Ramadan

Lanterns are an festive way to decorate your home during Ramadan and to prepare your home for Eid. They are very easy to make and something that even the youngest children can help with.

Materials

A4 foil card
Scissors
Stapler
Ruler
Pencil
Sequins(optional)
PVA glue (optional)

How to make it

1. Turn the foil card horizontally, and cut a strip 1/2″ from the end.

2. Using a pencil, lightly draw a line 1″ from on the top and another 1″ from the bottom of the card.

3. Take the larger piece of card, turn it vertically, and fold it in half.

4. Then cut into the card, starting at the folded edge, all the way up to the pencil line. You will need to make between 12-14 cuts, each about 1/2″ apart.

5. Now its the fun part! Unfold your card and decorate. We used sequins and glue. If your children are younger you could use stickers.

6. Once the glue has dried, hold the card horizontally in your hands and curve it round. Holding the edges of the card together, use your stapler to secure it. Then take the small strip of card you cut off in step 1, and staple this to the top of the lantern to act as a handle.

7. Push down a little on the top of the lantern to make it ‘fan’ out.

You lantern is now ready to hang and decorate your home for Eid and Ramadan.

I would love to see photos of the lanterns you make with your children. Please share them with me on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.

Please keep us in your duaas.

Peace and love.

This advent calendar is so easy and quick to make. It is a great addition to your Ramadan decorations and is a fun way to get you children excited about the blessed month.

We fill our advent calendar with halal sweets, and allow the children to open them up just before we go to our daily Ramadan class. You could also put a little note inside, indicating a new activity or game that you will be doing that day, or even a little toy.

If you don’t want to make the envelopes, you can buy them premade, and just decorate them. Its super easy, so why not give it a go!

Materials

String/Ribbon
3 sheets of good-quality gift wrap
Number stickers
30 clothes pegs
Glue stick
Pencil
FREE TEMPLATE
Goodies to put inside!

How to make it

Using your FREE TEMPLATE, draw the outline of the envelope on the back of a sheet of gift wrap. You will need to draw the around the template 10 times on each sheet.
Cut out the envelope outlines. You should have 30 in all.
Fold the envelopes and apply glue to the tabs to hold them in place.
Stick number stickers on the front of the envelopes.
Fill envelopes with ‘goodies.’
Hang string and attach envelopes with clothes pegs.