Décoration du Ramadan et idées cadeaux de l'Aïd en 2022

Ramadan decorating has one constraint that ordinary decorating does not: everything you put up comes down again a month later and has to be stored for eleven months. That single fact should drive most of the decisions, and almost no guide mentions it.

The storage test

Before buying anything seasonal, ask what it will cost you in the other eleven months. Three questions:

• Does it fold, nest or lie flat? A metal calendar stores in a drawer. A rigid 3-tier stand does not.
• Will it survive being boxed? Paper garlands and thin acrylic get crushed. Metal, wood and tempered glass do not.
• Will it get used every day of the month, or just be looked at? Countdown calendars, date holders and serving pieces earn their storage. A single ornament usually does not.

The pieces that pass all three are the ones a household still owns five Ramadans later. Everything else gets replaced annually, which is expensive and wasteful.

What to set up, and when

Two weeks before

The traditional pre-Ramadan clean is also the practical moment to decide where things will go, because you are already moving furniture. Two decisions worth making now rather than on the first night:

• Where the iftar table sits. If it is not your usual dining spot, everything else follows from it.
• Where the prayer space is. A month of increased prayer is much easier in a corner that is already set up. Our prayer corner guide has the measurements.

The week before

Put up the things that mark the month rather than decorate it:

• A countdown calendar if there are children in the house. This is the single highest-value seasonal purchase because it is used deliberately, once a day, for thirty days. Ours come in metal and in metal and acrylic.
• Something at the entrance. A crescent, a lantern or a Ramadan Kareem piece — the first thing anyone sees, and the cheapest way to change the feel of the whole house.
• Lanterns. They work because they change the light rather than the wall, which is what makes evenings feel different.

The table

The iftar and suhoor table is where Ramadan decoration actually earns its place, because the family sits at it twice a day for a month:

• Date holders — functional and specific to the month. The mihrab-motif date holder set is one of our best-selling seasonal pieces.
• Iftar and suhoor dua signs — standing pieces that put the words in front of everyone at the moment they are said, which is more useful than the same text on a wall in another room.
• Serving stands and placemats — see the full iftar and suhoor table range.

Children

Countdown calendars, learning cards and activity pieces do more than decoration does, because a child engages with them. Latin transliteration is worth choosing here even in an Arabic-reading household — younger children read it years before they read Arabic script fluently. See Ramadan pieces for children.

The pieces that stay up afterwards

A quiet advantage of calligraphic wall art over seasonal ornament: it does not have to come down. A dua panel, a Bismillah or an Ayatul Kursi piece bought for Ramadan simply stays on the wall, which makes it the least wasteful thing on this list. If you are going to buy one seasonal-feeling item that outlasts the season, make it that one.

Eid gifts

Eid gifting has its own logic, distinct from Ramadan decorating. The short version:

• For children, something they will use rather than display.
• For a host, a tabletop or serving piece — it fits their home without you having to know their walls.
• For family, a wall piece is welcome but go one size down from what you would buy yourself; a piece too large for the wall it lands on cannot be used at all.
• Order early. Personalised pieces are made to order, and Eid is the one date in the year that cannot move to suit a lead time.

Our gift guide covers the occasions in more detail; the Ramadan gift collection is sorted by recipient.

Dates

Ramadan moves roughly eleven days earlier each year against the Gregorian calendar, and the start depends on the sighting of the new moon, so plan around an approximate date rather than a fixed one. We publish the expected dates each year — see Ramadan 2026 and Ramadan 2027.

Browse the full Ramadan and Eid decoration range.