Being Easter is our most important holiday, there are many customs and traditions that come along with it, and an important part of the holidays is not only to recognize the reason behind celebration, but it is also to carry out our traditions and pass them onto our children, especially from an early age. Because without teaching our children the importance of traditions, they risk being lost, and forgotten.  Here are the top three ways you can include the little ones with Easter preparations!

DYI lampada

The Lampada or Easter candle is an important part of the Easter festivities as it is not only a necessary accessory needed to take part in the rituals at church during holy week, but also, it symbolizes the light of Jesus. Children can prepare for holy week while learning more about the story of Easter by partaking in such preparations. We suggest buying your child’s lampada in their favourite colour, and allowing them to decorate it! This could simply be with ribbon and glue, flowers, or any other types of arts and crafts supplies! Let your child be creative, just as long as it is appropriate, and safe. A DYI lampada will allow your children to learn more about the meaning behind the rituals and the religious holiday as they go along!

House Preparations

Whether you are expecting company on Easter day for the Easter celebrations, or you are simply cleaning to welcome the season, taking care of the house is a big part of the Easter Sunday preparations. Having the children take part in chores such as cooking and cleaning not only teaches them that it’s important to maintain the house around the holidays, but it teaches them responsibility. Allowing them to partake in certain cooking preparations is also important, such as when baking tsoureki! An Easter bread as traditional as this one should not be skipped. Need a new recipe for Tsoureki? Try our special chocolate filled Tsoureki here! 

Red egg dying

Egg dying is a classic part of the Easter preparations.  Red Easter Egg dying normally takes place on Holy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter) and is a tradition especially made for children to partake in. And just like all of the traditions of Easter, the ‘cracking the red egg game’ or Tsougrisma, also has symbolic meaning of new life and resurrection behind it. In addition, it is important for your children to learn that the winner of the game is said to have good luck for the rest of the year!  A tip from our home to yours- Instead of buying chemical red dye, keep your customs especially alive this year by dying your eggs in the most traditional way! Not sure how it’s done? Not to worry, was have the instructions for you right here.