The Earth Child’s Handbook
written and illustrated by Brigid Ashwood
The Earth Child’s Handbook is a primer, reference, craft and activity book series for families that follow Pagan, Wiccan and Earth Based spiritual paths. Designed to appeal to all age groups (and grown-ups too!), the books address common Pagan beliefs and practices, explaining the principles and traditions behind them.
Each chapter features: Recipes Instructional craft projects Coloring pages, mazes and word searches Color, cut and assemble projects
Younger children will delight in the coloring pages and paper crafts. Older children will find educational fun with word searches, mazes, connect-the-dots and instructional crafts. And parents might find it a lifesaver with easy recipe ideas and inspiration for teaching and building Pagan traditions.
The Earth Child’s Handbook – Book 2 features chapters on the Seasons, the 8 Pagan Sabbats and the Wheel of the Year. Each Sabbat chapter includes facts, traditions, correspondences and information about that holiday as well as recipes, altar decorating ideas, rituals and crafts, coloring pages, mazes and word searches.
Special topics include Seasonal Altars, Solstice Sabbats, Equinox Sabbats, Quarters and Cross Quarters.
Featured activities include cinnamon ornaments, Yule wrapping paper, Brigid’s cross weaving, handmade paper, flower beads necklace, Beltaine masks, prayer flag, magickal broom and much, MUCH more.
Digital Edition available at http://www.earthchildshandbook.com
I am always a big supporter of anything that teaches our kids the healthy ways of being Pagan. Honestly, I can’t say as I’ve come across anything unhealthy. The Pagan community is filled with such warm and loving people, and the teachings are very warm and loving as well.As soon as I saw this set of books, I was super excited! It looked really neat from the outside! And it appeared to be very versatile!I can tell you after reading it, that is IS both! Now, there are things in here that younger kids just won’t be interested in. *shrug* That happens. Keeping kids interested in things is always a challenge to parents. But there are tools that Ms. Ashwood provides to assist parents in KEEPING it interesting!One of the things that I absolutely love about this book, is that it’s a way for the parent and the child/children to bond. Everything is interactive. This isn’t the kind of book that you just hand to a child and say, “Here you go. Have fun. See you…