Magnet Buddies - Funerals & Grief

How do you explain a funeral service, or celebration of life to a child?

As with any humongous topic, it’s better to discuss it than to not. Many fears are learned, and while having forthright discussions about them can feel completely beyond our means, they can lead to moments of deep connection.

Using tactile tools can help ease this process:
- Explain the anticipated order of events while holding and pointing to the pieces. This can have a clarifying sense for young minds. It can help to break huge concepts into smaller chunks: this is going to happen, then this, then that... Giving kids clear ideas about what to expect can help alleviate some of the scariness of the unknown.
- Explain what each piece is and what’s for, what it represents to you.
- Go through the pieces and ask if they have any questions about any of them.
- Is there a piece in the set that’s different than the rituals they’re going to encounter? Discuss this.
- Ask how some of the pieces make them feel. You might get some surprising answers.

There are 20 pieces in this set. These include: 

♥ 2 Children
♥ Dark pants, shirt, and tie outfit
♥ Dark dress outfit
♥ Shoes to match 

♥ Tissue box
♥ Flower bouquet
♥ Wreath
♥ Urn
♥ Coffin / casket
♥ Green burial shroud
♥ Chair
♥ Tea, coffee set
♥ Guest book
♥ Family photo
♥ Tree
♥ Laptop for virtual funerals
♥ Candles

RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 3+
Always supervise play.
We do our best to make our products as safe as we can and use the highest quality inks & materials, but they are still vinyl magnets and should never be ingested by anyone - no matter their age...

SIZING:
The child pieces are roughly 5" tall. All the other pieces in the set(s) are sized to fit them. While the pieces are fairly large, there is still a choking hazard for wee ones.

CARE INSTRUCTIONS:
Because: little fingers! Our magnets can be washed with water and gentle soap whenever necessary. Pat dry with a tissue, or leave them to air dry. Easy peasy. If further sanitizing is necessary, rub with hand sanitizer and pat dry with a tissue.

NOTES:
Magnets can become brittle at freezing temperatures and so should be stored and used at room temperatures. Long exposure to direct sunlight can lead to colour fading.