Post by Sheila on Nov 18, 2011 21:47:30 GMT -5
I do this for the children at church every year as well as the neighborhood children,This has been on the web the only thing different is I added scripture,the children and there parents always appreciate and enjoy these little blessings.Harvest Blessing Snack
2 cups Bugles Brand Corn Snacks
2 cups Pretzels
1 cup Candy corn and/or Corn Nuts Brand Snack
1 cup Dried or Candy Fruits
1 cup Peanuts and/or Sunflower Seeds
Instructions:
"I made little bags of this Blessing Mix and on top of the bag I printed out a cute little Thanksgiving turkey and the explanation of the Blessing Mix on cardstock. I stapled it to the top of the bag and tied a cute raffia bow in fall colors to that... Everyone loved it and it makes a nice little treat for the neighbors too!"
In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients together. Make this mix as a family and eat while discussing each ingredient and how it relates to Thanksgiving.
If this is for a gift Make a card with these descriptions:
Each ingredient in this snack mix symbolizes something associated with the Harvest Season (Thanksgiving)
Harvest Blessing Snack
Bugles Brand Corn Snacks - represents a cornucopia, a horn of plenty. Proverbs 3:9-10 Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Pretzels - represents arms folded in thanks and prayer.Phillipians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Corn Nuts Brand Snack - during the first Winter, the pilgrims were each allotted only 5 kernels of corn per day because food was so scarce.Genesis 27:28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Dried or Candy Fruits - Thanksgiving is the celebration of the harvest.
represent the potential of a bounteous harvest for the next season if they are planted and well tended. Acts 14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Sunflower Seeds - seeds represent the potential of a bounteous harvest for the next season if they are planted and well tended.Genesis 1:11-12And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Hershey kiss 1Pe 5:14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
2 cups Bugles Brand Corn Snacks
2 cups Pretzels
1 cup Candy corn and/or Corn Nuts Brand Snack
1 cup Dried or Candy Fruits
1 cup Peanuts and/or Sunflower Seeds
Instructions:
"I made little bags of this Blessing Mix and on top of the bag I printed out a cute little Thanksgiving turkey and the explanation of the Blessing Mix on cardstock. I stapled it to the top of the bag and tied a cute raffia bow in fall colors to that... Everyone loved it and it makes a nice little treat for the neighbors too!"
In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients together. Make this mix as a family and eat while discussing each ingredient and how it relates to Thanksgiving.
If this is for a gift Make a card with these descriptions:
Each ingredient in this snack mix symbolizes something associated with the Harvest Season (Thanksgiving)
Harvest Blessing Snack
Bugles Brand Corn Snacks - represents a cornucopia, a horn of plenty. Proverbs 3:9-10 Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Pretzels - represents arms folded in thanks and prayer.Phillipians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Corn Nuts Brand Snack - during the first Winter, the pilgrims were each allotted only 5 kernels of corn per day because food was so scarce.Genesis 27:28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Dried or Candy Fruits - Thanksgiving is the celebration of the harvest.
represent the potential of a bounteous harvest for the next season if they are planted and well tended. Acts 14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Sunflower Seeds - seeds represent the potential of a bounteous harvest for the next season if they are planted and well tended.Genesis 1:11-12And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Hershey kiss 1Pe 5:14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
