Parenting Isn't for Wimps: October 2017

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Quick Tips: Pumpkins and Jesus

With Halloween just a few days away, author and speaker Crystal Bowman shares her ideas on talking to children about the holiday.

Quick Tips: Pumpkins and Jesus

Whether or not you choose to participate in

Halloween, your kids will be aware of the

holiday. Our secular society loves this

holiday because it means big sales for the

stores. Costumes, candy, and eerie

decorations fly off the shelves in October.

Is there a way we can tie Jesus into this

somewhat demonic holiday? Yes! Let’s talk

about pumpkins.

· Take your kids to pick out their own pumpkins from the grocery store or pumpkin patch, and bring the pumpkins home.

· Have a pumpkin carving party with your kids. As you help them scoop out the pulp and clean the inside, talk about how Jesus cleans us on the inside by forgiving our sins.

· Once the pumpkin is cleaned and carved with a happy face, place a candle inside and light the pumpkin. Just as the pumpkin glows from the light of a candle, our lives can glow with the light of Jesus.

This mini-lesson about pumpkins and Jesus is

told in my colorful board book My Happy

Pumpkin by Zonderkidz. No matter how dark

the world is, Jesus is the light that always

shines.