My Three Sons

Here are some activities for you and your kids...
From ChildFun:

Crown of Thorns. (Great Table Center Piece)I take frozen bread dough (saves
time) and twist it into a braid and then into a circle making sure the ends are
together.Then after it has risen the last time the children and I place the
sharp round toothpicks all over the braid. Then we bake. Don't stick them in too
far as you want it to look like a crown with thorns sticking out.As the children
are caught being good, carrying out a work of mercy, or other good works they
are allowed to pull a thorn out of Jesus' crown and place it in their jar. I
remind them that every time we do these things we are truly aiding him but when
we do the opposite we are wounding Him again so they usually try a little harder
so as to be able to remove thorns from His "crown".At the end of Lent I count
the "thorns" in each of their jars and last year we gave a dime for each thorn.
Ten percent of this money goes to the support of our parish. They are then
encouraged to use the rest for a good purpose such as sending a portion of it
for rosaries for those who do not have them in foreign missions/countries. But
they are allowed to use it as they decide.

From the KIC (Keeping it Catholic) website:

MAKE AN EASTER GARDENIt is a long standing tradition among Christians to prepare
an Easter garden in Holy Week, to remember the garden tomb which the women
visited early on Easter Sunday morning. Adaptation: We make the garden in early
Lent, around Ash Wednesday and the kids love to watch the grass grow. We end up
having to trim the grass! Then around Good Friday we the put up the crosses and
the flat stone. We add silk flowers on Easter when we remove the stone. It makes
for a nice center piece throughout the Lenten Season and then on Easter too! It
has always been a great conversation piece for visitors and a good reminder of
the time Jesus spent in the garden. Many variations can work just have fun with
it. You need:A shallow tray or dish (we used an aluminum Lasagna pan)Garden soil
or potting compostgrass seedDried twigs or (we used Popsicle sticks painted b
brown) Small pot (we used a little cup)Sewing thread Flat stone large enough to
cover the mouth of the pot or cupEgg cups or other small flowersGravelTo
make:Fill the tray with soil or potting compost.Arrange it to make a hill on one
side of the tray.Cover the soil with the grass seedMake three crosses with dried
twigs together with sewing thread and place on the hill top.Press the small pot
into the “hillside” to make a cave like garden tomb. Place the stone over the
mouth of the tomb.Press egg-cups full of water into the soil around the “garden”
and fill them with flowers.Make a path coming form the tomb with gravel, to show
how the disciples ran to the tomb on Easter morning.Early on Easter morning,
move back the stone from the tomb –showing that it is empty.

From the Archdiocese of St. Paul

Lenten CrossMaterials Needed: Play dough or modeling clay, seven purple or blue
birthday candles.Directions: Form a cross out of play dough or modeling clay.
Use one candle to poke five holes down the center of the cross and one hole in
each side of the cross. When dry place candles in holes. Beginning with Ash
Wednesday, light one candle each Sunday during family prayer time to count down
the weeks until Easter.