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LentDay by day

opportunities.

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Day 1

•Say something nice about someone else to another person.

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Day 2

•Share pancakes with your family.

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Day 3

•Give some of your pocket money to a charity that works with children in another country.

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

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Day 5

•Share a smile with someone else at least 5 times today.

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Day 6

•Say sorry to someone who you should have said sorry to, but didn’t.

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Day 7

•Do a favour for someone in your family. (It might be something like helping at home with chores.)

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Day 8•Water plants or a green space that need watering. (Can you use washing up water to save using fresh?)

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Day 9

•Help prepare a meal at home or school and find out where the food was grown.

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Day 10

•Write a thank you letter to someone who has helped you at home or in school.

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Day 11

•Share a treat with someone at home or school.

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Day 12

•Think of three good things you could thank God for.

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Day 13

•Don’t watch TV or play computer games – do something good with a friend instead.

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Day 14

•Make sure you say “Please”, “Excuse me” and “Thank you” often during today.

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Day 15

•Find out about the countries where your clothes are made.

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Day 16

•Tell or read a story to someone younger than you.

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Day 17

•Save paper and trees by using both sides of the paper.

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Day 18

•Give yourself five minutes of quiet time today. Be by yourself and just sit!

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Day 19

•Save water – turn the tap off while you brush your teeth or wash your hands.

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Day 20

•Hold doors open for other people today.

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Day 21

•Give a home-made gift to someone you love.

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Day 22

•Offer to help an adult in your school with a job today.

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Day 23

•Make sure you recycle all you can today.

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Day 24

•Go for a walk with an adult in your family. Look for the good things around you.

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Day 25

•Teach an adult how to do something they cannot do.

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Day 26•Plant some flower seeds. Plant them somewhere so others can enjoy them when they flower.

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Day 27

•Talk to someone in your school you don’t normally talk to.

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Day 28

•Be generous to someone else – perhaps by lending something to a friend you trust.

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Day 29

•Find out about the lives of children living in another country.

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Day 30

•Offer a prayer for someone who is unwell or in need.

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Day 31

•Find out about what life is like for a refugee. (In this country or abroad.)

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Day 32

•Find out how you can help with the shopping this week?

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Day 33

•Say thank you to the lollipop person or someone else who helps at school.

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Day 34

•Find a way of helping wild birds around your home or school.

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Day 35

•Look out for litter and help get it cleared up.

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Day 36

•Make a palm cross and give it to someone else.

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Day 37

•Ask for or give a Fair Trade Easter Egg. (Or if you can’t find one some Fair Trade Chocolate.)

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Day 38

•Watch a video about the life of Jesus.

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Day 39

•Make Hot Cross Buns and share them.

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Day 40

•Clean your shoes and someone else’s shoes.

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Day 41

•Make or draw an Easter Garden. Put it on display where others can see it.

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Day 42

•Find a way to celebrate Easter Day.

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Based on ideas fromLove Life – Live Lent

• Love Life Live Lent Kids version - single copy

• ISBN No: 9780715142165• Price: £1.00