How to help your kids prepare for Raksha Bandhan celebrations?

Within a few weeks, we will enter the official festive season in India. Raksha Bandhan is one of the first grand festivals we celebrate every year during the beginning of the festive season. Kids are enthusiastic to celebrate festivals and see how rituals are followed. Below you will find a minimum guide on how to prepare your child for Raksha Bandhan 2023 celebrations.

First things first – Plan before you execute!

This is the time to teach kids the importance of planning, especially for occasions like Raksha Bandhan. Sir with them and ask them how they would like the celebrate the festival. Get in touch with their inner thoughts while teaching them the importance of rituals and festivities.

Ask them what food they would like on Raksha Bandhan and which sweets they should buy for the little one and the guests. Also, ask them what they want to wear and how they plan to surprise their sibling with a gift.

Furthermore, talk to your girl about the importance of selecting a Rakhi for her brother and teach your son how he should always protect her sister. This is the primary time you can tell your young dude that he must be a man who makes every girl around him feel safe.

Challenge the inner shopper of your child

Once you are done with knowing their ideas, challenge their inner shopper and take them for exclusive Raksha Bandhan shopping. Buy kids Rakhi for brother with your little missy and shop for their gifts too.

Buy their traditional clothes and shop for other Raksha Bandhan essentials like puja thali, Chandan, and roli, extra Rakhis just in case you need more, etc. Remember to buy the sweets and gifts with your kids for all the guests you expect on the festival day. It will teach them to meet and greet with close ones once they grow up.

When shopping with your kids, always ask them for their advice even if they need to improve at shopping. It will give them confidence and make them feel special to their parents, the most important people in their lives.

So, if you are buying some Raksha Bandhan gift hamper for a cousin or sweetsfor your brother, ask your kid if they like the goodies inside the hamper or the design of Rakhi you have selected for their uncle, i.e., your brother.

Help them dress up in nice traditional wear

On the festival day, after preparing your home for the festival, help your kids dress up in their traditional attires. Please make sure they are comfortable and happy with their looks. Your little girl can wear a lehenga while the boy can slay in a kurta pajama.

Let them accessories their look a bit if they want, and then ask them to help you with the rest of the work. This will further teach them the value of helping one another during festivals. And once all the guests will arrive, your kids can proudly tell everyone how they helped their parents prepare for the festival.

Ask your little princess to prepare the ‘Puja Thali’

Make your kids do things that will require their maximum attention and will interest them as well. Ask your little missy to decorate the puja thali with all the essentials and place them according to her liking. Tell her to add Rakhi with sweets, an earthen lamp, roli, chawal, Chandan, flowers, etc., then do not forget to praise her for her efforts and reward her to encourage your little one.

Let the siblings follow the Rakhi tying ritual

Now when all the guests have finally arrived, and it’s time to perform Rakhi tying ritual, ask your kids to sit with their gifts and tell your little girl to get ready with her puja thali. Let them perform the ritual patiently. If your family follows any particular custom, inform your kids about it and instruct them on what needs to be done.

It’s officially gift-exchanging and sweets-sharing time!

The gift exchanging and sweets distributing time is officially here once you, your kids, and everyone around is done with all the rituals. Now is the time to ask your kids to present their gifts to each other.

Ask them to sit together and offer each other sweets, then exchange the gifts and open them together to see each other’s reactions. Record their reactions to store memory for the future. Their surprised faces and happy smiles will be worth recording. They ask them to hug each other and say ‘thank you’ for a thoughtful gift.

Then ask your kids to offer sweets to all the guests present at your home and take their blessings on the auspicious day. It will not just make your kids learn a few things about the festival but they will also receive praises from the guests around them for being so courteous, obedient, and being so involved in the festivities.

Conclusion:

Kids learn everything from their parents, and if we want them to have a strong bond with each other and have each other’s back forever, then teaching them the importance of Raksha Bandhan is crucial.

After concluding the entire festival, when you will be retreating to your bed to rest, tell your kids the historical stories of Lord Krishan and Draupadi, Lord Krishan and his sister Subhadra, Lord Vishnu, King Bali, and Goddess Lakshmi, and also of Lord Yamraj and his sister Goddess Yamuna.

These stories will teach them the power of sibling love and the importance of Raksha Bandhan and inspire them to always take care of each other. Isn’t that what every parent wants? Their kids to always have each other are back?

So, this year, celebrate a fulfilling Raksha Bandhan by teaching your kids the importance of your religious festivals and the value of siblinghood.