DIY Kite | Kids craft | Tutorial

Dil me tarang aur sabhi se apnapan

Zindagi me gud jaisa mithapan

Aao hokar saath hum udaaye patang

Aur bhar de chaaro or khushiyon ke rang

Makar Sankranti is a major harvest festival celebrated in India. Makara Sankranti commemorates the beginning of the harvest season and cessation of the northeast monsoon in South India. The movement of the Sun from one zodiac sign into another is called Sankranti and as the Sun moves into the Capricorn zodiac known as Makara in Sanskrit, this occasion is named as Makara Sankranti in the Indian context.

 


This festival has different regional names:
Makar Sankranti: Chhattisgarh, Goa, Odisha, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, and West Bengal
Pongal, Uzhavar Thirunal: Tamil Nadu
Uttarayan: Gujarat
Maghi: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. The day before, people of Punjab celebrate Lohri.
Bhogali Bihu: Assam
Shishur Saenkraat: Kashmir Valley
Khichdi: Uttar Pradesh and western Bihar
Makara Sankramana: Karnataka
In other countries too(Napal, Tailand, Myanmar, Combodia, Sri Lanka) the day is celebrated but under different names and in different ways.

In Maharashtra on Makara Sankranti (मकर संक्रान्ति) day people exchange multicoloured halwa (sugar granules coated in sugar syrup) and til-gul laadoo (sweetmeats made from sesame seeds and jaggery. Check out the recipe here). While exchanging til-gul as tokens of goodwill people greet each other with the words "तिळगुळ घ्या, आणि गोड-गोड बोला / til-gul ghyaa, aani goad-goad bolaa" meaning ‘Accept this til-gul (sweet) and utter sweet words’. The underlying thought in the exchange of til-gul is to forget the past ill-feelings and hostilities and resolve to speak sweetly and remain friends. The importance of sesame seeds is it keeps body warm and provide good oil, which is needed as winter dried up the moisture from body.

Kite flying is an inevitable part of this festival. Kites are made of special light-weight paper and bamboo and are mostly rhombus shaped with central spine and a single bow. The string often contains abrasives to cut down other people's kites. When people cut any kites they used to yell with words like "kaypo chhe", "e lapet", "phirki vet phirki" and "lapet lapet" in Gujarati. People spend the whole day on their terrace, flying kites with music on and yummy goodies to munch on!

Sharing here our attempt at making kite when we were back in Sydney. Kiddo and me thoroughly loved out activity and the daddy too got involved in taking pics and posing with the kite J


Here are the step by step pictures:

material required:

a4 size paper for making kite

cello tape

straw

pen

circle punch (the one used for filing also works)

scissor

ribbon

string for holding the kite

Fold the paper into half and draw eyes on it

Mountain fold the center to create a nose of the kite.

Turn around the kite and stick the straw horizontally with the tape

Punch a hole on the top side of the nose and tie a string

Stick th ribbon tail on the back of the kite

tadaa..the kite is ready to soar!!

Kids craft - Origami Christmas tree | Origami Pine tree | Step by step tutorial

Origami chirstmas tree

Hi dear crafty friends. Hope you are enjoying weekend with your loved ones. With christmas nearing, I am sharing a very easy origami christmas tree. It takes 10 mins to make it and brightens up the any corner of your house and the faces of young crafters! Enjoy this simple chirstmas craft with your kids. You can  use it as an ornament to jazz up the bigger christmas tree. 

This is my humble attempt at making a step by step tutorial. Hope you like it.

Origami chirstmas tree

Steps:
1. Take a square piece of paper. Fold the square paper horizontally and diagonally as shown in the picture










2. Bring the two diagonal corners of the paper together and then open it up. You will get a square shape after the diagonal ends are brought together.

3.Take right flap of the paper and bring to the center line and press it down to make the crease and then open it up again.

4. Put your thumb in the flap you had just folded and taking the crease you just made, press the paper like the picture below.

5. Fold back the paper in the middle and then repeat for the left flap.
Then flip it over and repeat for the other two flaps. After you are done folding all the four flaps, you will get  a folded paper like this.

