With the Mid-Autumn Festival’s full moon symbolising “reunion,” it’s the perfect time of the year to gather loved ones and enjoy a peaceful night together. And just like the rest of us, celebs also know how to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with gusto.
Aside from indulging in delicious mooncakes, celebrities and their kids showed us special ways of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.
How To Celebrate The Mid-Autumn Festival, The Celeb Style
Yvonne Lim throws a festive barbecue party
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Local actress Yvonne Lim celebrated this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival with a mini barbecue party with her family along with Hong Huifang, Zheng Geping and their son Calvert Tay. Mediacorp actress, Ivy Lee, even joined in on the festivities through a FaceTime call.
In the celeb mum’s Instagram post, she shared that in Taiwan “having BBQs” was more common than carrying lanterns.
With a desire to combine both traditions, Yvonne spent a night with her kids indulging in BBQ, lantern lighting, mooncakes and pomelos.
Xu Bin proudly showcases son’s homemade lantern
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As it’s better to stay indoors nowadays, actor and former Campus SuperStar contestant Xu Bin celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival at home eating mooncakes with his son and the lantern the preschooler made.
In his Instagram post on Tuesday (21 September), the celeb dad shared that his son Ethan made a lantern out of recycled materials in school. He also shared that Ethan’s school raised awareness about environmental protection and reusing plastic bottles.
Definitely a crafty and creative way to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with the kids!
Sheila Sim has family dinner
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As is tradition in her family, actress and model Sheila Sim spent the Mid-Autumn Festival enjoying dinner with her loved ones. The celeb mum took to Instagram to share a post of their day out with baby Layla.
Seeing as the toddler can’t walk on her own yet, baby Layla paraded her lantern around using a tricycle. Sheila also hoped that her daughter will be able to handle a traditional lantern next year around.
Joanne Peh makes clay mooncakes with kids
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Of course, mooncakes are a must and should be included to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. But actress Joanne Peh added a little twist to the popular snack and instead made it a “learning and exploratory” activity with her kids.
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Approaching the festival, the celeb mum and her kids not only made lanterns but also clay mooncakes. While the activity was meant for the little ones to enjoy, Joanne shared that all the adults ended up having a go at it as well.
Tavia Yeung catches the moon with baby daughter
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Hong Kong celeb mum Tavia Yeung also took to Instagram to share how she and her family spent the Mid-Autumn Festival with a small celebration outside with lanterns as they viewed the full moon in all its glory.
In her post, she also shared an adorable picture of her baby daughter Hera, with pomelo peels over her tiny head. This had her Instagram followers go ga-ga at her adorable little girl. We think so too!
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