My Children's Imbolc Activity ~ Releasing Frozen Mother Nature & Our Sping Goals

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This was one of my children's Imbolc activties-

'Awakenig The Spring'.

Making our early Spring Goals

and

The Freezing & Thawing of Mother Nature by Father Sun

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Here is the little clay Goddess that we used,
along with a photo of the whole setup-
The Imbolc Shrine, our Goddess, Spring Goals and the water.
I used a little plastic mufffin tin for freezing our Spring Goals;
that way we each could make and freeze 3 goals apeice.
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Our Spring Goals were:
Mom's-
Love for our family, Protection & Abundance.
Makayla's-
To do well on the next state test
To pass my fluency test
To have good luck
(BTW- Sidenote Mommy Rant-
I despise how much imporatnce & pressure
they put on the kids regarding these 'State Tests';
and the lack of 'real teaching' that is the consequence
of their year long preparation...
otherwise known as 'teaching to the test';
and this influence is made even more obvious to me
by the fact that 2 of my daughter's goals had to do with these state tests-
as opposed to ' doing well in my clases' or learning to read better', etc.
Okay- Mommy Rant over! Thanks for listening. LOL)

Jeremiah's-

Love, Peace & Happy (happiness)

(Aww....)

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After writing our Spring Goals in permanent ink, on the slips of paper;

I had each of us dab a bit of our saliva into the center,

fold them 3 times toward us, turning them clockwise each time,

and then visualise our intentions.

Then we placed them into their spots,

and filled the Goal tray and Goddess jars with the water,

and placed them into the freezer for the night.
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Here they are- the next morning-

all frozen solid...

just like the Earth deep in the Winter
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The kids were very excited to take them out of the freezer,

and get them out into the early morning Sun.

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Here are the Goals and the Mother Nature Goddess

all thawed out in the afternoon Sun.

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...And the children who they belong to.

(Who were very interested- but in a bit of a hurry,

as they had just gotten home from school,

and after finishing our Imbolc activities (& photo shoot)

I was taking them to the La Bre Tar Pits for a Family Feild Trip.

So they were eager to check out their melted goals & Goddess

and then get on with the rest of our fun day!)

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We had a wonderful time with our Imbolc activities & Celebrations.

These would be great for any Pagan Parent to adapt for their own kids.

The symbolism was very meaningful

and it made explaining the Sabbat to them easier.

I hope you all enjoyed this little peek into my world.

Thank You for popping in to Crafty's Cuppa Coffee!

*Danae aka "Crafty'