Green Options » flower crafts http://greenoptions.com/tag/flower-crafts Posts tagged 'flower crafts' Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:01:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Crafting a Solstice Celebration http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/06/20/crafting-a-solstice-celebration/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/06/20/crafting-a-solstice-celebration/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:01:50 +0000 Lee Welles http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/06/20/crafting-a-solstice-celebration/ upstate NY daisyCelebrating the Winter Solstice was one of my first posts here at Eco Child’s Play!  I’m a summer lover and today I’m practically giddy that there will 15 HOURS of daylight! What a wonderful day to remind our kids that the sun is, ultimately, the energetic source of all we have.

Making small (or large, if that’s your cup ‘o herbal tea!) celebrations out of the Solstices and Equinoxes is one more way to teach your children that there is a rhythm to nature and a rhythm to life. If Winter Solstice is comparable to a “time to weep,” Summer Solstice is the “time to laugh!” (Thank you, Ecclesiastes for the most beautiful words on the seasonality of life…and thank you to the Byrds for putting it to music!)

Celebrate the longest day of the year with seasonal food and fun.

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