Corner Fringe Passover Seder

What a beautiful and wonderful Passover Seder we had this past Friday night!!  Big Thanks to all who helped set up and prepare!  Most of all, ThankYou Yeshua for your gift of salvation.  Here are a couple of pics of our dinner, maybe they will give you some ideas for your next seder!

               white chair covers, royal blue sashes and white table cloths give it the look of a special night.
(chair covers $2.65 each at  www.discountplacecards.com ; sashes $4.95 per 5 pkg at www.smartyhadaparty.com ; table cloths $9.49 each at www.tableclothsfactory.com )

  We had two trays at each end of the table that carried at bowl of charoset, a bowl of horseradish, lettuce, bowls of salt water and parsley. Each tray had enough for 4 people, 8 ppl per table.  We also had a carafe of water, bowl and towel for hand washing.  A demonstrative seder plate was in the middle...see below........

since these were purely for decoration I got these plastic inexpensive ones at www.milechai.com

A time of worship is essential in any Passover Seder! Praise Yeshua!

Then there are the children...this is a wonderful experience for them..this is my daughter, the one with her tongue sticking out, along with her little friends.  Seder dinners are known for being long events and can get tough on kids.  To help our little ones out, we provide a goodie bag as they enter.  It has couple of healthy snacks, crayons, and a Passover activity book, and maybe some other trinkets.
I got these cute little books for their goodie bags for $1 each at http://levinejudaica.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=4986&osCsid=0ed1f639fe509e3979eea47ef40cea77

Here is a check list for a large seder dinner:
Table setting:
salt water cups
wine glasses
trays
serving spoons
bowls for horseradish and charoset
dinner plate
small plates for plagues
salad bowls
napkins
silverware
centerpieces(flowers, rose petals, ect)
candles-votives
square matzah plates
carafe of water
washing dish
towel
linen napkins to wrap affikomen
seder plate

Food:
dinner (chicken, potatoes, vegetable, salad) We catered with Boston Market--wonderful!!
charoset
horseradish
matzah
parsley
salt water
grape juice (at least 2 per table)
salad/dressing
romaine lettuce
hard boiled eggs
shankbones
butter, salt, pepper
drink station(water, coffee, tea)

We got all our disposable dish ware at Litin Paper Warehouse... www.epartypaper.com
They have the best deals for bulk supplies!

Passover Lapbook

I love lapbooks and I was so excited to find all the printables for it!  Since Passover is fast approaching it was the perfect craft for Naomi to do this week!!  Click here for the printouts 

http://www.homeschoolshare.com/passover_lapbook.php

                                                                 Inside of her book

                                                                   Back of her book

Passover--10 plagues

10 plagues craft!
 I just found this 10 plagues craft at http://homeschoolblogger.com/kristenph/576456/
You must check it out and there is a link to print out the template too!
Naomi will be doing this, this week for a homeschool project!

Passover Lesson

Welcome Time-let kids share about their week
Prayer/Prayer requests
Worship
Review last weeks lesson
Bible Story:  Exodus out of Egypt-10 plagues-Jesus is our Passover Lamb-Saved us  by His death on the cross and rose again

Lesson: 10 Plagues Play-I use this play every year and the kids love it! http://www.kirkofkildaire.org/quest/FQlessons/PlaguesPlayhouse.htm
God Protects--God protected the Israelites from the plagues by the blood of the lamb-He protected us from death by dying on the cross for us!  Have a volunteer sit in a chair "unproctected" and attack with silly string!  Then have a volunteer come up and cover them with a red blanket(the blood of Jesus) and then attack with silly string, they will be protected. Need: red blanket, silly string)
The Plague Song-- This is fun to sing to the kids!  http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Gradeschool/Songs/1song01.php


Memory Verse: "For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrified for us." 1 Cor. 5:7


Craft:  Seder Plate--See previous post on this craft.  I teach younger kids so I simplifed it and they turned out great.
 Need: disposable cake platters from a party store or craft store
            cupcake liners
            various Passover pics and symbols for them to cut and paste onto their plate
            the 6 pics for the plate, bitter herbs(usually horseradish-bitterness of slavery), egg(New life in Jesus), shankbone(the Passover lamb, Jesus), haroset(sweetness of freedom and Jesus' salvation), parsley(dipped in salt water to remember the tears shed as a result of our slavery) and lettuce(used to eat charoset)
           http://www.freekidscrafts.com/images/projects/sedar_foods.jpg 


Have the kids glue 6 cupcake liners around the cake platter.  Then print of the 6 sedar plate foods from link, color and cut out. Paste them inside the cupcake liners.  Then have them cut out and paste various Passover pics and symbols onto their plate.


Snack:  Charoset and crackers (see charoset recipe in previous post)


Hebrew Word:  Passover--Pesach--practive writing the Chet/Samech/Pay

Coloring page-- http://www.coloring.com/pictures/passover-marking-door


           

Jesus our Passover Lamb

Passover-Pesach(passing-over)

This is my favorite Biblical holiday, celebrating all Jesus did for us by dying of the cross for our sins.  It is crucial that the kids have this down as their foundation.  Passover happened when God sent down the 10 plagues upon Egypt.  The tenth and last plague was the death of the first born.  However, those who had the blood of the lamb on the doorposts of their homes, the death angel passed-over their homes and all inside, and they were saved.  In the same manner, we are all deserving of death because of our sins.  But we are covered by the blood of The Lamb, Jesus Christ, and we are saved from death.

