As a mommy and teacher I always find it so important to
engage our children on the Passover night. We have them singing special songs,
answering a multitude of questions, and engaging them in the overall Seder
discussion. However, what I hear from my children year after year is “I’M
HUNGRY!” And no feeding before the Seder helps. They are always starving,
especially the bigger ones. This year I decided that I would pack for them a
kind of “Seder Survival Pack” loaded up with some yummy goodies that would sure
to enhance their Passover experience. When I was given the task to come up with
an edible Passover craft for
CookKosher.com I knew what that survival pack would
include – Edible Makkot!!
So Here’s what I included......
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Dom (Blood) – Strawberry Applesauce |
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Add cKinim (Lice) – Chocolate with white sprinklesaption |
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Arov (Wild Animals) – Gummy/Sour Bears |
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Dever (Dead Animals) – Chocolate Bear Lollypops |
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Shechin (Boils) – XL Dot Candy on paper |
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Barad (Hail) – Mini Marshmallows |
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Choshech (Darkness) – Chocolate Pudding |
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Makkat Bicharos (Death of the First Born) |
I know this is
the hardest one. I wanted it to be positive instead of negative. So instead of
going with bones or something yucky like that, I realized that the kids would
be mighty thirsty after consuming all those treats so I got an apple juice and
attached a note that says “I know you’re just dying to drink this!”
I took all those tasty treats and wrapped them up simply
with tissue paper and some curling ribbon.
On the night of the seder they will go on each of my
children’s plates to unwrap. I can’t wait to see each of their faces light up
when they see their makkot sacks!
I am so inspired by this post! It is just my daughter and me at home(she is 23, but they are always our children, yes? B"H) and we have a lot of fun doing our hours long seder every year, but I want to make it special fun this year, I am going to make her a bag of plague treats ! Thank you!
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