PUPPETS - MAYILATTAM / POI KAL KUTHIRAI(MADHUBANI STYLE)

Mayilattam (Peacock dance ) and Poikal kuthirai(False leg horse dance ) are very famous folk dances in TamilNadu . These are now a days performed in village festivals or in government functions representing TamilNadu . Linking this to Shruti's Folk Art Challenge .



MATERIALS REQUIRED :

OHP Sheets
Glass painting colours
Pencil
Erasers
Popsicles
Glue
Thread
OHP Markers

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) Pencil Sketch the figures in plain paper .



2) Trace the figures to OHP using markers .
3) Colour it using glass painting colours and allow it to dry.



4) Glue the OHP sheet to a plain paper . Cut out the pictures .
5) Glue popsicles to the painitng one in the top and other in the bottom
6) Tie a thick thread to both the top sticks of both the paintings.
7) Hold the middle of the thread to show puppets dancing to your kids.

COMB PAINTING

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) Mix colours of your choice .
2) Dip a old comb in it .
3) Hold the comb over a plain paper . Block and brush it . Colourful banner is ready .



Linking it with Artsy Craftsy - April 

JUST LIKE THAT ------ PAINTING

Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art .

MY FIRST EMBOSS PAINTING - VINAYAKAR

This was my first painting done in April 2005 .

100 th POST SOMETHING SPECIAL !!!!!

This is a special moment for me .This is my 100 th post . Waiting about a week to celebrate this happiness . Am happy to post a special craft to make a very special gift for my daughter . This ganesha was painted by my lil one in her school for ganesh chathurthi . Being an ardent follower and lover of Lord Vinayakar , would like to add this to my collection of his idols . We made a frame to it .Hope , she will definetly treasure it for years .You can try this to treasure kids lovely paintings.

MATERIALS REQUIRED : Square cardboard Gift wrappers Satin ribbons Decoration items Glue Ganesh painting . 

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) Take the card board . Wrap it up with gift paper. 

2) Glue the painting paper in the centre.

3) Fold the satin ribbon as shown in the picture to form zigzag texture. 4) Glue to the corners of the board . 

5) Decorate the frame with decorations items .

6) Give to the shop and get this framed.Have given this to get it framed in shop.Will post the photo soon .

HOLI

Holi is a festival celebrated to welcome the ' SPRING SEASON ' in India. Nowadays in all the preschools , they celebrate all the festivals . This help the kids to know about the festivals .

Here is the way , i used to teach my lil one with holi pictures from magazines .






Linking this with Holi Craft Event .

and also with
Show and tell # 55
Fun for kids friday #8
Play Academy # 37

ANIMALS BAGS AND BOXES - REUSE

We will be shifting to our new flat by the end of May . So , we are in the 1st phase of cleaning the house . This includes packing up my daughter's and my craft items . While cleaning up my lil one's selves . We got sight of these paper masks which we purchased last year for her school's Earth and Nature's Day celebration . Maintaining these masks , as such will be difficult with her .

We are in need of containers for her crayons , chart paper etc . To get her interest in leaving everything packed after playing , we made these boxes and bags .




THINGS NEEDED :

Animal masks
Waste boxes and Paper bags.



STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

Glue these masks to the boxes and bags . Use these bags and boxes to keep crayons,colour papers,chart paper , stencils , pens etc .

Shruti's Arsty-Craftsy Challenge,Apr 2011 - Earth day.

Linking it with

Show and tell # 55
Fun for kids friday #8
Play Academy # 37