6. Cut slits on four sides of the folded triangle paper.


7. Fold down all the slits like the picture below.

8. Cut off the small triangle below

9. Jazz up the tree with some glitter

10. Stick the star . 

Your own gorgeous paper pine tree is ready.


Origami Christmas tree

http://4craftychicks.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/challenge-221-make-it-sparkle.html?m=1
http://letkidsbekids.co.uk/let-kids-be-kids-linky/let-kids-kids-linky-181114

http://craftforthecraic.blogspot.in/2014/11/novembers-challenge-10-birthday.html?m=1

http://decoratetocelebrate.blogspot.in/2014/11/challenge-89-anything-goes.html?m=1


http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.in/2014/11/weekly-challenge-its-kids-world.html?m=1

Zigby | Toilet paper roll Zibra Tutorial

Hi friends

Sharing with you a very simple and cute craft today which me and my little one did recently. As you may be aware of our love for tp rolls, we brought them to life again by making a zibra out of them.

You will need:
3 Toilet paper rolls
1 kitchen roll
Glue gun/ PVA glue
White and black acrylic paints
white paper
black pen

Steps:
1. Cut the rolls for body and head as shown.
2. Stick them as shown in the pic below.
3. Paint it with white acrylic paint.
4. Paint lines with black paint after the white paint dries.
5. Cut a white paper to make the eyes and ears.
6. You can make tail also with rolling the paper. I used a balck and white washi tape.
Your Zibra is ready to rock in the childs play sets!

Sending this to

http://lulupu.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/lulupu-challenge-41-childs-play.html?m=1

http://www.creativejewishmom.com

http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/whatever-strikes-your-cre8time-fancy.html?m=1

http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/craft-room-challenge-89-anything-3d.html

http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/challenge-90-friendship.html

http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/anything-goes-challenge.html

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/week-285-anything-but-card.html

Warli envelops made by dear sister + Tutorial (Ceramic cone work)

Hey, got to share some beautiful hand painted envelops, my dear sister Jyoti made, before her marriage..now my priced possession ;)

So here comes tutorial, I would like to tell you all how these beautiful envelops are decorated using ceramic(again this is how my sister taught me :))..

Material required:
Ceramic powder
DDL (similar to fevicol)
Plastic bags (the milk bags wud be ideal, you can use some other thick plastic also)
Cello tape/rubber band

Steps:
I mixed Ceramic powder and DDL (its a form of fevicol) to get a mehendi or hina like consistency(little thcker than hina, coz it might spread). Then made a plastic cone and put it in that. All ready to rock...you can make any number of designs with this cone. If you want colors, you can mix fabric or poster colors in the ceramic and DDL mix..

Handmade Rakhi | Felt Rakhi | Kids Origami Pinwheel Rakhis

 

Hi there..crafty people..hope you are having fun in your life!

Sharing with you some cute pinwheel rakhi that me and my little one made for her brothers! They are damn simple and fast to make. Here is how we made these:

 

Material needed:

Coloured felt/ fleece

Hand made paper

colourful ribbons

Buttons/beads

Glue gun

Glitter

 

Procedure:

1.Cut the card board in small circle for the base of the rakhi. I used a scallop punch for cutting my base.

2. Cut the different felt into square shape around 2 inch in length.

3. Cut slit on the square felt from each corner. Leave some space in the centre.

4. Fold the corners and bring them to the centre (origami pinwheel), stick the corners in the centre using glue gun or other glue.

5. Stick a button on the centre. Now stick this pinwheel on the card and stick the ribbon. Let the rakhi dry.

6. Decorate it with glitter as you please :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sending this to:

http://www.hobbymela.com/contest/ - Rakhi

http://www.artsycraftsymom.com/artsy-craftsy-july-2014-challenge-rakhi-special/

Here are some other rakhi and rakhi card that I made, hope it inspires you this festive season to create a bond of love for your loved ones.

Quilled Rakhis


Quilled Ganeshji and lumba rakhi


Rakhi card


Quilled rakhi and card