Imbolc Pack | Spring folklore, crafts and activities | Family Wheel of the Year

🕯️🌱☀️Celebrate the awakening of spring with a beautiful blend of folklore, crafts, recipes, and activities that honour the returning of the sun. This beautifully designed 75 page pack is full of things to make, learn, and share for Imbolc  (pronounced 'im'olk') on February the 1st. From the legend of the goddess Brigid to simple crafts, baking, and nature walks. It weaves together global folklore, cultural festivals, art, poetry, and simple hands-on activities. The pack is for everyone who loves the seasons, whether you follow the wheel of the year or simply want to make the year more meaningful.

Inside you’ll find:

🕯️ History & culture: Learn about the origins of Imbolc, and how the ancient celebration has influenced Candlemas.

🕯️ Traditions: Read about Imbolc weather lore, colours, symbols, associations, and their meanings.

🕯️ Folklore & mythology: Discover the goddess Brigid, St. Brigid, Bride, Nut, and other legends.

🕯️ Literature & storytelling: Read seasonal poems and tales, then create your own inspired by the themes of light, spring, and renewal.

🕯️ Art & craft: Imbolc themed artworks to study, ice lanterns, rainsticks, snake paper chains, Imbolc altar cards and other things to make.

🕯️ Food: Try recipes for plaited bread, bannocks, chocolate truffles, or try making your own butter.

🕯️ Activities & ideas: Explore creative extension prompts, puzzles, colouring-in, set up an Imbolc display, go on a nature walk, design your own wheel of the year.

🕯️ Reflection & wellbeing: Start a nature journal using our guide and templates. Use the reflection prompts and gratitude pages to look back on the year and set gentle intentions for the one ahead.

Like all Dartmoor Kin packs, it’s cross curricular and suitable for a wide age range, so everyone can join in. The pack is designed to be flexible, creative, and family friendly. There’s no set order and no need to do everything inside. Simply dip in and out, choosing what fits your mood, time, and family rhythm.

Perfect for cosy afternoons and seasonal projects. Rooted in folklore, nature, and the turning of the year. Why not explore a 'Wheel of the year' curriculum for 2026? It also pairs beautifully with a nature curriculum and our seasonal moon packs.

Pair this with the The Winter Full Moons Pack for combined winter themed learning and magic!

This pack is also included in our Spring Collection

For best printing results, open the PDF using 'Adobe Acrobat' - the reader app is free to download for all platforms. Select paper size 'A4' and a 'fit to page or printable area' option to avoid cropping when printing. Only print the pages you need to, to save ink.

📎Format: Two PDF downloads. 75 page Pack and a poster.

🖨️ Printing, usage & group licence

All content in this pack is © Sasha Jackson / Dartmoor Kin.



This is a personal and limited group-use resource. You are welcome to print it for your own family, class, group, or session, but the digital file must not be shared, uploaded, copied, resold, or redistributed. Full usage guidance is included inside the pack.