Thursday, June 29, 2017

3rd Annual Welcome Ramadan Craft Fair by Bushra Habeeb

Over 70 children of The Birmingham Islamic Society celebrated at the 3rd Annual Welcome Ramadan Craft Fair on May 20th 2017 at the HCIC with great pleasure and joy.


The Ramadan Craft Fair was a delightful experience not only for the kids, but their parents as well. Sr. Sakeena Ahmed perfectly planned and organized yet another successful Ramadan Fair with the help of many helpful and talented sisters from our community.  


The entrance of the fair was decorated with warm smiles and cheerful spirits where volunteers helped kids register for the event.  The registration table presented attendees with a jar full of dates, not to eat, but to guess the correct number. The winner of an Urban Pops gift certificate was 6 year old, Leen Elsherbiny who guessed 99, the actual was 97.


The event was hosted in the two new expansive halls that have been extended in the lobby area, giving everybody more room and making the event even more successful and smooth.


There were seven artistic and resourceful craft stations set up by our creative and talented sisters, who put in a lot of effort and hard work in planning this event and putting it together.


Crafts done at fair:


  1. Craft Bags – Sr. Binish Abdullah and her helpers set up a creative station where kids decorated plain paper bags with Ramadan themed stickers, stamps, glitter and paper cut outs. These doubled as bags to hold the rest of their crafts and goodies in at the fair.


  1. Ramadan Banners- Sr. Aser Janua hosted a delightful banner station, where “It’s Ramadan” banners were cheerfully colored by kids.


  1. Handprint Banner- Sr. Heba El-Sheikh had kids print their colorful painted hands with their names on an extensive Ramadan banner. The polychromatic look of the banner vibrantly suggested the unity we share in faith and added to the spirit of Ramadan. The banner now hangs in the HCIC hallway for all to enjoy.


  1. Paper Bag Masjid- Sr. Islam Jaber creatively helped kids decorate plain paper bags and turn them into a beautiful masjid with paper cut outs and stickers.


  1. Ramadan Binoculars- Sr. Sakeena Ahmed and other volunteers helped kids make adorable Ramadan themed binoculars with colors and stickers to make the concept of moon sighting a fun activity.


  1. Sadaqa Boxes- Sr. Kirin Nabi, made every kid into an artist by letting them paint plain wooden boxes and transforming them into beautiful Kaa’ba and heart styled Sadaqa Boxes.


  1. Cookie Decoration- Sr. Roula Hakim and Sr. Bushra Habeeb had kids decorate crescent and star shaped sugar cookies for the kids to eat and enjoy.


May Allah reward ALL the volunteers, many more who were not mentioned, and who made this event a success.   
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