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Things to do for Deepavali
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Make something special this festive season for the special people in your life.
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HOME MADE GOODIES: For the festive season
Greeting cards embossed with decorative
paper, yummy chocolates,
wax, mud-moulded lamps and colourful
lanterns are some of the handmade
gifting ideas that children in the
city are busy crafting for Deepavali this
year.
Priceless
Mrs. Subhashini, a Pre-Primary Teacher
at Little Scholar School expresses her
happiness by showing off a hand-made
card by her three-year-old student. The
cute card has a beautiful message that
reads
"To my best Teacher... Happy Diwali".
She further adds, "the affection that a
hand made gift shows is priceless."
Leaving no stone unturned some kids
have tried their hand at cookie and chocolate
making as well.
With Chocs
As Mukti from Ofen says, "a group of
students from an international school insisted
they wanted to learn how to make
cookies," she smiles. And they did. Sailaja,
who can craft 40 shapes of chocolates
and busy with orders for Deepavali adds,
"Children love chocolates and they have a
huge variety to choose from." So what are
you planning to make as a gift for your
best friend, teacher and family?
Nivedita N.
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Let's make this Deepavali more interesting
and do something creative and
different! We shall make and decorate
diyas this Deepavali. You must be
wondering how? You don't have to be
smart or talented but must have fun with
it!
First things first. Lets ask mom for those
diyas from last year and paint them, play
with the colours.
You don't have to be an expert in diya
making to make creative diyas adds Neha a
student of Std X as she gives us a simple tip
-"take wheat flour and water and make a
dough. With that you can make the diya of
any shape or size." Making diyas out of clay
are simple because we can shape them the
way we like, say a Mickey or a tortoise. And
the clay smells good.
It is also safer. All you have to do is make
a shape and then let it dry completely.
There! You have a diya made of clay.
Now to decorate the diya there are
things like bindis, glitter and shells to
choose from.
Aditi a student of St. Francis loves art.
She makes it a point to decorate the diyas
every Deepavali. She suggests, "we can
stick small decorative glass pieces (and be
safe here) on the edge of the diyas which
will look gorgeous."
There are a lot of different diyas available
outside which you can purchase like
leaf shaped diyas and a lot of other varieties.
But the fun way of enjoying Deepavali
is by making your own diyas.
The handmade diyas which we will make
will definitely lighten up our Deepavali. So
enjoy a safe Deepavali.
Ferina Bhaidani
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