Easy lamp craft for kids

Hi friends. .sharing a very simple kids craft ..which the kids can create on their own. 

This is a paper lamp..with paper folded in a rectangle.  We decorated the paper by putting some paint and folding it. ..to get a symmetrical design on two sides.  Repeat this  with different colored paints till you are satisfied with the design :)

Apply some glitter dots.

Take a crape paper and fringe it. Stick this to the lower end of the lamp. Staple a ribbon on top to hang the lamp..ta daa.. Your easy paper lamp is ready! !

Mango Coconut fudge/burfi | Easy sweet recipe

Wish you a very happy holi dear friends. The colorful festival of Holi is celebrated on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. Holi festival has an ancient origin and celebrates the triumph of 'good' over 'bad'. The colorful festival bridges the social gap and renew sweet relationships. On this day, people hug and wish each other 'Happy Holi'.

Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve. Numerous legends & stories associated with Holi celebration makes the festival more exuberant and vivid. People rub 'gulal' and 'abeer' on each others' faces and cheer up saying, "bura na maano Holi hai". Holi also gives a wonderful chance to send blessings and love to dear ones wrapped in a special Holi gifts.

Sharing a special sweet which you can make and relish with your loved once on this day. It is the Mango coconut barfi. With the sweetness of mango and the goodness of coconut, this is a sure treat for the tastebuds!

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups shredded coconut fresh/frozen

½ cup milk

½ cup sugar

1/3 cup mango pulp (fresh or canned)

1 Tbsp ghee

1/2 tsp cardamom powder

Grind dry fruits (pista, kaju)

Preparation

§   Take a thick bottom pan, on low flame add the shredded coconut first and toast it until the coconut turns dry and gets a light brown color. 

§   The coconut gets burnt very fast so great caution has to be used while toasting this. The aroma that the coconut emits at this time is simply divine.

§   Add the milk, sugar and mango pulp and stir continuously on medium flame.

§   Add the ghee at regular intervals. After about 15-20 minutes the mixture starts becoming thick.

§   Now add the cardamom powder and mix thoroughly.

§   Grease a small plate and pour this mixture into it and even it on the top with a spoon or spatula so that it is about 0.5 inch thick. Sprinkle some dry fruits.

§   Cut into desired shapes 

Flower pot card

Recently made this flower pot card with my little one for her grandmother. 

We both enjoyed making it. The second card is for little missy herself with all pink flowers! 

Giveaway by dear Sonia

Do check out the awesome giveaway at our favorite crafty lady - Dr Sonia  :)

Framed madhubani paintings

Kids Valentine Craft | Paper plate heart string art

Little miss and me did this Valentine craft over the weekend. We have out little plastic needle from a Kids sewing kit. I drew a heart on a Styrofoam plate (you can use paper plate). Punched some hole with a pencil. Threaded the wool for little miss and let her go!

She created the beautiful heart pattern with little help from me. Later we coloured the plate with acrylic colours in pink and purple. Isn’t it adorable J

Easy Madhubani Painting for kids

Hi sharing a very easy Madhubani painting that I did for my little one.  Little miss is crazy for birds and the design and colors are all as per her specifications ;)

Linking this to:
http://artsycraftsymom.com/diy-holi-gift-tags/

Moong Sprout Usal | Steamed moong sprout salad - healthy breakfast

Hi friends
I am sharing the moong sprout salad. . This is one of my favorite dishes  as a kid, ofcourse by mom :) just loved having this as breakfast or even as side dish with chapati for lunch or dinner!

Recipe source: tarla dalal
Ingredients

1 cup Moong Sprout
2 tsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/4 tsp asafoetida (hing)
1/2 cup chopped onions
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
salt to taste

For The Garnish1/4 cup finely chopped onions
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)

For Servinglemon wedges

Method

1. Heat the oil in a pressure cooker and add the cumin seeds and asafoetida.
2. When the cumin seeds crackle, add the onions and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
3. Add the tomatoes and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
4. Add the moong sprouts, turmeric powder, salt and 1½ cups of water, mix well and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
5. Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid.
6. Garnish with onions and coriander and serve hot with lemon wedges

Kids footprints bird and bee!

Hi friends. .sharing one of our favorite painting activity!  Kiddo just loves to apply paint all over her hands/feet and create interesting pattern!

I still remember my first attempt at getting her to do handprint and footprint some 2 years back..how much scared was I for the mess it is gonna create :)

Check out our other handprint and footprints here:

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DIY Kite | Kids craft | Tutorial

Dil me tarang aur sabhi se apnapan

Zindagi me gud jaisa mithapan

Aao hokar saath hum udaaye patang

Aur bhar de chaaro or khushiyon ke rang

Makar Sankranti is a major harvest festival celebrated in India. Makara Sankranti commemorates the beginning of the harvest season and cessation of the northeast monsoon in South India. The movement of the Sun from one zodiac sign into another is called Sankranti and as the Sun moves into the Capricorn zodiac known as Makara in Sanskrit, this occasion is named as Makara Sankranti in the Indian context.

 


This festival has different regional names:
Makar Sankranti: Chhattisgarh, Goa, Odisha, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, and West Bengal
Pongal, Uzhavar Thirunal: Tamil Nadu
Uttarayan: Gujarat
Maghi: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. The day before, people of Punjab celebrate Lohri.
Bhogali Bihu: Assam
Shishur Saenkraat: Kashmir Valley
Khichdi: Uttar Pradesh and western Bihar
Makara Sankramana: Karnataka
In other countries too(Napal, Tailand, Myanmar, Combodia, Sri Lanka) the day is celebrated but under different names and in different ways.

In Maharashtra on Makara Sankranti (मकर संक्रान्ति) day people exchange multicoloured halwa (sugar granules coated in sugar syrup) and til-gul laadoo (sweetmeats made from sesame seeds and jaggery. Check out the recipe here). While exchanging til-gul as tokens of goodwill people greet each other with the words "तिळगुळ घ्या, आणि गोड-गोड बोला / til-gul ghyaa, aani goad-goad bolaa" meaning ‘Accept this til-gul (sweet) and utter sweet words’. The underlying thought in the exchange of til-gul is to forget the past ill-feelings and hostilities and resolve to speak sweetly and remain friends. The importance of sesame seeds is it keeps body warm and provide good oil, which is needed as winter dried up the moisture from body.

Kite flying is an inevitable part of this festival. Kites are made of special light-weight paper and bamboo and are mostly rhombus shaped with central spine and a single bow. The string often contains abrasives to cut down other people's kites. When people cut any kites they used to yell with words like "kaypo chhe", "e lapet", "phirki vet phirki" and "lapet lapet" in Gujarati. People spend the whole day on their terrace, flying kites with music on and yummy goodies to munch on!

Sharing here our attempt at making kite when we were back in Sydney. Kiddo and me thoroughly loved out activity and the daddy too got involved in taking pics and posing with the kite J


Here are the step by step pictures:

material required:

a4 size paper for making kite

cello tape

straw

pen

circle punch (the one used for filing also works)

scissor

ribbon

string for holding the kite

Fold the paper into half and draw eyes on it

Mountain fold the center to create a nose of the kite.

Turn around the kite and stick the straw horizontally with the tape

Punch a hole on the top side of the nose and tie a string

Stick th ribbon tail on the back of the kite

tadaa..the kite is ready to soar!!