Consultation Pesach tips, staying home

[Supercalifragalistic]

Hi dear forum members
I don't have family to be by in Israel for Pesach and therefore will be home this year.
I am due a few weeks later.
Any tips on how to make the seder interesting with young kids and in general?

 

[RacheliArt]

Wow! Good luck! I'm sure you will enjoy!
You can do the whole makkos and yetzias mitzrayim shpiel with the kids using dolls and toys. Like toy animals for arov, etc.

 

[Oops]

Good Luck!
I'll try to share with you a few points I've learnt over the years, buy I think the 2 most important things I've learnt was-
1. My husband runs the Seder, not me, so all these great ideas have to fit his personality and expectations...
2. Play it by ear, if the kids are getting bored, rush to the next part, if things are interesting don't rush them

so, for the ideas-

There are Haggados with pictures that you can use. We bought some and my husband uses it for showing and explaining the story

We have fun items to demonstrate the Makkos and the hardship in Mitzrayim, like Racheli suggested. We started with a few and built it up every year. The kids know now to wait to see what Abba will pull out of his Pesach bag.... We got most of it in the Shekel store- small frogs, blue and red pompoms for Barad, eye covers for Choshech etc.

We buy a lot of the single packaged Pareve chocolates (each square is wrapped separately ), and a bag full of age appropriate prizes from the Shekel store. For every question a kid asks, every answer they answer, every Vort they say, my husband gives him a prize or a ,chocolate, depending on their age....
This keeps the very involved and alert, they are looking for questions to ask or things to say

It's very special doing your own Seder, I hope you enjoy it very much!!​

 

[S Schwam]

yhea we also decorate our table for the makkos. we have little chocholate chips to give to kids if they share a vort/ ask a good question- it really works.
my neighbor told me her husband dresses up as pharaoh (a whole costume) and acts out the story.
i thought thats very cute​

 

[Supercalifragalistic]

Amen, thanks for the encouragement and great ideas on stocking up on prizes and activities.
I'm totally freaked out.
and don't have much strength to clean..
I guess we'll all get there eventually, one way or another​

 

[M:D]

1. My husband runs the Seder, not me, so all these great ideas have to fit his personality and expectations...

right! you can rest...

 

[Oops]

right! you can rest...

Rest????
Serve, clean up, serve the next course, in between change diapers etc....

Each one does their part....