...We lit these handmade lamps...
Made out of the handles of the saree store jute bags and wrapped with left over material.
A loop was made with a wire for placing the goblet shaped coconut shell cup bought at a craft exhibition long ago. Another wire was used to tie under the shell for securing it further. A clay lamp was placed in a cup. I found that easier method was to put a broken candle inside the lamp and burn that rather than replenishing the oil from time to time.
The same goes for the hanging clay lamp.
Infact a smaller hanging clay lamp would have been an idea instead of the contraption we made for the lamp.
And there was the cardboard house - I tried to create a scenario with a boundary & gate made out of the building blocks and lots of cars parked inside and the autos and buses and police cars and earth moving vehicles moving outside the boundary; elephants at the gate, the dolls having coffee on the terrace..a garage made out of building blocks on the side.. but alas- the kids would have none of it.
Made out of the handles of the saree store jute bags and wrapped with left over material.
A loop was made with a wire for placing the goblet shaped coconut shell cup bought at a craft exhibition long ago. Another wire was used to tie under the shell for securing it further. A clay lamp was placed in a cup. I found that easier method was to put a broken candle inside the lamp and burn that rather than replenishing the oil from time to time.
The same goes for the hanging clay lamp.
Infact a smaller hanging clay lamp would have been an idea instead of the contraption we made for the lamp.
And there was the cardboard house - I tried to create a scenario with a boundary & gate made out of the building blocks and lots of cars parked inside and the autos and buses and police cars and earth moving vehicles moving outside the boundary; elephants at the gate, the dolls having coffee on the terrace..a garage made out of building blocks on the side.. but alas- the kids would have none of it.
The Diwali releases were scared off their wits especially Ojas and decided to not even look at the crackers.
3 comments:
wow what great ideas. did u do all of this yourself? Can we see bigger pictures?
& happy birthday to Ojas & Tejas. Hope u two have a lovely year ahead.
Lots & Lots of Love & Hugs
Wish there was some way I could see it clearer. Nice that you escaped the crackers. Mine still want crackers - at this age
Cantaloupe just hates the crackers ... even sparkers :((
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