Enjoy Carnival with children can be more than just going out to see a parade or dressing up. There are many related activities that you can make of Carnival, a creative and even cultural party. In this way, children will learn that traditional festivals are much more than games or fun. In addition, they will learn history, enrich their culture and enjoy all the traditional festivals in every way.
To start, could you tell them the history of Carnival, in the link that we leave you you can find a special version for children. You can also enjoy an afternoon of traditional carnival pastries, above all because children love to collaborate in the kitchen. And of course, spend a fun afternoon of Crafts preparing masks and their costumes.
As you can see, there are countless different activities to enjoy the Carnival festivities with the little ones. Even the one that we propose in this article, some fun stories based on Carnival for the enjoyment of children.
The carnival costume of the animals
The Christmas holidays were already far behind for the animals that lived in a forest beyond the mountains, rivers and the sea. The arrival of the cold made them bundle up and shut up more at home.
One beautiful morning with a clear sky, the animals woke up suddenly, frightened by the noise that came from outside their houses. A large truck, driven by a zebra, with the background sound of animated music, announced good news: in a week, it's Carnival!
-Carnival?
-Carnival?
Leaning out of windows, doors and sidewalks, everyone wondered:
-Carnival?… What is carnival?
Even the fish that appeared at the edge of the lake and the bears that came out of their burrows, they made a questioning face.
The zebra parked the truck in a large clearing in the forest and started distributing invitationssa all. But the animals stared at her suspiciously, not even taking a step.
The zebra, angry, protested the lack of interest of the animals of that forest:
-The thing is you don't know what carnival is?
A squirrel quickly came down from his tree and replied:
-No, we don't know what it is. It's more, we had never heard this word.
Then the zebra asked everyone to come closer to explain what Carnival was. Curious the animals surrounded her and in silence they listened to what the zebra was telling them.
-Carnival is a party that takes place every February. We get together to sing, dance and have fun. They are four days of great joy in which we all strive to fill ourselves with colors, brightness and illusion.
The animals, with their mouths wide open, could not believe it. The carnival it was all they could dream of in these times so gray, so cold, so lonely ... Then everyone began to shout:
-We want to go, we want to go!!!
The zebra asked for silence and told them that it had not finished yet.
-To participate in our Carnival party, there is a condition: whoever goes will have to dress up.
And before the animals asked what disguise was, the zebra continued:
-Wear costumes means dressing up as another character, from another person, from another animal. You can dress up as a bear, a robot, a clown ... whatever you want.
The animals, animated, told him yes, that would accept the condition. And the zebra, saying goodbye, warned them:
-In 5 days I will stop by here to pick you up. Goodbye!
The animals went to work for the event, although they did not know how to start.
The rabbit, very cunning as ever, began by saying that he was going to disguise himself as a turtle. It would make a large shell so that with its weight, it could walk more slowly. The turtle, in turn, said that his costume would be a rabbit, that he would make very, very big ears, to wear them at carnival, so I could run faster and not get lost.
And so every animal in the forest began to prepare for the Carnival.
The bear disguised himself as a lion, because his dream was to be brave, the lion disguised himself as a bear so that he could be more tender and affectionate, and so on with everyone.
The big day had arrived and everyone got up early to have time to dress up, put on makeup and everything else.
As promised, the zebra came to the forest to collect the animals. Each animal that left the house surprised the others and made them laugh a lot.
And that's what the animals did throughout the Carnival party. They laughed a lot, got together to dance, and share joy and warmth in these cold days.
And red bunting, This story is over..
Author: Wilma Medina