Celebrating your child's Birthday is a time-honoured ritual. They acknowledge the day they choose to bless this Earth and make the world a brighter place with their unique shine. It's a time for reflection on growth, celebration joy, and a beautiful window for magical family traditions that will leave lasting memories. Yet today, many of us find that the birthday celebration cannot be what we hope for, not meeting our expectations as parents. Either pass by with a quick happy birthday song or an overwhelming extravaganza event where we are not even present with our children. We were inspired to create something more meaningful for Ottilie's first Birthday, to honour her first leap around the sun in a simple Steiner approach. Simple Birthday Traditions What simple Birthday traditions from childhood have you continued with your children? Every year on our Birthday, we would always have a birthday breakfast. So with little Ottilie, we had breakfast on the beach to start a simple family tradition, honouring this day as a special day. 6 Simple Birthday traditions to do with your child: The Waldorf birthday ring. We added a new wooden decoration to symbolize something special about the child's year and added as many bee-waxed candles as the child's age. When your child is asleep, decorate their room with balloons for when they wake. Have a family birthday crown they wear all day to make them feel like the King or Queen they are. Family Birthday dinner, cooking their favourite meal and tying balloons to the birthday child's chair or highchair. Have a birthday. I am affirmation that represents your child or the energy they would like for their new age! Bake the same birthday cake recipe each year as the family birthday cake but decorate how the child chooses. The Birthday Song Another birthday tradition our family has started is singing the birthday song on the Birthday rather than just the standard happy Birthday.
