Make Eid fun for children

Weddings and Eid are supposed to be occasions of joy and laughter. We need to make them special and fun for our families and kids. If you dont make our eid fun for our kids they will start thinking that christmas and halloween are much more fun than Islamic festivals. Who says our days of festivals are not fun?

Here are some suggestions to help you:

1. Parents: make it a priority to take leave if it is a day of working. Show your families that you respect that day enough to take leave. who knows it may soon become an official holiday

2. Mothers - make the sweets and dishes thatyour kids love most. Decorate and colour it in a special way to make it look different from any other day

3. Children: Help with the eid shopping. pick out gifts for your cousins and friends. decorate the home if you like to but dont be too wasteful

4. Relatives: Give gifts. It is a sunnah! Buy the children toys, books, clothes and fun actvities.

5. Youth: organize competitions and games for the kids and yourselves. Have prizes.

6. Children: Make a performance of your favourite nasheed or hadith

7. All: Dress up and look good! Be cheerful and smile all day long!

9. Give sadaqa - Make children love the act of giving!