To observe Lent, this idea is to set up a Lenten tree (that will turn into an Easter tree on Easter morning). Hanging on the tree are 45 Bible verses, one for each day from Ash Wednesday to Good Friday.
Each day you will take down the verse for that day and read it. Then you might pray the verse, read it in context, or just talk about it.
As Easter approaches, the tree will grow more and more bare and will be empty on Holy Saturday as we remember our Lord in the tomb. Now keep this as a secret. Easter morning before the kids wake up, fill the tree with egg ornaments and maybe even flowers!
In the picture above, there is a jar of beans for what you can call our Lenten offering vase. For each kind or thoughtful thing you observe the children doing, you can place a bean in the offering vase. Click here for the list of Bible verses you can use for the Lenten tree.
May your Lenten observation be blessed!
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