Kolam by Sudha Balaji

Plate art Plate art decoration is an important branch of arts and crafts.  It is done on  paper plates, glass plates for wedding plate decoration, food plate decoration and for festivals like Diwali pooja thali  and Navratri aarti thali decoration - for decoration of kolu or for offering haldi and kumkum to guests.  However, some  traditionally offer haldi and kumkum on a silver plate. Some of the ideas for decorating thali or plates probably could also be used for Karva Chauth puja thali ( a festival celebrated in northern part of India) for which  a decorated plate is also required among many other requirements. Diwali aarti thali decoration with rangoli made with honey and cotton bud  What we need are , a clean plate, honey , semolina , rangoli colours and diyas. Dip the cotton bud in honey , draw the patterns or borders first .  Sprinkle semolina and shake gently the semolina sticks to the honey and the excess is removed.  Then ...

   Art and craft ideas with  CDs , rangoli  This is a quite an idea and a beautiful one for art and craft ideas combined.  Clean a few waste Cds.  Using honey and cotton bud , draw rangoli patterns on the CDs.  Sprinkle semolina , tap the Cds gently to remove the excess semolina, what is left behind is the rangoli design.  Stick kundan stones or artificial stones.  Light diyas or lamps to decorate.  It is beautiful to look at isn't it with the lamps.                                                               Foam sheet is an easy craft option to create and make rangoli for Diwali.  They are available in many colours.  Three is also the glitter foam sheet that has been used in this craft project for making Diwali rangolis. Material required a) Glitter foam shee...