Deepawali or Diwali is certainly the biggest and the brightest of all Hindu festivals. It’s the festival of lights (deep = light and avali = a row i.e., a row of lights) that’s marked by four days of celebrations.
We love Diwali at home and its the time of the year when the whole family is at one place, celebrating and enjoying.
It’s also the time for activities that we do as a family. Be it decorating, cooking, shopping or crafting. If you are a mom who is wondering how to keep kids occupied while doing some activities that bond you together as a family, then look no further. Here are
100+ Diwali Ideas – Cards, Crafts, Decor, DIY and Party Food
Diwali Card Making Ideas for kids
Get into the mood by sending out handmade Diwali cards to family & friends. Check out our post –
15+ Diwali card making ideas
Spread the festive spirit among your friends, family, acquaintances, colleagues and loved ones with these easy DIY cards. Here are a few more not covered in that list
Diwali Homemade card idea .. String in some satin ribbons
http://www.familyholiday.net/diwali-homemade-greeting-card-ideas
Diwali Cracker cards – Easy cards to make with paper & twine.
http://www.artumbrella.in/blog/2011/diwali-2011/
Diwali Cracker cards using Glitter tapes & Glitter colors
http://whatscookingmom.in/handmade-cards-for-diwali/
http://artplatter.com/2012/10/handmade-diwali-card-with-a-diya-center/
Try some stitched Diwali cards
http://ujjwal-handmadewithlove.blogspot.in/2010/10/diwali-wishes.html
Hamara Nischay has a Handmade Diwali Cards Kit
Diwali Craft Ideas & Diwali crafts for kids
Crafts provide the perfect opportunity to sit and make stuff as a family.
Make a paper Lantern – Free template
We made a foam Diwali kandil for our main door
https://artsycraftsymom.com//2011/10/kandil-at-door.html
Go noise free with these cute foam Diwali crackers adorning your walls
Make Diwali Paper Glitter Lanterns
Make your own Thermocol Diwali Aarthi plate
A Diwali Diya wall hanging made from a paper plate from the kiddyhouse
Diwali Diya Mobile from the activity village
Paper Diwali diyas make an awesome garland!
and can be used as a Diwali Diya wreath too.
Paper Cup Diwali Decor – Kids Craft Art Platter
Make Accordion Fold Paper Diyas for your walls
Diwali paper Marigold – ZoBeDesigns on Etsy
I love Anjela’s DIY ideas and this one is her latest offering. DIY paper diyas. Check out her post here –
http://thecraftyangels.com/diwali-craft-paper-diya-tutorial/
Beautiful Diwali Decorations for Home, school, and Office
Cut Paper to make this gorgeous Lotus themed Tealight Holder
Make your Diwali different, glitzy and beautiful with these bangle tea light holders.
Add gold paint and glitter to add zing to your votives
Looking for more captivating decorations for Diwali? Then you definitely need to check the above image out. See how the candle arrangements make the decoration one of the best examples of Diwali-inspired marvelous decor. The combination of a white and red candle made the layer look like a sparkling decked decor.
Read more at http://easyday.snydle.com/diwali-decorations.html | Easyday
Add some Moroccan lights to your table decor
Form a star wreath with string lights or even shape them like diyas
How gorgeous do these paper lanterns look? Another crafting genius idea by Angela
http://thecraftyangels.com/colorful-paper-lantern-tutorial/
DIY Paper Cube String Lights via Wit And Whistle
Cup lights perfect for your foyer
Make Felt Diwali votive hangers
Katie Steuernagle from Matsutake, was apparently huddled in her kitchen staring at some empty spaghetti jars when a brilliant thought came to mind. With a bit of gold dimensional paint and glass paint, her house was soon filled with a Moroccan summer. Amazing!
Diwali Books & Activities
If You are in India, You should not miss this darling book by my friend & fellow Blogger Amrutha from mummadiaries.com
“Story of Diwali” introduces the beautiful Indian festival of Diwali to children. The book is a fun, non-preachy, simple-to-read rhyming storybook which talks about how five days of Diwali are celebrated. The rhyming text and colorful illustrations appeal to toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners. The 24-paged book also has some fun facts about Diwali and a special sloka in Sanskrit (along with its translation) at the end of the story. The simple yet delightfully told story describes how each day of Diwali brings joy and festive spirit to our homes.
The five days of Diwali covered in the book are:
Day-1: Dhanteras
Day-2: Narak Chaturdasi
Day-3: Lakshmi Puja / Main Diwali
Day-4: Padwa / Govardhan Puja
Day-5: Bhai Dooj
The book is printed on high-quality glossy paper and is available for sale in India Only.
Diwali Rangoli Ideas
Lentil Rangoli for your table top
or try a Rangoli with coloured Rice
or maybe a flower Rangoli floating on water.
Glitter Rangoli is the rage this season
Bored with your tea lights, Jazz them up
Make your very own Salt dough Glitter Diya holder
DIY tealight holder using pistachio shells. How clever is that?
http://thecraftyangels.com/pistachio-shell-candle-holder-tutorial/
Diwali Photo Frame kit from hamara Nischay is the perfect gift for your kid to make
Everyone loves to get gifts. Add a little love decorating the gift boxes too.
