5 Ways to Celebrate Imbolc with Your Kids

The Green Parent

By The Green Parent

02nd February 2022

Happy first day of February! Today marks the pagan celebration of Imbolc, of fertility and new life. Here are five simple ways that you can come together as a family and mark the first fire festival of the year.

The Green Parent

By The Green Parent

02nd February 2022

The Green Parent

By The Green Parent

02nd February 2022

  1. Bake some Candlemas cookies - Decorate them with white icing in snowflake patterns.
  2. Go for a nature walk - Check out what signs of spring emerging you can see in the natural world around you.
  3. Gather round the fire - Light a fire and gather round to share stories of the returning light. Allow everyone the chance to share their dreams for the year ahead.
  4. Spring Clean - Use the energy of the season to inspire a clear out – take unwanted stuff to charity and sweep the house from top to bottom.
  5. Make Candles - creating your own beeswax candles is a lovely activity to welcome the sun and the first stages of spring. Get supplies at myriadonline.com.

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