Anything faintly Easter- related may do, such as bunny ears, a sweater with a kitten print, a chicken costume, or wearing all golden will do – but the typical outfit, at least for women, is to (known as påskhäxa, påskkärring or påskgumma in Swedish).
Folklore claims that witches used broomsticks to dance with the devil in a meadow known as Blkulla (“blue hill”), which Swedish parents seem unfazed by their children being recreated.
Maundy Thursday (skärtorsdag ) is the traditional day in most of Sweden to dress up as an Easter Witch ( it’s Easter Saturday in western Sweden ), but in reality you can often find children wearing painted faces, headscarves, and broomsticks throughout the holiday.
What else must you bring to dress up as an Easter Witch?
In our experience, parents’ efforts range without abandon from the ambitious to the half- hearted, so you shouldn’t have to feel that you have to go further than what you and your child think is fun and manageable.
For a minimum viable item, all you need is a kerchief, scarf or shawl to use on the mind.
When they are tied under their neck, they quickly become known as Easter Witches.
The attire was worn by producers’ ladies in Sweden until the late 18th century.
An apron is another reasonably simple item to contain. Similar to what a remote person typically looked like, which is also connected to the practice of witch trials in Sweden in the 1600s ( which tended to be held in the land ).
Finally, for a simple Easter Witch clothing, makeup in the form of freckles and red cheeks.
If you want to move up your level of motivation, you can also include equipment. These include a soft cat toy, ideally black, as well as an old-fashioned coffee pot ( not even dancing with the devil can make Swedes forsake their coffee ).
You guys get Easter Witches? They may, of course, but in any case, it would scarcely stand out as the most unusual aspect of this tradition.
That said, in exercise you’ll notice some boys, if any, in the whole Easter Witch clothing. The more current equivalent for kids otherwise usually includes a shirt, braces/suspenders, pimples with a moustache (instead of or in addition to pink cheeks), and some kind of hat.