomen” in English or Hebrew onto the flap closure of the envelope. Check out Kveller’s detailed instructions on getting your letters and shapes just so. Read more...
Passover
Some ideas for making plagues fun!
What do you do when you’re Yahweh and the Egyptian Pharaoh won’t let the Israelite slaves go? Obviously, you send out a plague or 10 to show Pharaoh you mean business. How then do we teach the young ones about what went down between Moses and the Israelites and Pharaoh? Turning the water of the Nile into blood doesn’t exactly scream fun and games… and yet here are seven fun and silly plague-themed gifts:
1. Bag ‘O Plagues – all your favourite plagues in a handy carrying bag
2. Bento Box O’ Plagues – same as above, but in a box
3. Plague Pyramid – same as above, but – wait for it – in a pyramid!
4. Passover Plague Masks – Dress as your favourite plague! Boils, anyone?
5. Plush Plagues – Who doesn’t love cute and cuddly lice?! Read more...
