• Give each guest a pillow to recline on at their seat. Have your children decorate pillowcases with Passover symbols and put them on bed pillows.
• Some families conduct the first part of the seder in the den or living room with all the guests sitting on pillows. Then move to the Dining Room table when it is time for dinner.
• Have someone dress up as Elijah, waiting to enter the house when you open the door. Dress in a long robe, an Arab kefiyah, sandals.
• Decorate the table with bean bag frogs, bugs, and wild animals. You can buy “plague bags” or masks in the supermarket or make your own. Order frog erasers; bugs; and wild animals; use ping pong balls for hail; sun glasses for darkness; etc.
• Before the seder, have the children make origami frogs from green 3x5 cards. Use them for place cards.
• Prepare “Egyptian Slave hats” for each guest. Remind everyone that all of us were slaves in Egypt!
• Play Passover music as everyone gathers for the evening to help set the scene. Do lots of singing: both serious and silly! Need help? Use a CD or
download music from our website.