Diwali party favours shaped like crackers
Decorate a box with lentils & your child’s artwork.
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Decorate a gift box using glitter like this craft by NovelIdeas
pic from good homes Use coir boxes & real flowers to gift
Diwali Party Food Ideas
Throw a modern-day Diwali party with these yummy snacks
Cocktail idli kebabs with chutney shots
This Cocktail Idli Kebabs recipe is an easy way to transform mini idlis into an elegant appetizer for a party. idli chili, masala idli cocktails.
Canapes Chaat
Indian canape recipe of healthy sprouts topped on canapes.
Mini vada pav bites
Vada Pav bites, a young and peppier version of traditional Vada Pav, are perfect for a fun Diwali party
Rocket Kebabs
As colorful as real fireworks these kebabs will spark interest in any Diwali party.
Cheesy Potato Croquettes
No fry veg hariyali kebabs
Diyas on sticks
Perfect digestive – paan shots
Loaded Spicy Veggie Pie
Chatpati Taco Chaat
Paneer Bhurji Swirl Rolls
Aloo Matar ki Potli
Green Beans Fries
These easy snacks are crispy, salty, delicious and melt in mouth appetizer and can be prepared in less than 20 minutes.
No Indian festival is complete without sweets. Try some modern desserts this year and WOW your guests.
31 Delectable Indian Fusion Desserts for the festive season!
What do you think of this collection? If you have a Diwali craft to share, mail me and I will feature it on the blog.
thats a whole lot collection… useful ideas for decor and cards, applicable for other festivals too.. great post!!!!
Very nice, Shruti! I love that most of these are very kid-friendly too! I am going to make the bangles tea light holder – what a great way to use my stash!
Hi Shruti, Loved all the simple and beautiful ideas. My favorites and which I am going to try are the shubh labh CD deco and the bangle tea light holder. Happy Diwali, Poornima
Really its commendable ,so easy n interesting ideas for d kids.
@archonline – Thank you 🙂 There is some amazing talent out there
@Vidya Sury – Please do share the pics of your diwali
@poornima – Happy Diwali to you too 🙂 Do share the pics once you make them..
Hi Shruthi lovely ideas ..love the cube light string gonna make it and the crakers card cds shubh labh all are cute.. some ideas rolling in my mind.. 🙂
Do share the pics of what you make. I’d love to show them off.
FAB effort Shruti- have doen so many of these thanks to you!!
Hugs. 🙂
i am going to try the toran and cards for sure. you pushed me back to the old days when kids werent around and I had all the time to make my diwali decor one month in advance and with kids around,I just forgot these. But,this time round, I am making everything all over again. kids are going to be super busy:)
Get them to make lots of cards and toran… We love making them
Hi Shruti, have featured this lovely post of yours in our web roundup here . So much inspiration!
Thank you 🙂
Hello,
Awesome ideas for diwali decor 🙂 I made some colorful bangle tea light holders today and felt so good 🙂 thanks a ton!
instead of adhesive i used thick transparent cellotape to bind the bangles together 🙂
feeling so happy today 🙂
thanks a ton!!
What type of paint and adhesive glitter did you use to decorate the tea lights?
Please as as possible can you tell me what kind of paint and glitter u used was just every craft paint and glitter? For the candle’s
they have cute idea’s
Wow! they all are beautiful! I am a big supporter of handmade items. I always think people do not understand the value of creativity. I recently found this website Back2Rootz they just sell creative stuff which is beautiful. Do check the Diwali items present.
yaaa these ideas are very simple and nice
love it .
stumbled here via pinterest. lovely blog you have here. thanks for sharing these!
Love your blog! I made diwali lantern decoration for the door . Looks beautiful 🙂
its beautiful
Happy Diwali to all of youCelebrate diwali with full joy and the poor and the who are inneed.
happy diwali to all enjoy the festival
awesome ideas and creativity.. i love your ideas and i also love crafting.. thanku so much for past such a nice things.
heyy your ideas are awesome i hope that more people will get inspired by you and happy diwali
Amazing ideas!!!!
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Well i came here by a suggestion of my friend through facebook he shared a this post link with me, i din thoufght that this page will be this much awsome, u made a awsome collection of photos of diwali. :F
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Best site visited .no words to tell how good I felt seeing all d craft works.keep going n inspiring people like me.will like to visit ur site every now n then.
Thanks
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That was really wonderful. Have you ever been to CraftFurnish online store? They have a vast collection of beautiful handmade gift options available online.
hy nice article
Thsnkyou Shruthi for featuring my crafts 🙂 Wishing you a happy diwali 🙂
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Thanks for the wonderful ideas Shruti. I was thinking of doing some of the activities with my students, they’ll be so excited!
Love from Canada 🙂
Thanks for the wonderful ideas Shruti. I was thinking of doing some of the activities – paper diyas, Diwali cards, glass jars with gold motifs, with my students, they’ll be so excited!