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or the parents of squirmy
mallows for hail, red dot stickers for
kids, a Passover seder can feel boils, and Band-Aids for blood.
longer than the 40 years our
Don't Passover the books. Visit
ancestors spent wandering the desert.
a library or bookstore and stock up
Fortunately, it's perfectly possible to
on Passover-themed books. Scatter
prevent the fifth question (Are we
them around the table for children to
done yet?) and the 11th
peruse during the longest
plague (restless natives)
stretches of the seder. A few
from showing up at our
surefire hits are Shlemiel
Pesach celebrations this
Crook's by Anna Olswanger,
year.
Wonders and Miracles
Taking into account
by Eric Kimmel and Uncle
that every family has
Eli's Passover Haggadah
different comfort levels,
by Eliezer Segal.
objectives and degrees
Have an Afikomen
of observance, here are
search party. It's always
some tips toward creat-
the same story at my house:
Sharon Duke
ing a fun and meaning-
The big cousins find the
Estro ff
ful Passover seder that
afikomen (dessert) and
Jewish Pa renting
promises to captivate
the little cousins get upset;
the interest of all kinds
the little cousins get a prize
of kids — wise, wicked, simple and
anyway and the big cousins get upset.
just plain unable to ask:
By making the afikomen hunt a team
That's the ticket. Prior to the big
effort rather than a competition, we
night, make "matzah tickets" out of
can do away with such griping. Use
index cards. Award the tickets to chil-
sticky notes to lead the search party
dren throughout the seder for reciting
from one destination to the next (i.e.
the Four Questions, answering tricky
"Go to the place where Elijah will
Passover trivia questions, helping
enter," or "Pharaoh had frogs jump-
little brothers and sisters make Hillel
ing in his bed:' see if there are any
sandwiches and oodles of other desir-
jumping in yours"). The clues should
able seder behaviors. At the end of the
ultimately lead the pack to the illusive
evening let ticket-holders redeem their dessert of honor. Be prepared with
winnings for Passover-related prizes
inexpensive "afikomen finder" rewards
(stickers, candies, plastic frogs).
for the whole crew.
Keep the karpas coming.
Take plague breaks. Help kids
Grumpy kids and hungry tummies go
stay focused and fidget-free during
hand in hand. A steady flow of karpas long seders by periodically letting
(carrots and celery) and kosher for
them get their wiggles out. Should
Passover salad dressing for double
your children's attention start to
dipping, will keep your kids happily
stray from the task at hand, call for a
crunching away until it's time for the
"plague break" and instruct all antsy
main course.
guests to jump like frogs or run in
. Give out goody bags. Keep your
place like wild beasts.
junior seder participants happy and
Haie a matzah match. Before.the
occupied with special plague goody
seder, write matched pairs of Passover
bags. You can purchase prepared
words on index cards. For example,
"bags of plagues" at Judaica stores and write "Hillel" on one card and "sand-
online for around $12 each or you can
wich" on another; ''10" on one card
accomplish the same thing at the dol-
and "plagues" on another. Keep going
lar store for a fraction of the price. Try
— four/questions, matzah/ball,
plastic sunglasses for darkness, toy
Elijah's/cup — until you have enough
frogs, wild beasts and insects (lice and cards to secretly stash one under every
vermin), kosher for Passover marsh-
guest's plate. Sometime before dinner,