In my country kids may not bring treats in school, even if its for your birthday. When I was little I had a birthday dinner with my family. I didn’t have parties with friends till I got much older. When I became a mother in the Netherlands I realized a big difference between Japan and Netherlands in celebrating own birthday. Good thing here is that you can enjoy your birthday many times. Dutch kids would celebrate their birthday with the family, bring some treats (tractatie in Dutch) to school to celebrate with your classmates and organize a party and invite some close friends. It’s a lot of treats and cakes to prepare for the parents but you can have fun with it if you have good ideas.
Here are some examples of fun ‘tractatie’.
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- A pin wheel on a pencil.
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- For young kids. They can make own necklace with the beads.
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- A pin wheel on a pencil. A house is a wrapped raisin box.
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- For a house party. Kids can cut out compartments filled with dry fruits.
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- Post it tractatie.
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- ‘Glow your own Tunker’ set
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- Using my daughters drawing…
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- …Barba Papa treats.
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- Vegitable fishing
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- CUP cakes with pin wheels and fruits and candles.
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- Batman cake
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- Smily sushi
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- Minecraft tractatie
Don’t forget to share the fun with your kids!
