{"id":968,"date":"2016-10-17T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T22:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/hearthwitchdownunder\/?p=968"},"modified":"2018-01-24T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T03:32:10","slug":"pagan-parenting-beltane-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/hearthwitchdownunder\/2016\/10\/pagan-parenting-beltane-for-kids.html","title":{"rendered":"Pagan Parenting – Beltane for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Beltane can be a difficult Sabbat for the Pagan parent, since it has so much emphasis on fertility, especially the human aspect of it \u2013 ie. Sex.\u00a0 Obviously the more adult versions of Beltane are simply not appropriate for children.\u00a0 But that doesn\u2019t mean we have to ignore the festival completely, it\u2019s entirely possible to have a kid friendly and fun Beltane \u2013 even if it might mean a bit more emphasis on the less spiritual side of things.<\/p>\n

The possibilities are many.\u00a0 We can keep it simple and just cook some yummy in season foods, read some fun stories or watch some relevant movies or TV shows.\u00a0 We can colour in or draw pictures, do Beltane themed mazes, wordsearches, crosswords and the like.\u00a0 And of course we can get crafty.<\/p>\n

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Tying ribbons to a tree. Public domain via Pixabay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pooka Pages<\/h2>\n

Pooka pages is a kids magazine that is released each Sabbat, full of stories, activities, information, recipes and the like that are relevant to the Sabbat.\u00a0 It\u2019s northern-centric however, so when Beltane is here for us down south, Pooka Pages is releasing Samhain issues.\u00a0 We of course get used to this and usually save the Beltane issue from 6 months ago \u2013 unfortunately this year there was no Beltane issue and the back issues they usually have up are not there right now, because they have instead decided to link to numerous old Samhain issues.<\/p>\n

I got in contact with Pooka Pages and asked if it would be okay to share direct to PDF links of their old Beltane issues (I have a number of old links bookmarked).\u00a0 Instead they decided to go one better and realised it was probably a good idea to also have some of the old Beltane issues listed with Samhain ones.<\/p>\n

So here we are, you will find three links to previous Beltane issues of Pooka Pages<\/a>, and five Samhain links too. \u00a0I suggest grabbing them all, including the Samhain ones, while you\u2019re there and bookmark the links too if you can, just in case you ever lose the PDFs. \u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Ruperts Tales<\/h2>\n

A favourite series of books for Pagan parents and children.\u00a0 Ruperts tales is all about Rupert the rabbit and his own journey into learning all about Pagan things.\u00a0 For this particular post, we of course need to look at the books about Beltane.<\/p>\n

The Wheel of the Year: Beltane, Litha, Lammas and Mabon<\/a>.\u00a0 In this tale Rupert adventures to discover why people are leaving their homes during the seasonal festivals.\u00a0 He meets many new friends along the way.<\/p>\n

Wheel of the Year Activity Book<\/a>.\u00a0 A companion to the two Wheel of the Year books, this one contains, obviously, activities.\u00a0 Includes puzzles, games and colouring pages.<\/p>\n

Various Links<\/h2>\n