Planning a Lent Lapbook.

Ash Wednesday is fast approaching and I'm still wanting to do a Lent lapbook with the kids. I have made a list of what I'm thinking of putting in it; and with the help of Dinah Zike's Big Book of Books and Activities, I'm also listing what paper fold I'm planning on using (this is the over-planner in me!). I might add some things as we get into Lent and I might take some things away. But for the most part, I feel like I have enough to start off with.

Lenten Lapbook

• What Is Lent? (hamburger fold)
• Why Do We Celebrate Lent? (hamburger fold)
• Mini Stations of the Cross booklet
• Prayers (booklet)
• Saints and Feast days. (envelope fold)
• Examining Our Conscience (hamburger fold)
  
• The 10 Commandments (layered look book)
• Ways We Help Others (layered look book)
• Corporal Acts of Mercy?? (layered look book)

Some activities that I have planned include the following:

• Decorating a family altar
• Make a crayon stained glass cross
• Stations of the Cross
• Make a banner
• Make an alms box or jar
• Lenten Cross

There is so much to do during Lent and I don't want to overwhelm the kids with any project or activity. This is just a brainstorm list I have gathered from my Lent books and resources. Now that the kids are getting older, I know that they are able to grasp so much more than when they were younger. I'm hoping that this is a starting point for us and I'll be busy preparing for our Lenten journey as a family. I'll make sure to post things as we complete them, along with resources.