| Celebrate this season of renewal,
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| | sheet of cardstock and ask them to
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| abundance and love with some new family
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| | handwrite a message especially for the
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| traditions. Here are seven ideas:1.
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| | Easter holiday - perhaps ways that they
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| Create a kindness wreath for your front
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| | are feeling joy, gratitude, or
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| door. Begin with a small, plain wreath. A
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| | hopefulness. Snap a photo of each guest
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| week or two before Easter, distribute 10
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| | and create a simple (and quick) mini
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| or more ribbons in bright spring colors
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| | scrapbook album as a keepsake, featuring
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| to each family member. Whenever someone
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| | one page for each guest - with their
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| reaches out to another in kindness during
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| | photo and Easter message.6. Make a Garden
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| the week, another ribbon is tied onto the
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| | Journal. Cover an ordinary dime-store
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| wreath.2. Fill a wicker basket with
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| | composition book or journal with spring
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| handmade cards featuring cheerful
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| | patterned papers or magazine clippings of
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| messages and perhaps a small gift or two.
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| | your favorite flowers. Now record the
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| Leave the basket anonymously on a
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| | process of creating your family garden
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| friend's doorstep, along with a request
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| | this year. Make sure to include pictures
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| that they empty the basket and do the
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| | of each of you working in the soil. Don't
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| same for someone else.3. Sit down with
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| | forget the journaling - and lots of
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| your children and each create a special
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| | flower pressings.7. Buy or make handmade
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| collage or drawing that depicts what
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| | Easter greeting cards and send them to
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| Easter means to each of you. The artwork
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| | friends and family. Make a point to send
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| can become a permanent part of your
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| | out at least seven cards this season to
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| family's Easter decorations. Before they
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| | people with whom you'd like to create a
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| go into storage at the end of the season,
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| | deeper friendship.May these ideas for
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| scan them or take a photograph so you can
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| | Easter family traditions spark more ideas
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| record the artwork in your family journal
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| | that you can use throughout the year to
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| or scrapbook album.4. Videotape (or
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| | celebrate the beauty that comes to us
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| audiotape) young children singing a fun
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| | through friends and family.Susie
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| seasonal song. These renditions of
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| | Cortright is the founder of as well as
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| "Little Bunny Foo Foo" and "Here Comes
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| | Momscape's Online Scrapbooking Magazine
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| Peter Cottontail" will be treasured for
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| | and Momscape's Organic Living Channel -
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| years to come. Make copies and send the
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| | all of which celebrate the simple
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| tapes to family and friends whom you
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| | splendor in our everyday lives. Visit her
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| can't be with on Easter.5. When it's time
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| | site today to subscribe to her free
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| for your annual Easter get together,
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| | weekly newsletters featuring fresh new
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| present each guest with a 6x6 or 8x8
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| | ideas and inspiration.
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