I thought I would start a thread and offer up tradition
s for the month. I am a Once Upon A Family consultant and I will offer up a tradition
every month for the following month. If you would like to subscribe to my free e-newsletter, just e-mail me.
September: WORK IT OUT OR SIT IT OUT
Learning to work together and resolve conflict in respectful ways is the only way to achieve true peace in your family. In every home there should be a special place, a chair or bench, that can be used as a “Work it Out or Sit it Out” bench. It is a place you can send family members that are arguing to discuss their problem and find a solution together. They can stay there for as long as it takes without intervention, unless it gets out of control. You may want to keep a “Peace Journal” or small pieces of paper and pens nearby for older kids to write down their feelings of frustration, sadness or anger. They can read them aloud or simply exchange them. No one leaves until they have told the other what they did to contribute to the problem and apologize sincerely. Discuss as a family the way in which you regain peace.
October: SPOOKY SPIDERS &
CREEPY CRAWLERS
Start a new Halloween tradition and bake a scary cake, using a mix or one of your favorite recipes. Once the cake is baked, frost it with dark chocolate frosting and sprinkle crumbled chocolate wafers over it. This layer will transform the cake into the “dirt” grounds of a cemetery. Insert shortbread
tombstones with various messages like “BOO” or “RIP” written with frosting. Add whatever little plastic (or edible) spooky spiders and creepy crawlers you can find at your local craft store, and you’ll be sure to raise the dead. Once the cake is sliced and served, each person not only receives a delicious treat, but a delightful scare!
H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N
H is for haunted houses
A is for apple picking
L is for looking for treats
L is for listening to spooky stories
O is for October harvest
W is for wicked witches
E is for eerie ghosts
E is for eating lots of candy
N is for neighborhood haunting
Gather your family to create spooky, funny or cute Halloween poems. Have each person read their poem aloud during dinner or at your Halloween party. Once your poems are perfected, type them on the computer in a Halloween-y looking script on ivory paper. Then collage the poems onto one sheet and feature this keepsake in a black frame sitting out among the Halloween décor for all to see every year.
See you next month!
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