Fun and games during Passover

Let's face it... we're all kids at heart! Why not act that way? Each year during the Passover holiday, we prepare a Seder, during which we read the story of Exodus from the Hagaddah and enjoy a delicious feast of special Passover foods. Today, it takes a lot to keep people's attention for more than 160 characters, especially the under 4 feet crowd. What to do? Why not make your Seder more fun by giving participants a game to play to bone up on Passover basics before the holiday, or even playing bingo while you read the Hagaddah?

During a Passover (Pesach) Seder, you can follow a Bingo game's traditional rules by placing a marker for specific words that are mentioned during the reading of the Hagaddah, or make your own creative variation.  A word list and explanations are included in our version, so the bingo game can be played any time people get in the Pesach mood.  Playing the Passover Bingo game, whether a homemade one or professionally designed one, adds an interactive element to your seder!

Of course, Passover Bingo is not the only game you can play during Passover, though it's one of the few that you can actually use to make the Seder more fun. There are lots of other free and creative ideas you can use to make the holiday more fun and interesting for kids. For instance, you could play a Passover version of "Jeopardy," having Passover-related words in mind and making kids formulate questions about them. You could have categories like "plagues," "numbers," and "people," by having questions such as:

    • BLOOD -- What is the first plague?
    • ELIJAH -- Who is the guest that mysteriously appears to drink wine?
    • FOUR -- What is the number of cups of wine we drink at the Seder?
    • FOUR -- What are the number of questions asked during the Seder?
    • FOUR -- What is the number of sons?
    • FROGS -- what is the second plague
    • MATZAH -- What is made of dough that didn't have time to rise as our forefathers were rushed out of Egypt?
    • WISE, WICKED, SIMPLE, UNKNOWING -- Who are the four sons?
    • TEN -- What are the number of plagues?

These are just some of the ideas we have to make your Passover holiday more fun. Please contact us if you have others to share!