🌙 Eid Poems KS2 | Creative Writing & Festival Poetry Ideas for the Classroom
Eid is a special celebration for Muslims around the world. For children in KS2, it’s a brilliant opportunity to combine poetry, culture, and PSHE learning. Whether it’s Eid al-Fitr (marking the end of Ramadan) or Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice), pupils can explore themes of family, food, clothes, giving, and community.
In this post you’ll find a selection of fun, accessible Eid poems for KS2, plus a range of classroom-ready poetry activities.
If your pupils engage with creative poetry like this, I offer In-Person Poetry Days and Online Poetry Workshops for primary schools.
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🎉 Eid Mubarak!
Eid Mubarak! Happy day,
Smiles and laughter all the way.
Brand new clothes and shoes that shine,
Hug my family — all feels fine.
Prayers are said, the feast is near,
Eid Mubarak! Joy and cheer.
✨ Activity Idea: Create a class performance poem using “Eid Mubarak” as a chorus line. Children write their own verses about food, family, or fun, and then perform as a group with the chorus repeated between stanzas.
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🌙 The Night Before Eid
The moon is high, the sky is clear,
The day of Eid is nearly here.
My clothes are ready, shoes are new,
I cannot sleep — would you?
Tomorrow brings a feast to share,
With love and laughter everywhere.
✨ Activity Idea: Focus on poetry and anticipation. Ask pupils to write their own “night before” poems — e.g. the night before Eid, Christmas, a birthday, or Sports Day. Compare how excitement is shown through short lines, rhyme, and repetition.
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👕 My New Clothes
A tunic gold, a scarf of green,
The smartest outfit you’ve ever seen.
A pair of shoes that shine so bright,
I’ll wear them all from day to night.
But if I spill my curry stew…
Oh no! My mum will shout, “That’s new!”
✨ Activity Idea: Explore humour in poetry. Pupils can write their own “new clothes” poems about something going wrong — mud on shoes, food spills, torn trousers. This encourages funny, relatable classroom writing.
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🍲 The Eid Feast
Samosas, curries, kebabs and rice,
Sweet desserts and cakes so nice.
Dates to start, then plates piled high,
A mountain of food as the minutes fly.
We eat, we laugh, we share, we play,
The Eid feast ends a perfect day.
✨ Activity Idea: Link to Food Poetry. Pupils make a food list poem of their dream Eid (or any celebration) feast. They can exaggerate amounts, add funny combinations, and perform their poems with sound effects (slurps, munches, crunches).
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💝 Sharing and Caring
A coin in a jar, a gift in a hand,
Helping the poor across the land.
Sharing food with those in need,
A kind, good-hearted, thoughtful deed.
Eid’s not just for me and you,
It’s for the world — the whole world too.
✨ Activity Idea: Tie this to PSHE and values. Discuss themes of kindness, generosity, and giving. Children write poems about how they can “share and care” in their own lives (at school, at home, in the community).
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✍️ How to Write Your Own Eid Poem (Step-by-Step)
Here’s how I’d scaffold “Write Your Own Eid Poem” in KS2:
Brainstorm – Make a list of Eid words: clothes, food, family, mosque, prayers, gifts, lanterns, moon, sweets.
Choose a Theme – Pupils pick one (food, clothes, family, sharing).
Build Clues/Details – Encourage sensory words (taste, smell, touch, sound, sight).
Decide Structure – Short rhyming couplets, an acrostic (EID MUBARAK), or a shape poem (crescent moon).
Draft and Share – Pupils write, then perform to the class.
Extension – Collect them into a Class Eid Anthology and display around school.
🎯 Why Eid Poems KS2 Work So Well
They are inclusive and celebratory 🌍.
They link RE, PSHE, art, and literacy in a natural way.
They give children the chance to share and learn about different cultures.
They’re fun, creative, and easy to perform 🎤.
👉 In my Poetry Days in primary schools across the UK I work hard to get the children excited about writing and performing their own poems. I visit over 100 schools every year and I’d love to work with your children and teachers.
📅 You can book me for:
In-person Poetry Days across the UK
Online Poetry Workshops (affordable and flexible)
