My daughter had so much fun making these firework paintings! Perfect for Bonfire Night art and Diwali crafts, here are two ways to enjoy some hands-on, colourful firework art.
Rama and Sita storytelling activity small world play for Diwali
Make a set of Rama and Sita puppets and use them in a Diwali small world activity to enjoy imaginary play and storytelling.
Diwali small world activity using Rama and Sita puppets
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Use this recipe for salt dough to make simple candle holders, a pretty and easy Diwali crafts for children.
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Diwali rangoli patterns
The Hindu festival of Diwali is being celebrated next week (5th November 2010) and I always think observing celebrations from other counties and cultures is such a fun and accessible way for children to learn more about the world.
A tradition you can try at home for Diwali is making rangoli patterns.
This version is a great sensory activity too as the children can explore all the colours and textures of the grains** you use. Pop over to our Diwali archive to find out how to make the rangoli pattern.
**take care that any un-cooked pulses don’t get eaten, as they can be toxic
Download your ready-made Diwali kit
Download our Play Academy ready-made Diwali unit and you’ll have everything you need to lead a Diwali celebration with your children. In this set of Diwali lesson plans your children can: :: learn about Diwali: it’s meaning, it’s traditions and how it’s celebrated :: make Rama and Sita puppets and act out their story :: create firework paintings or diya lanterns :: make rangoli designs :: explore a five senses Indian food taste testBonus Diwali thematic unit printables
The Play Academy’s thematic units come with practical printables that make the lessons more engaging for your children and easier for you to teach. No need to go searching for printables to accompany your lessons, they’re all included when you download your chosen unit. In this Diwali Unit you’ll receive these bonus printables: :: Diwali vocabulary cards to re-cap knowledge and develop language skills :: a Lotus flower colouring sheet and rangoli template for arts and crafts :: a Diya lantern colouring sheet :: Monkey army counting cards for math activities :: a Diwali taste test record sheet to explore the foods of the festival
How to download this Diwali thematic unit
You can download this unit along with over 50 more from NurtureStore’s Play Academy. If you are already of the Play Academy, you can download this unit straight away from our Library here. If you are not yet a member, find out more and choose your first unit here. Your teaching is about to get a whole lot easier!
Play dough fireworks!
Here’s a simple, sensory play idea from my daughter: play dough fireworks!
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Firework craft
With both Bonfire Night and Diwali being celebrated this week, we thought we’d get the glitter out to make a firework painting.
1. Use some black paper to be your sky.
2. Put a small blob of paint on your sky and blow it out into a firework shape using a drinking straw. Make sure you use runny paint, make sure your blow rather than suck, and make sure you keep your hair out of the way! You can make great explosion shapes.
3. While the paint is still wet, sprinkle on some glitter to give your fireworks some extra pizzazz!
4. Leave your pictures to dry, shake off any excess glitter and display your fireworks on the wall.
Download your ready-made Diwali Unit
Download the Play Academy’s ready-made Diwali thematic unit and you’ll be ready to lead a week of fun and educational activities for your children to learn about and celebrate the Hindu Festival of Lights.