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50 Ways to Celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation

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50 Ways to Celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation from In Our Pond. Food. Games. Party. Printables. Homeschool. Luther. Calvin.

This October 31st marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.  In 1517, a monk named Martin Luther nailed a long list, called the 95 Theses, onto the door of a church.  For Protestant Christians looking for an alternative to Halloween, Reformation Day is a great substitute.  You can eat good food, dress-up, and play games- all in a way that honors the lives of the Reformers and celebrates Church history.  Because I seem to be addicted to lists lately, I put together a list of 50 way to party like it's the Middle Ages.

50 Ways to Celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation from In Our Pond. Food. Games. Party. Printables. Homeschool. Luther. Calvin.


1- Color a Lutheran Rose to Decorate the House

2- Discuss the 5 Solas and why they Define the Reformation

3- Eat a Hearty Soup out of a Bread Bowl

4- Write with a Quill Pen and Pretend to be Writing the Pope

5- Listen to a Reformer's Sermon

6- Color an Illustrated Letter (like the monks copied the Bible)

7- Talk about Indulgences and Buying your way to Heaven

8- Watch the movie Luther with your Big Kids

9- Do a Homeschool Unit Study

10- Sing "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" and talk about the meaning


50 Ways to Celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation from In Our Pond. Food. Games. Party. Printables. Homeschool. Luther. Calvin.


11- Carve a Lutheran Rose Pumpkin

12- Do this Homeschool Packet

13- Have a Photo Booth with silly props

14- Read Reformation ABCs book

15- Eat a Diet of Worms dessert

16- Wear a "Fix Your Theology" shirt

17- Make German Pancakes and talk about Geography

18- Play "Sola Fide" boardgame

19- Wear the Reformation Day Look

20- Read "Did Luther Go on a Diet of Worms?" book


50 Ways to Celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation from In Our Pond. Food. Games. Party. Printables. Homeschool. Luther. Calvin.


21- Watch this History Channel Video on the Reformation

22- Read "Luther: the Man who Changed the World" book

23- Post a Silly Meme to Facebook

24- Play with the Martin Luther Action Figure

25- Color a Simple Lutheran Rose

26- Play Pin the Beard on the Reformer

27- Read (or listen) to the Bible in Latin

28- Copy the 5 Solas with this Copywork Printable

29- Make Printing Press Potatoes and Leave Your Mark

30- Label the 5 T.U.L.U.P. petals


50 Ways to Celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation from In Our Pond. Food. Games. Party. Printables. Homeschool. Luther. Calvin.


31- Teach Someone Good Theology with "The Ology" book

32- Do some Lutheran Copywork in your homeschool

33- Play Toss the Coin in the Coffer (when a coin in the coffer rings, a soul from purgatory springs)

34- Discuss Purgatory with someone

35- Make a Medieval Feast for your friends

36- Read "Inside the Reformation" book

37- Tweet the 95 Theses to the world (learning project)

38- Color this Reformation Coloring Book

39- Make real Root Beer (or beer if you're that kind of a protestant)

40- Learn How Books were Made and Why they Changed the World


50 Ways to Celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation from In Our Pond. Food. Games. Party. Printables. Homeschool. Luther. Calvin.


41- Make a Stained Glass Window

42- Pass out Chocolate Bibles to trick-or-treaters

43- Color a Reformation Banner and hang it up

44- Make a Lutheran Rose Cake

45- Watch the Luther Torchlighters Movie

46- Make German Potato Pancakes

47- Do a Medieval Hairstyle

48- Make Homemade Pretzels and talk about the "crossed arm" shape

49- Watch the newest Martin Luther movie

50- Read the Bible in your OWN Language


50 Ways to Celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation from In Our Pond. Food. Games. Party. Printables. Homeschool. Luther. Calvin.










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  1. Frankland JasonOctober 10, 2017 at 9:22 AM

    Great list, bookmarked to go through all the list :)), thanks for sharing!

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  2. Allie SeimOctober 18, 2017 at 9:38 PM

    I like how the list ends with "Read the bible in your own language." Something we should do every day, but adding it to the list is a reminder to appreciate it.

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