3 Ways to Make Eid Exciting For Children

Ideas to Celebrate Muslim Festival of Eid With Children

Sep 17, 2009 Fiza Asar

It is time for Eid - the Muslim holiday for sharing love. There is lots that can be done to inculcate the spirit of Eid in children. Here are some Eid ideas for children.

Almost 30 days of fasting and praying, and its time Allah (God) rewards Muslims with a time to celebrate their month-long achievement. It is time for Eid – the Muslim holiday for sharing love. Every Muslim looks forward to this occasion. Children love Eid because the holiday is so festive and they receive perks from adults. By the end of Eid, they end up making a lot of cash!

However, there is more that can be done to inculcate the spirit of Eid in children and parents are always looking for such ideas. Following are 3 ways an Eid can be more complete for children:

Activities Teaching Children About Eid

  • Read children bedtime stories or stories during the day about Ramadan, Eid and Muslim Celebrations. Children have great imagination while listening to stories and will look forward to the day!
  • Eid is a time when relatives and friends from across the globe mail greeting cards to each other. Children make them for their grandparents, siblings, cousins and class friends. A good activity would be to make creative Eid greeting cards. There's a plethora of ideas online including how to make pop up ka'aba (the Muslim Holy place in Mecca) cards, Moroccan lanterns, mosques and crescent, or in fact any thing the child wishes to draw out of her or his own creativity.
  • Make prayer beads with strings and colorful plastic beads. This works with little children learning how to count. Ask them to make sets of 33, 33 and 34 similar colored beads in one string. Adults can help them remember or recite the names of Allah on them in a fun way sing-along way. Children will love it!

Preparing for Eid With Children

  • There is loads to do before Eid. There is food to cook for guests visiting on Eid and the house to tidy up. Children love helping adults out in adult chores – it makes them feel like they have grown up too. Ask them to give a helping hand. Set targets for them to make it competitive and fun. And reward them at the end of it possibly with their favorite sweets!
  • Families will be visiting for Eid and there will be lots of children to keep busy with. Children should feel special on this great, fun day. Bring them lots of ribbons, balloons and decorative items and help them decorate their room the way they want. Children who visit on Eid day will love it too and immediately join in the Eid fun!
  • Out of all the things, children love helping in the kitchen the most! They want to help baking and what better time to teach them how to share food than on Eid day. Make crescent shaped cookies with children and set these aside for the little guests that will be visiting on Eid day!
  • For each child in the family, make another new dress to donate to a needy child. Teach children the concept behind new clothes for Eid day and charity. Let them pick the fabric out or the dress out. Teach them how to wrap it up and give to those in need for Eid day!
  • Although many adults like to do their shopping before hand so they can concentrate on Ramadan and other house chores, it is a good idea to set a couple of hours aside to take children out for Eid shopping before Eid. Get the little girls some bangles to match with their clothes and let them apply henna on their hands. Buy them sweets and let them enjoy the festivities! It's their age to do so!

Gift Exchanging During Eid

  • At an Ed dinner for adults usually children are ignored – but Muslim adults can do something special for them. This is especially important when raising families in non-Muslim countries where Halloween, Christmas and Easter are made so exciting for children. Keep a section in the home where wrapped gifts are set aside for children.
  • Teach children to give little gifts to one another

Ramadan is over and if parents spent quality time during Ramadan with children, its time to reward them for Eid. Often celebrations with children make festivities a lot more fun!

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