Purim Sameach!!

This past weekend we celebrated Purim here in Panama with some friends.



Purim is a fun Jewish Holiday just like Hannukah. It is a celebration based on the book of Esther in the Bible during the time of the Medes and Persians about 500 years before Yeshua (Jesus). (Purim is usually in Feb. or March every year).

We had a wonderful time. We played lots of games; bean bag toss, musical chairs, hit our Haman Pinata, and had a costume contest! There were lots of prizes and yummy food for everyone.


This is a picture of everyone with their cast of characters on spoons for our Purim Readers Theater and play.

Here they are:  King Xerxes, Haman, Mordecai, Esther (Hadassah), Queen Vashti

Our huge Hamantashen cookies with brownie centers.  mmm- delicioso

Party Favors:)

Our Haman Pinata!  Boy, was this a blast!  Candy was flying everywhere & he lasted a really long time... everyone got a turn!  It was hilarious watching the kids diving for the candy:)

Another picture with the girls in their pretty Queen Esther style Dresses.  Each one had their own perception of what a Queen Esther should look like:)

Do you like the rain boots & butterfly wings?  She walked around feeling so pretty in her outfit!  So cute!

If you haven't done anything for Purim yet you should check this out!

Everything You Need To Have a Purim Reader´s Theater!  It's not to late to learn some history about Purim and have some fun:)  Just click on the picture and it will take you over to some more details in my TPT store.

If you didn't see our Reader's Theater video you can go see it here.

I used my Party Planner and I must say I was much more relaxed being organized!  I was able to sit

back and enjoy all the fun:)  If you are planning a party, I would definitely suggest using something to help you get organized.  It helps take away a lot of the stress and makes your party become more of what you envision it to be!  Just click on the picture to learn more about what is included in my Party Planner!

If you didn't grab the freebie for the planner, hop back over and grab it here!

I hope & pray you have a wonderful Purim holiday season with your family & friends!

Purim Sameach!!!

Purim!!

Purim is a fun Jewish Holiday just like Hannukah but better!  ( ok a little of bias is coming through)  It´s celebrated in the Spring.

First of all I love the cookies:)


and yelling "Boo" at everyone who says "Haman" and "Yay" at everyone who says "Esther" or "Mordecai" AND making LOTS of noise with groggers only during the story telling of course:)

...and Dressing up like a Queen for the day...

and all the fun and games:)

What are you doing for Purim this year?  Have you celebrated it before?  It´s not just a Jewish thing you know....It´s a historical event!!

This is where the setting is, in the city of ancient Susa, Persia ( Iran today)


This is where the Ancient Persian Kings are burried in Iran today...




This is the tomb of King Xerxes of the Medo-Persians in Iran circa 486 BC (Queen Esher´s husband - Achoshverosh)



  Based on the book of Esther in the Bible or the Megillah in Hebrew this fun holiday retells history:)

 Have you seen the Purim movie?  It´s pretty romantic...not to kid friendly IMHO


And here are our Spoon Puppets...the cast of characters...

We are getting ready for our Purim Party coming up in a few weeks.
We made some cute spoon puppets from spoons...pinterest inspired!

We are planning on doing a puppet show with them:)

 For the last three weeks we have been  participating in a community Readers Theater class let by Dr. Bear here in Boquete.  We are so thankful to have her here in Panama!  The kids really had fun.  Our homework assignment was to do our own family or group Readers Theater presentation!

Everyone did really well.  We captured the whole thing on video but I have yet to figure out how to share it here - stay tuned:)  This is how my newest creation was born:)

 Everything You Need To Have a Purim Reader´s Theater!

A little bit from our Readers Theater

hope you can see the video:)

See the video here on YouTube! Follow me on YouTube!

You can see more here on my Pinterest board...Enjoy!