Here are some wonderful things to do to instill the deep meaning of Passover in our kids:

1.       Participate in a Seder.  Either a community seder or have a simple one in your home. 

If you are in the Twin Cities area visit www.cornerfringe.com for info on our Passover Seder.
Here is a Haggadah or the "telling" of Passover. It's a step by step message of Passover to "tell" in your home during your seder dinner. http://www.cbnw.org/events/aec/content/2007/messianicHaggadah.pdf

2.       Make unleavened bread or Matzah.  The Israelites left Egypt so fast they had no time to bake bread.
Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour for dusting*(no-self rising flour)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour*
• 1/3 cup water, or more if needed
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, or as needed (optional)
• 1 teaspoon olive oil, or as needed (optional)

Directions

1.                     Move an oven rack near the top of oven and preheat oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C). Preheat a heavy baking sheet in the oven.
2.                      Dust a clean work surface and a rolling pin with 1 teaspoon flour, or as needed. Place 1 cup of flour into a mixing bowl; set a timer for about 16 minutes (18 minutes maximum). Start the timer; pour the water, about 1 tablespoon at a time, into the flour. Stir the water and flour together with a fork until the dough forms a rough ball, remove the dough to the prepared work surface, knead rapidly and firmly until smooth, about 30 seconds to 1 minute.
3.                     Divide the dough into four equal pieces; cut each piece in half again to get 8 pieces total. Swiftly roll each piece into a ball. Roll each piece of dough out into a 5-inch pancake, dusting the top and rolling pin with flour as needed. Gradually roll the pancakes out to a size of about 8 inches, increasing the size of each by about 1 inch, then letting the dough rest for a few seconds before rolling again to the finished size. Roll from the center out. The bread rounds should be very thin. Using a fork, quickly pierce each bread about 25 times, all over, to prevent rising. The holes should go completely through the bread. Flip the bread over, and pierce each piece another 25 times with the fork.
4.                     With at least 5 minutes left on the timer, remove the hot baking sheet from the preheated oven, and place the rounds onto the baking sheet. Place the baking sheet onto the rack near the top of the oven, and bake for 2 minutes; turn the breads over and bake an additional 2 minutes, until the matzot are lightly browned and crisp.
5.                     Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Lightly anoint each matzah with olive oil, using a brush, and sprinkle generously with salt.               

**Matzah has incredible symbolism of Yeshua/Jesus.  Matzah is unleavened(without sin), striped, pierced and bruised.  Just as Jesus is without sin, striped, pierced and bruised for our sins.

3.       Recreate the 10 plagues
 a. Blood Plague:  Bowl of clean water and add red food coloring
 b. Frog Plague: Toss out plastic frogs
 c. Lice Plague: rice
 d. Fly Plague: raisins
 e. Dead animals plague: stuffed animals on their backs
 f. Boils Plague- red sticker circles and stick on kids
 g. Hail plague-toss out ping-pong balls
 h. Locust plague- clothes pins painted/colored green
 i. Darkness Plague- cover windows and turn off lights
 j. Death of first born-  Picture of doorframe with the blood of the Lamb on it for proctection form death.  All who were covered by the blood were saved!

4.       Sing Dayenu--Here is a fun version of the song http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/255530/jewish/Dayenu.htm

5.       Make charoset--this tastes so good with the matzah! Charoset represents the sweetness of Jesus' salvation!!
Ingredients

•                     6 apples - peeled, cored and chopped
•                     1 cup finely chopped walnuts
•                     1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
•                     1 teaspoon white sugar
•                     3 1/2 teaspoons honey
•  

Directions

1.                     Place the apples and walnuts into a large bowl. Mix together the cinnamon and sugar; sprinkle over the apples. Stir in the honey. Serve immediately, or refrigerate until serving.

6.       Passover Lamb craft-Here is one of several lamb crafts. This one is from www.mybiblecrafts.com

Paper Plate Lamb Craft
		Lamb craft patterns
		Small paper plates
		Construction paper scraps (optional)
		Cotton balls (for age 3+)
		Crayons, non-toxic markers, dot markers
		Clear Tape
		White school glue
		Scissors (Adult only)

7.       Seder plate craft-I love this sedar plate from www.parentdish.com

Since I work with younger kids--here is simpler version
you will need:
-carboard cake platters you can pick up at a craft store
-have all the words pre- printed , along with symbols like Star of David
-have them color the words, cut them out and the symbols and glue onto plate
-cupcake liners
-

8.       Make Seder name cards or napkin holders for your special seder dinner

9.       Make a matzah bag
-16in long and 8 in wide cloth cutouts
-fabric glue
-fabric markers

fold the cloth in half so now it is 8x8. Glue the sides, leaving the top open. Let it dry. Have kids decorate their bag with the fabric markers