Carnival series with: ME

Today it is my turn :)

What do you and your family do for carnival?

This year we are spending Carnival in Croatia, so on Saturday we visited a carnival in a small town of Samobor and I took the kids to a masked ball in the library. When I was a little girl we used to put our costumes on and went door to door, sort of like trick or treating for Halloween, only we did it on Ash Tuesday.

Do you all dress up, or just kids?

We mostly just throw on a wig or a crown:))


 Any special foods?

Enormous amounts of donuts!

P is wearing a Villa Carton pirate costume.

Carnival series with Beatrix Bohony from Marbushka

 I am so happy to have a chance to host the carnival series with these incredibly creative moms. Today we have with us Beatrix from Marbushka. She made the most amazing costume for her daughter last year, have a look!

What do you and your family do for carnival?

We’re very excited for Carnival. Bojka because she wants to be the prettiest, and me because I want to turn even her wildest ideas into a reality. Making the „night” costume was a serious challenge, but I accepted it because I liked that she came up with such an extreme idea. 

This was the gaudiest one so far, thought it is true that there were signs that Carnival time would be difficult in my life… e.g. earlier she gave me a hard task by wanting to be a rose bush, and making that wasn’t simple either. Plus I wouldn’t have thought there could be more… But it’s very enjoyable that Bojka wants to actively participate in creating the costume. It’s a joy to watch how she creates her concrete ideas (or parts of them) more and more independently.

Do you all dress up, or just kids?

We grown-ups don’t usually dress up, but I have to admit she put a bug in my ear now. I imagined the possibilities, what I would choose… the idea got me quite excited. Earlier we had a face-painting party, but it’s not the same. I don’t know whether I’d be as creative as Bojka. I’m sure I’d ask her advice on what kind of costume I should choose.

Any special foods?

We don’t have particular traditions regarding holiday foods. We give it our all every day, at every dinner, so it will be a worthy, relaxing end to a day, so somehow only the bigger holidays leave their mark on our culinary habits. We love carnival donuts without reservation nonetheless. :-)

This is incredible Beatrix, thank you!

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Carnival series with Kata Tóth from Kattuska

 The third in my Carnival series is Kata from Kattuska! Look at the cute costumes she made for her kiddos!

What do you and your family do for carnival?

Since my son is a February baby, we find it cool to make his birthday party a masquerade party too.

Do you all dress up, or just kids?

Until now only kids would dress up but this year I managed to persuade the parents to come masked too.

The first few costumes for my kids were made by me. Like when I made Bogyó és Babóca (Berry and Dolly) costumes.

Or when Hanga started kindergarten and got cat as her sign and I made her paws and a tail.

 My son Soma got a gymnast costume when he was one year old. He was too cute lifting those weights made of black balloons...he only hated his mustache.:)

Now that I am working I don't have time to make their costumes, but I hope in future they will have ideas for costumes that I can make for them.

Any special foods?

I love donuts, but I can't make them. I've never even tried, since that is what grandmas make. I stay with crepes and waffles, I am good at that.

Thanks Kata!

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Carnival series with Eszter Dobó from Eszterda

Here is the second mini interview in our Carnival series, this time we have Eszter from Eszterda sharing her family tradition.

What do you and your family do for carnival?
Since we have kids and they started kindergarten and school, we prepare for the masquerade ball every year.

Do you all dress up, or just kids?
We don't dress up, it is overwhelming enough to come up with costumes for the girls. 
I never bought a costume, we always made them ourselves. One year my oldest daughter dressed as Pöttyös Panni (she is a Hungarian children's books character from 1955), I made her a dress and a little Pöttyös Panni doll. The good thing is, costumes too are handed down from one daughter to another, so we just might have 3 Pannis.

Any special foods?

Yes, same as already mentioned by Beata - donuts. I learned how to make them from my grandmother.

Thanks Eszter!. Beautiful, as always!

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Carnival series with Beata from Arany-ló

With carnival season lurking I asked several ladies to share what their family  traditions are. Today it is Beáta Veszely from Arany-ló sharing what she will be up to this year and how she tries to bring old Hungarian tradition back with paper masks.

What do you and your family do for carnival?
In last years we had parties in our house, when all had to dress up. 


Do you all dress up, or just kids?

This year only the children will dress up. We will go to the school carnival and to the kindergarten carnival in Tihany. The kids will be Busós of course! You can read more about them in my post on EastOk Europe. They will try the new masks. They are very excited about it all.

 Any special foods?

At home I will make the traditional Hungarian fánk (a kind of donut), that we eat with the jam I made in summer. The Fánk is not the healthiest food, as it has to be deep fried, but it is very nice when fresh, the kids love it.

Thank you for sharing Beata!

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