Small traditions for wonderful shared mealtimes

One thing that has always stayed with me from attending Steiner parent child sessions with my little one is the small details that make the everyday enchanting and magical.

Bringing in a shared mealtime in joy, with song, the loveliest basket of apples, nourishing home baked snacks and a decorated candle.

Keeping this tradition alive has been something I’ve valued so much, making mealtimes nourishing not just for the body, but the spirit and the senses too.

We continue this tradition at home decorating two candles for the dinner table a month...I usually make one for the dinner table and the little one decorated one for the playroom which we light when crafting, reading, telling stories.

I finally made a basket to keep our apples for snack time from the ivy out of the garden and we use the Waldorf Kindergarten Snack Book / Book of soups and Book of breads often to make nutritious meals and snacks.

This week has been Red Delicious Dessert Apples (I shine them like my Nanna used to to make them extra magical) Apple Cookies from the Waldorf Kindergarden Snackbook (try adding Tahini to cookies it’s amazing) and a candle of Daffodils 🌼 in celebration of March.

It’s not pictured here - but we also have ‘fairy tea’ just like our parent child group. Organic, caffeine free fruit tea which is made of a morning and then cooled and chilled for the day.

Do you have any small rituals to make meal and snack times special you would like to share today?

As I was about to post this today I noticed my friends over at @my_seasonal_treasury and @waldorfdads have also done some lovely candle decorating this weekend - with some amazing tea light bees! We will be adding those to our table no doubt this week! Check out their account for a tutorial.