Regardless of the problems we have, Spring's arrival lifts our spirits and fills us with hope for the future. With this new found hope and joy, it's hard not to celebrate in some fashion, so, go ahead and try one of these ten ways to welcome Spring and share your happiness.
1-Attend an Easter Sunrise Service
Try to find an Easter Sunrise service held on a mountaintop and offer up your thanksgiving for both the resurrection of Jesus and the renewing of the sleeping earth, as you watch the sunrise in all its life-giving splendor. Then share what you experienced at Easter Dinner with you loved ones.
2-Have A Family Reunion
Spend some of those gloomy winter evening planning a Family reunion for the Spring. You can order tee shirts with a family tree on them as well as the family name. Send out notices early and ask each family member to bring a covered dish and folding chair. Plan to have the reunion at a park with a pavilion and give directions and planned events such as ball games, contests and entertainment.
3-Host A Block Party
Work with several neighbors to organize a block party and send out invitations or post signs giving details of the party. Have everyone decorate a wagon, bicycle, tricycle, scooter, doll carriage, golf cart or whatever with flowers, balloons, streamers and placards that say, "Welcome Spring." Then have a parade to welcome Spring!
Ask each neighbor to bring a covered dish or take up donations and have a cook out. Play games, play music, dance, have contests, exchange gardening tips, visit and get to know each other.
4-Join The Earth Day Network
Welcome Spring by organizing a group to pick up litter, clear a trash filled stream or start a recycling drive in your community! Visit the website Spring by organizing a group to pick up litter, clear a trash filled stream or start a recycling drive in your community! Visit the website of Earth Day Network and learn how you can help in renewing the earth. Then make a donation and register your plans to enter the raffle. Even if you don't win the raffle, you'll still be a winner for helping leave a healthy planet for our children and grandchildren, so they too will welcome Spring with happy hearts. of Earth Day Network and learn how you can help in renewing the earth. Then make a donation and register your plans to enter the raffle. Even if you don't win the raffle, you'll still be a winner for helping leave a healthy planet for our children and grandchildren, so they too will welcome Spring with happy hearts.
5-Help Feed And House The Wildlife Mothers
Spring means lots of new baby wildlife and the mothers to be can use a little extra help with food and housing. Provide for the wildlife that lives in your area, as the law allows, by putting out nuts, seeds, grains and water and adding a few bird, bat and butterfly houses to help them establish a home in your yard.
6-Go Outside And Get In Shape
You could join a gym to get in shape, but why not get outside this spring and start riding a bike, start walking and jogging or get involved in your favorite sport, anything at all to get the blood pumping and heart rate up. Outdoor exercise burns up those extra winter pounds you put on and rebuilds those unused muscles, as well as allowing you to enjoy the budding and blooming that spring brings each year.
7-Spruce Up Your Yard
Give your yard a makeover or just spruce things up with a paint job, new flowerbeds or by power washing the drive or house. You can up your curb appeal by edging your lawn, pruning trees, trimming shrubs and repairing cracked driveways and sidewalks while you enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of Spring. Don't forget to scrub out the birdbath and repaint the birdhouse.
8-Do Your Spring Cleaning
After all the cold months that kept the house closed up, Spring is the perfect time for throwing open the windows and chasing dust and cobwebs. Change the A/C filters, turn the mattresses, shake the rugs and wash the windows and curtains. Replace throw cushions, doormats and anything else that's seen a better day.
9-Have A Yard Sale
One man's trash is another man's treasure, so once you have your yard spruced up and the Spring-cleaning done, have a yard sale and sell anything you no longer want or need. Yard sales not only allow you to get rid of unwanted stuff, they allow you to meet new people as you enjoy the fresh Spring air.
10-Start A Community Garden For Kids
A great way to welcome Spring is to find an unused lot or the yard of a condemned property and get permission to use it for long enough to plant, raise and harvest a garden. Gather the community children together and teach them to plant, grow and harvest fresh vegetables and fruit. Give each child a plot and allow them to choose what they will grow and watch those thumbs turn green.
There you have it, ten ways to welcome Spring that are fun, productive and not expensive. There are many other ways to welcome Spring, it all depends on what you enjoy doing. Use these ideas or come up with your own, but you had better hurry, because Spring is almost here.