Lamenting Lammas
I’m like so totally behind in this
Continue Reading Add a comment August 3, 2010
Tags: altar, crafts, faith, home made, Lammas, make your own, pagan, parenting, ritual, sabbat, wicca, wiccan
Summer Solstice
Its the height of summer and the weather is … tepid. Hopefully things will brighten in time for the Summer Solstice.
The Wish Stones spell is a great spring board to get older children aware of the animals and plants of our waterways, and aware of how to protect them. Make sure you use water based paints/pens in this spell.
Continue Reading Add a comment June 14, 2010
Tags: Litha, pagan, parenting, Rituals, sabbat, Solstice, Spells, Summer, Summer Solstice, wicca, wiccan
Runes for Little Witches – Heidi Beckett
Heidi has kindly let me share this with you. The casting method would work well for a mass rune casting.
Use images and materials chosen by your child. Concepts like ‘man’ and ‘woman’ are fairly simple but things like ‘possessions’ and ‘family/clan’ might be harder to depict. Use symbols that your children are comfortable with and make a reference system for them. Make use of different colours to try and reinforce the meanings of the symbols.
Continue Reading Add a comment April 28, 2010
Tags: crafts, Divination, education, Games, pagan, parenting, Runes
Beltane
The wheel has turned and Beltane is almost upon us. Look out for local events in your area such as celebrations at local, ancient sites such as Thornborough in North Yorkshire.
http://www.sacredbrigantia.com/index.php
Continue Reading Add a comment April 28, 2010
Tags: Beltane, children, crafts, faith, pagan, parenting, sabbat, wicca, wiccan
Ostara
Spring is nearly sprung and the dreaded chocolate eggs and bunnies are already in the shops begging little ones to make a fuss.
Ostara is a lovely, spring energy filled festivals which can be filled with bunnines, eggs, chicks, flowers and lambs; anything that represents the new life that is being brought with the strengthening sun.
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Tags: Bunnies, crafts, Easter, Ostara, Rituals, sabbat, wicca, wiccan
Days of the Week – Tuesday
The Day of Mars, Tuesday, time for action and motion
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Tags: days, days of the week, mars, pagan, parenting, teaching, tuesday, wicca, wiccan
Days of the Week – Monday
My suggestions for thigns to do to connect with the energies behind Monday
Continue Reading Add a comment February 11, 2010
Tags: children, crafts, days of the week, monday, ritual, Spells, teaching, wicca, wiccan
Days of the Week – Monday
Week by week I’ll look at the day and its associations followed by suggestions both mundane and magical ideas that can reinforce the meaning of the day… starting with Monday
Continue Reading Add a comment February 9, 2010
Tags: days, days of the week, elementals, learning, luna, monday, pagan, parenting, religion, the moon, wicca, wiccan
Ten Healing Crystals for Children – Karen Ryan, Crystal Energy Therapist
From the moment she was able to walk Freya would play in the gravelled area outside my house, picking out stones that she liked or creating piles of stones according to her preferences. I sorted my own collection into large stones that she could handle and she went into sensory overload.
I have since bought most of the 10 that Karen Ryan suggests, and added a couple of others that I was aware that Freya liked from my own collection. She loves to handle them (under supervision) and it is almost impossible to get them off her without a fight. She loves to carry them around in her little witches cauldron (left over from Samhain) and select one to ‘tell’ her dolly about them. They are also helping her learn her colours as we’ve developed a game of ‘Get Meme the …. stone”
Continue Reading Add a comment February 5, 2010
Tags: children and crystals, crystal healing, Crystals, Games, Healing Hands, pagan, wicca, wiccan
Happy Imbolc
I wanted to wish everyone a happy Imbolc and blessings for the coming season.
The sun is shining over my home town, which makes a change, and the office I am working in is almost warm so I’m feeling that spring has almost sprung.
I sent my daughter off to her childminders sporting a Candle Crown in green and pink and she appears quite taken with her new hat, and I’m going to place out candles to light in my windows when I get home tonight.
Whatever you do, have a bright and blessed day.
Add a comment February 1, 2010
Tags: Candlemass, children, Imbolc, News, pagan, parenting, wicca
