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Clay Creations – Festivals of India

Shruti Acharya | January 28, 2013 | 5 Comments

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Lil P’s school held an inter school competition in their campus recently. There were 2 categories for which Lil P decided she wanted to participate.. The first one was “Clay Play” for Std I &II combined – The kids had to carry all materials (Natural Clay / Play dough / Homemade dough) to school and create something on the Theme – Festivals of India. From day 1 Lil P wanted to represent Ganesh Chaturti using clay, Ganesha being her ever favorite God.
I needed ideas that a 6 year old could do independently, within an hour. I even asked a few FB groups for much needed advice. There were many fab ideas but Lil P rejected them all. Ganesh Chaturti it would be!
I have always used natural clay / air dry clay at home. My mom was visiting and she helped out too. On 22nd evening, We started with a printout of Ganesha on an A4 sheet and I asked Lil p to fill it up with coloured clay. We used oil based plasticine that was available at a local book store. Lil p was able to do it on her own but it took her over an hour to complete it. Plus the plasticine was staining her fingers so we felt this would not work.

Then we tried again on 24th night, this time using natural clay. We showed lil P how to make her own miniature Ganesha and how to make plates, laddoos, jilebi etc.. Lil P loved making round round jilebis. But this looked very plain and by then hubby dearest had found some Play doh in a shop near his office. The whole of HSR is filled with China made clay.. No play doh anywhere..

25th morning was the competition… We just explained that she now had to combine the 2 things she had learnt the earlier days and make one using play doh. Mom also had an idea to mount the Ganesha printout on a picture frame instead of keeping it horizontal. This time I printed a smaller ganesha for her to fill in. Here’s what she finally made at her school on her own..

She won the 2nd Prize for this too 🙂
Isn’t that awesome!! Her first trophy ever!
Unfortunately, right after the competition, Lil p fell sick so we had already reached home when the results were announced and missed the prize distribution too. Lil P’s best friend’s mom called us to congratulate. I went back to school, to click a few pics. Lil P will get her trophy in class on 31st.  Lil p is still very sick with high fever. I’m hoping its just viral.
I’ll do a separate post on what the other kids made. Stay tuned for some awesome ideas..

Filed Under: Clay Crafts, Craft Ideas, Exotic India, Kindergarten Crafts & Activities Tagged With: Clay Crafts, Ganesha Crafts & activites, India Crafts, Lil P and Me

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About Shruti Acharya

Shruti is a writer, photographer, DIY lover, passionate homemaker, and the chief dreamer at ArtsyCraftsyMom.com . Shruti lives in Bangalore, India with her husband and daughter. She loves showcasing fun art activities, crafts for kids, celebrations, childrens books & all the craziness that is India.

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Comments

  1. Sunehra Koshy says

    January 28, 2013 at 5:09 am

    Wow fantastic!!! The mounted Ganesha is really very good. What fun! Congrats to lil P. Hope she’s better now 🙂
    Crafting Till The Crack of Dawn

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  2. craftisland says

    January 28, 2013 at 7:03 am

    Congrats to lil P and I hope she gets well soon.

    She has done an excellent job…..laddos and imartis looks tempting…

    Reply
  3. Obsessivemom says

    January 28, 2013 at 8:00 am

    Wow wow wow! This is super.The ganapati looks beautiful… the bananas, the jalebis, the diya.. what detailing. Lovely Shruti. Congratulations. Hugs to LilP.. It seems every kid I know is falling ill! Take care.

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  4. Roopa says

    January 29, 2013 at 3:02 pm

    Wow! This is a such a great idea- no wonder she won a prize 🙂 Congrats to lil P and you!!
    How did u get the ganesha collage to place vertically?

    Reply
  5. Disha says

    February 26, 2013 at 7:42 pm

    Wow..Many congrats to lil P ..Ganesha looks awesome 🙂

    Reply

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