Mid-Autumn Festival is on October 6th this year! Below are a few fun ways to bring your family closer together and celebrate the holiday.
1. Read Mid-Autumn Festival Books
There are some great kids books out there covering Mid-Autumn Festival. One of our favorites is an English book that includes three different festive stories titled “Mooncakes” by Loretta Seto. Find other English and Cantonese Mid-Autumn Festival books on our CAA Amazon book list. Bitty Bao also has three wonderful Cantonese-English bilingual books about 中秋節 that you should check out.
2. Buy or Make Your Own Mooncake
Mooncakes and Mid-Autumn Festival are almost synonymous. Funny enough, people search for “how do we celebrate mooncake festival” just as much as “how do we celebrate mid-autumn festival”. Mooncakes, or 月餅, are chewy pastries typically made with lotus seed paste and salted egg yolks. There are many other variants on the market made from nuts, fruits, and some even frozen with creamy centers. My favorite is from Wing Wah with their rich and oily yolks, paired with a deliciously golden tea to balance. If you want to try your hand at making some from scratch, here’s a traditional mooncake recipe by Woks of Life.
3. Decorate for the Holiday
If you haven’t heard about Baisun Candles, now is the time. Not only do they have nostalgic scents that are reminiscent of our Cantonese culture, they also have beautiful mooncake candles that will light up your home. Another way to bring some festive flair to your home or yard for Mid-Autumn Festival is paper lanterns. Check out these autumn-themed lanterns that you can repurpose for fall!
4. Learn Through Play
What better way to educate kids than through play? Bitty Bao has the cutest wooden mooncake toy set. And if you have older kids, take a look at “Moon Bunny“, a boardgame inspired by Mid-Autumn Festival folklore.
5. Attend Our Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration!
Join us on Saturday, October 4th at 11am-1:30pm at Palisades Park Library to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival! We’ll have Cantonese story time, crafts, and festive games with prizes. For more info, visit our Mid-Autumn Festival details page or follow the Facebook Events page.
See you at our 中秋節家庭樂日!
~Kristine