Ideas for a healthy Befana stocking

Often, children receive more than one stocking from the Befana . La Befana arrives at her parents' house, but sometimes she even goes down from the fireplace to her grandparents and uncles. Result? The children will find themselves with a pile of sweets, chocolates and delicacies of all kinds, which will probably struggle to manage.

Here are some ideas for Befana's stocking so that it can be healthier. Obviously some sweets are needed, but it is good to pay attention to their quality. For example, not all candies are the same, there are, for example, those without artificial preservatives; if, instead, the child is greedy for chocolate, choose the one of superior quality with a high quantity of cocoa: who said that the little ones should always eat only milk chocolate? The fondant has more cocoa, it has generally better nutritional qualities and by now you can easily find funny dark chocolate formats suitable for children. You can then prepare simple and becoming biscuits at home, with a thousand shapes and decorated with imagination; the little ones will like it for sure. Finally, the best ideas for Befana's stocking come from our grandmothers: why not give our children a message of healthy eating habits by putting seasonal fruits in them and dry them like our grandmothers did? Oranges, mandarins, walnuts, almonds, dried figs ... these are excellent ideas to enrich the Befana stocking.

Ideas for an ecological Befana stocking

La Befana is a nice old lady who, by tradition, does not have many means. He walks around in an old broom with broken shoes and patches on his dress. It is therefore the perfect symbol to teach our children sobriety, recycling, reuse ... without, of course, giving up fun. Here are some ideas for the Befana sock in respect of the environment:

• it is possible, for example, to recover some of their old toys, as long as the children have never seen them: an old doll, an old puppet, an own toy car will be perfect. There are beautiful vintage toys, which can be a very precious gift.
• You can make clothes for dolls with fabric cuttings and other recycled material, you don't need to be a skilled tailor, just put on a little imagination. In the same way you can make small knitting jobs, always for dolls: scarves or wool covers can be very fun ideas.
• There are also toys made with ecological materials on the market, there are for all tastes.
• Children often like to color; another fun idea could therefore be to enrich the Befana stocking with biodegradable pens and ecological colored pencils .