Counting Lent - Acts of Love Paper Chain



We made a paper chain to count down the days of Lent.  We look forward to each day's challenge.   

Here's the plan:  Cut 40 2" wide strips of purple paper for each day of Lent.  Since Sundays are not included in the 40 days of Lent, cut eight strips of 2"wide white paper.  One of the white links will have extra embellishment (glitter) to represent Easter Sunday. 

Write or paste a pre-printed act of love to perform on each purple strip. You'll need 40 of those suggestions!  Ideas.....bake cookies for a neighbor, play with a younger sibling, write a letter to Great Grandma, read to the little ones, shut off the computer today...lots of possibilities!  Sundays are celebration days.  Leave them blank and have fun as a family.

Staple or tape the links together:  begin with four purple links because Lent starts on a Wednesday, then one white link, six purple links, then one white link, ending with the Easter Sunday link.  Hang your chain and remove one link each day to count the days of Lent, doing what is written on the strips and thanking God for the oppotunity to grow in love.



Links of Love

Check out all the great ideas for Lent at Catholic Icing!