Simple toran making at home for Diwali

 OHP sheet toran or thoranam - Craft ideas for festival decoration at home 

Toran or Thoranam is an important part of celebration of any festival.  The image below shows a festoon or toran made from artificial mango leaves.  

We can use them in places, countries where mango leaves are not available.

What we need for this craft idea

a) OHP sheet 

b) Cardboard

c) pair of scissors

d) Outliners 

e) Fancy tape

f) Glue or stapler 

g) Chamki

Make a template of a mango leaf with a cardboard.  Place it on an Overhead projector sheet and cut as many leaves as you want.  Draw the veins with yellow colour outliner. Fill the leaf like shapes that are cut out with green to represent the leaves. 

 Stick or staple the leaves to fancy tape.  Stick chamki on the tap to enhance the beauty.  An awesome craft idea that can be done very quickly.  Decorate for festivals like Diwali, Navaratri.

Yes, apart from drawing rangoli, I also love making simple crafts, stringing flowers and cooking variety of dishes.  To ensure that Rangolisansdots does not digress from its theme i.e. kolam art, I have very few posts of crafts, flowers and recipes.

Still, I feel to do justice my love for crafts (also hoping that few who visit my blog welcome these posts as a change from the regular rangoli ideas).

In fact, my niece who is my regular follower on social media says she is happy when she sees my posts, videos on crafts and recipes.  In her opinion such pleasant surprises are good.  She added that she followers few others of different genres and waits with the expectation that they will post something outside their genre, occasionally.