MY DAUGHTER'S GIFT : A SIMPLE BIRTHDAY CARD FOR HER FATHER'S BIRTHDAY .

This card was made for my hubby's birthday by my daughter , with kids handprints using turmeric paste .

THINGS REQUIRED :

Chart Paper

Turmeric powder paste

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

Fold chart paper as you per your preferred designs . We folded it in concertina style.Decorate it .

ELEPHANT COLLAGE

We did this craft for my daughter as a part of her Craft work in school.

THINGS REQUIRED :

Paper plate - 1

Siver colour papers - 5

Black crepe papers - 5

Chart paper - 1

Glue

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) Take the plate and cover it with a silver colour paper .Allow it to dry .

2) Draw big ears and trunk in the silver paper and cut it out .

3) Then , glue it to the chart paper .

4) Draw an elephant in the chart paper and help your kids to glue its parts with it.

5) Make eyes using white chart paper .

Linking it with Artsy Craftsy Challenge - Animal Crafts

HAPPY VINAYAKAR CHATHURTHI !!! FREE HAND PAINTING OF VINAYAKAR

I painted this using Turmeric and Kumkum .






Linking it with shruti's April Challenge .

FREE HAND DRAWING -- JUST LIKE THAT

MULTIPURPOSE HOLDER

MATERIALS REQUIRED :

Bangles
Glue
Thick Card board

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1) Collect bangles of same sizes .



2) Apply glue to the bangle as shown .



3) Stick the first bangle to a thick sheet . Then , stack all the bangles as shown .



4) Allow it to dry for few hours .



5) Use it as holder for pens/pencils/knifes/mobile phones/flower vase etc .

MAGICAL PAINTING FOR KIDS

We had colourful cheerful weekend . My daughter enjoyed a lot doing this . A fun filled painting with Wax crayons and Water colours.

MATERIALS REQUIRED :

Wax crayons

Paper

Water colours

Sponge

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

with white crayon:

1) Draw pictures using white wax crayon ( any colour) .

2) Then paint over them with sponge .

3) Colours will not stand over wax . Pictures will be seen clearly . Kids will enjoy this definetly.

Linking it with Shruthi's Artsy-Craftsy Challenge July 2011 - Colour Mix.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY - GRANDMA'S FAMOUS STORY-HUNGRY CROW

Wow !!! Such a cute sight of crow munching a medhu vadai . None will be there without knowing the grandma's story , Hungry Crow and Vada . We enjoyed the sight of a crow slowly flew down , watched out for humans , came to the vada in the track and then started munching it . Isn't a lovely sight with my 4 yr old daughter? . Caught this sight in Coimbatore Junction through the window of the passenger train to Shoranur .

SAND PAINTING / COLOURING AND SALT PAINTING

These were done for my daughter's school crafts in nursery.

SAND PAINTED MELON :





Mix different colours with sand in different dry bowls.

Draw designs in paper .

Apply gum to the design and spread colours to it.

Dry for 2 hours and just remove the dust with a soft brush.


SALT PAINTED RANGOLI :




Mix different colours with salt in different dry bowls.

Draw rangoli designs in paper .

Apply gum to the design and spread colours to it.

Dry for 2 hours and just remove the dust with a soft brush.


Linking it with shruthi Artsy Craftsy Challenge July 2011.

MY FIRST AWARD AND A GIVE AWAY

This is my first lovely award for my crafts blog . Thank you arul for sharing this with me .


A lovely craft lover , Shruthi celebrates her 2nd blog anniversary with a give away . For more details check here .

BALLOON PRINTING

It is yet another simple and funniest painting technique for kids .

MATERIALS REQUIRED :

Balloons
Colours
Paper / Cardboard / Cloth

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :


1) Blow balloons and tie with a thread .

2) Dip it in colours .

3) Block it 2 times in bottom / top portion of the paper one in each corner.

4) Fold the paper in the centre/fold it 2 halves . Press it gently and open the paper .

5) Wow,what a lovely one !!! Cute painting , isn't it?

Linking it with Show and Tell #61 , Made by little hands , monday , For kids friday #16 and Play Academy .

SIMPLE KALAMKARI DESIGNS

Kalamkari is an art of hand painting in Fabrics . Famous art of Andra Pradesh .
Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art

KOLAM

FOLKSY FACES FROM MY DAUGHTER

Some folksy faces from my daughter .I helped her to draw eyes and nose.



Traced out my daughter's hand and then drew the face.








Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art .

SAURA PAINTING

Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art .

TAMILNADU FOLKS - WARLI PAINTING

Warli Painting showing Tamilnadu folks : 1) Kavadi attam 2) Karakattam 3) Jallikattu (Bull fight) 4) Silambattam and 5) Cock fight .

Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art .

EGG SHELL ART - TRIBAL FACE

MATERIALS REQUIRED :

Egg shell - 1
Colours

STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED :

1 )Clean the shell and allow it to dry .
2) Colour and dry it.
3) Draw face with pencil.


4) Mark it with marker and again colour it.



Linking it with Shruti's Folk Art .

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 .