Lent Day by day opportunities Lent one day

Lent Day by day opportunities. Lent - one day at a time! 1

Day 1 • Say something nice about someone else to another person. Lent - one day at a time! 2

Day 2 • Share pancakes with your family. Lent - one day at a time! 3

Day 3 • Give some of your pocket money to a charity that works with children in another country. Lent - one day at a time! 4

Day 4 • Clean up your room or your space at home. Take anything you don’t need to a charity shop. (with an adult) Lent - one day at a time! 5

Day 5 • Share a smile with someone else at least 5 times today. Lent - one day at a time! 6

Day 6 • Say sorry to someone who you should have said sorry to, but didn’t. Lent - one day at a time! 7

Day 7 • Do a favour for someone in your family. (It might be something like helping at home with chores. ) Lent - one day at a time! 8

Day 8 • Water plants or a green space that need watering. (Can you use washing up water to save using fresh? ) Lent - one day at a time! 9

Day 9 • Help prepare a meal at home or school and find out where the food was grown. Lent - one day at a time! 10

Day 10 • Write a thank you letter to someone who has helped you at home or in school. Lent - one day at a time! 11

Day 11 • Share a treat with someone at home or school. Lent - one day at a time! 12

Day 12 • Think of three good things you could thank God for. Lent - one day at a time! 13

Day 13 • Don’t watch TV or play computer games – do something good with a friend instead. Lent - one day at a time! 14

Day 14 • Make sure you say “Please”, “Excuse me” and “Thank you” often during today. Lent - one day at a time! 15

Day 15 • Find out about the countries where your clothes are made. Lent - one day at a time! 16

Day 16 • Tell or read a story to someone younger than you. Lent - one day at a time! 17

Day 17 • Save paper and trees by using both sides of the paper. Lent - one day at a time! 18

Day 18 • Give yourself five minutes of quiet time today. Be by yourself and just sit! Lent - one day at a time! 19

Day 19 • Save water – turn the tap off while you brush your teeth or wash your hands. Lent - one day at a time! 20

Day 20 • Hold doors open for other people today. Lent - one day at a time! 21

Day 21 • Give a home-made gift to someone you love. Lent - one day at a time! 22

Day 22 • Offer to help an adult in your school with a job today. Lent - one day at a time! 23

Day 23 • Make sure you recycle all you can today. Lent - one day at a time! 24

Day 24 • Go for a walk with an adult in your family. Look for the good things around you. Lent - one day at a time! 25

Day 25 • Teach an adult how to do something they cannot do. Lent - one day at a time! 26

Day 26 • Plant some flower seeds. Plant them somewhere so others can enjoy them when they flower. Lent - one day at a time! 27

Day 27 • Talk to someone in your school you don’t normally talk to. Lent - one day at a time! 28

Day 28 • Be generous to someone else – perhaps by lending something to a friend you trust. Lent - one day at a time! 29

Day 29 • Find out about the lives of children living in another country. Lent - one day at a time! 30

Day 30 • Offer a prayer for someone who is unwell or in need. Lent - one day at a time! 31

Day 31 • Find out about what life is like for a refugee. (In this country or abroad. ) Lent - one day at a time! 32

Day 32 • Find out how you can help with the shopping this week? Lent - one day at a time! 33

Day 33 • Say thank you to the lollipop person or someone else who helps at school. Lent - one day at a time! 34

Day 34 • Find a way of helping wild birds around your home or school. Lent - one day at a time! 35

Day 35 • Look out for litter and help get it cleared up. Lent - one day at a time! 36

Day 36 • Make a palm cross and give it to someone else. Lent - one day at a time! 37

Day 37 • Ask for or give a Fair Trade Easter Egg. (Or if you can’t find one some Fair Trade Chocolate. ) Lent - one day at a time! 38

Day 38 • Watch a video about the life of Jesus. Lent - one day at a time! 39

Day 39 • Make Hot Cross Buns and share them. Lent - one day at a time! 40

Day 40 • Clean your shoes and someone else’s shoes. Lent - one day at a time! 41

Day 41 • Make or draw an Easter Garden. Put it on display where others can see it. Lent - one day at a time! 42

Day 42 • Find a way to celebrate Easter Day. Lent - one day at a time! 43

Based on ideas from Love Life – Live Lent • Love Life Live Lent Kids version single copy • ISBN No: 9780715142165 • Price: £ 1. 00 Lent - one day at a time! 44