{"id":1675,"date":"2020-03-31T07:40:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T11:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2020-03-31T08:12:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T12:12:56","slug":"190-ways-to-celebrate-easter-while-sheltering-in-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1675","title":{"rendered":"190- Ideas (40+) for  Celebrating Easter while Sheltering in Place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/13772819\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/season17-06\/\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">40+ ideas for what to do at home for celebrating this Easter Day 2020, while Sheltering in Place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email me your ideas to include at: <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OR- Right here in the Comments section!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond preparing food and eating, I&#8217;ve looked into ways to celebrate Easter Day with the reality of the limitations that are now upon us for Easter 2020. The podcast offers over forty other things to do within this cloistered day in isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"305\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lent-4.jpg\" alt=\"Text &quot;Preparing for Easter&quot;\" data-id=\"405\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?attachment_id=405\" class=\"wp-image-405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lent-4.jpg 305w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lent-4-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 85vw, 305px\" \/><figcaption>Creating a more meaningful Easter 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Easter-835.jpg\" alt=\"Icon of Mother and Child with traditional Easter bread, candle and Easter Eggs - Red, Gold and Engraved Easter Eggs\" data-id=\"415\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?attachment_id=415\" class=\"wp-image-415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Easter-835.jpg 750w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Easter-835-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Easter bread, Candles &amp; Easter Eggs\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here Are the 40+ Ideas:<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TRADITIONAL things\nto do leading up to Easter Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Color Easter Eggs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make an Easter Bonnet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make A Bunny Cake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make an Easter egg tree <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Easter Bush (inside or outside)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Build a catch and release rabbit trap <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make a Nature Table<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make Easter Cards, send to your family, elders or kids<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adult Easter Eggs with funny fortune slips<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SOME SOCIAL IDEAS- Before, During or After Easter Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Catch up with a neighbor over the fence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Introduce yourself to your neighbor (over the fence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go for a bike ride<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look for 5 different kinds of birds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See how many animals you see in your yard in twenty minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Count the different types of flowers from your yard\/window\nfrom 1 spot <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Count the different trees in your view<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look at old Family photos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edit your cellphone photos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back-up your cellphone photos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organize photos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organize videos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn now to crochet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn how to knit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grill out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a picnic in your yard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fill (or clean out) a bird bath<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go for a drive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go boating<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EASTER DAY THINGS TO DO, in addition to the Easter meal:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get up late<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make Pancakes for Breakfast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch Church service on internet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank Jesus for coming into the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read from Easter Day Bible Texts Out loud<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Easter Egg Hunt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dress up for Dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lit a candle\/candles for your Easter meal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crack Easter Eggs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tell your remembrances during your family\u2019s favorite Easter\nDay(s)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look at Family Holiday snapshots<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look at old family Easter Day videos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make and Write a journal about Easter 2020 for future\ngenerations to read<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Breaking my rule on media- Watch one of the Classic\nEaster Movies-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ten Commandments or Greatest Story Ever Told,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which when you think about it, is the greatest story ever\ntold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SUGGESTIONS thanks to- Niki K:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Start with viewing a church service via the internet and maybe checking out services of other Christian services;<\/li><li>Like A Sunrise Service&#8230;<\/li><li>Like A Midnight Service&#8230;\u00a0 <br\/><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A note from Niki about coloring Easter\nEggs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The eggs can be boiled and dyed with\nvegetable dyes (like boiled onion skins), if you don&#8217;t have the regular\ndyes.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or even decorated with crayons by the kids\nand then let the kids hid them\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Reading from the Bible about the events\nand explaining it to the family.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Watching a classic movie about Easter, for example &#8220;The Passion of the Christ&#8221; for the more mature group or &#8220;Ben Hur&#8221;, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. Younger kids may enjoy drawing pictures\nabout things that they associate with Easter and explaining what it means to\nthem.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7. Of course preparing and sharing a\nspecial Easter meal, even if it only PB@J. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SUGGESTIONS thanks to- Marina K:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Call shut-ins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our family is Greek Orthodox, we gather around and light our vigil lamp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But most of all, It\u2019s about God and we thank Him and Jesus for being here for us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SUGGESTIONS thanks to- Jos\u00e9e P:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps a picnic on Easter Day,\neveryone being 6 ft away from each other\u2026 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or a webinar meeting, in the course of\nwhich each person expresses their gratitude, with specifics, or reads a poem or\nspiritual text.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being well and alive right now is a blessing&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:95px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I value feedback through the comments section here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OR- Better via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she\npassed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The origin of these podcasts began with my book <em>Constant Procession.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=516\">To listen from Installment\n93<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>40+ ideas for what to do at home for celebrating this Easter Day 2020, while Sheltering in Place. 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