I have collected a few ideas which I use to explore Easter with my students. In Australia we are preparing for winter while the rest of the world is celebrating the return of Spring, so it is an ideal time for us to explore seasons and to learn about other countries.
Thankyou to the people who have been writing in and contributing some ideas. I've put your names next to the ideas you have sent in.
Quick Easter Craft - These activities require little preparation and can be easily prepared.
Colouring Your Eggs - Colouring eggs is fun - here are some different ways to do it.
Easter Games - Some games to play during Easter celebrations.
Easter Bunny or Easter Bilby? - Australians are gradually retiring the Easter Bunny in favour of the Easter Bilby. Find out about this new Australian Easter custom.
Easter Stories - I'm inviting people to send in traditional tales of Easter. The first story in the collection is from my friend Ruth in Switzerland.
Easter in Australia - A number of people have emailed me for information on celebrating Easter in Australia. I'm preparing a page to address those questions and hope to have it up in a day or two. Watch this space.
Origins of Easter - Magick Dancer emailed me with some information on the origins of Easter. Magick writes:
Hi! I saw your Easter theme pages... very cute!
I thought you might be interested in finding out the origins of the word "Easter". It is from the word "ostara" (and sometimes Eostara or Eostre), and if you type it into your search engine, you'll find lots of websites with more information about it.
You'll also find many other currently practiced traditions and customs surrounding Easter and Ostara that are very beautiful.
Brightest blessings,
Magick Dancer
Arundel: The Carpet of Flowers - Arundel Cathedral plays host to the carpet of flowers every Easter. See some photos and learn of the origin of this custom when you visit this page. Wouldn't it be an interesting thing to try with a class?
Welsh Cultural Traditions - Many religious days are explored as this page explains some ancient Welsh customs. You will have to scroll a reasonable way to find out about Shrove Tuesday, Y Crochon Crewys (The Lenten Crock), Sul y Blodau (Sunday of the Flowers), Y Groglith (Good Friday) and Llun y Pasg (Easter Monday).
Origins of the Easter Bunny Where did the Bunny come from? Here is one explaination that you might be interested in.
Easter Customs of the Carpatho-Rusyn People Read about the many Easter customs of the Carpatho-Rusyn People. I know you will find them very interesting.
Ukranian Easter Eggs Step by step instructions on making pysanky (Easter Eggs) with some great ideas for designs.
International Easter CustomsDobrinka Koutleva outlines some of the Easter customs in Poland, Germany and Bulgaria.
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