Indian folk art DIY Kits
| Do it yourself educational activity kits for Indian Folk art is available via Kadam – Potli kits | |||
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| Our Range of Potli Educational Activity/Craft Kits have been designed to sensitize the children to the various arts and crafts of India, in a hope that they can nurture our culture with love and pride and ensure its continuity in the years to come. | |||
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HAND BLOCK PRINTING KIT – Is the old traditional method of printing fabrics, in India. The kit contains 3 hand carved wooden (sheesham wood) blocks, printing pads, fabric paints and fabric for children to start printing, and then carry it on to other things like t-shirts, cards, napkins and many other. | ||
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BEAD CRAFT KIT – Collection of hand made beads representing craft traditions of different parts of India. The kit contains 64 assorted beads, and ready to use kits for making a necklace, a bracelet, a key chain and a charm. | ||
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SHELL CARFT KIT – A project to support the fishermen community living in the Indian Coasts. Contains hand picked shells along with a little story about each shell. Make your own greeting cards using the various design ideas in the kit. | ||
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PATUA PAINTING KIT – Patua Painting is an old Narrative art form from West Bengal. In the olden days, when there was no media, and entertainment, the chitrakaars used to entertain and carry news through their paintings. Contains 10 color cards, poster colors and brushes, and two satches of natural color material with the recipe of how to make natural colors. Make your collection of Patua painting. The color cards can be framed also. | ||
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GOND PAINTING KIT from MADHYA PRADESH – Gond Painting is a tribal art form from Madhya Pradesh that is made up of form, dots and dashes. The kit contains 5 color cards, with the forms, poster colors and brushes, and two satches of natural color material with the recipe of how to make natural colors. Fill it up with dots and dashes, and complete your own Gond Painting. The cards can be framed after painting. | ||
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SANTHAL PAINTING KIT from ORISSA – Santhal Painting is a tribal art form from Orissa. This art form was practiced in olden days, to ward off the evil, and was painted by the “magic” painters. The kit contains 5 coloring cards and 5 colored cards, poster colors and brushes, and two satches of natural color material with the recipe of how to make natural colors. Make your collection of Santhal painting. The color cards can be framed after painting. | ||
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PHAD PAINTING KT from RAJASTHAN – Phad Painting is an old traditional art form from Rajasthan. When there were no cinemas or theatres, “Bhopas” used to make phad paintings on the life history of their heroes and sing and dance. The kit contains 5 coloring cards and 5 colored cards, poster colors and brushes, and two satches of natural color material with the recipe of how to make natural colors. The color cards can be framed after painting. | ||
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MADHUBANI PAINTING KIT from BIHAR – Madhubani is a very old traditional art form from Bihar. During the time of Sita’s marriage to Lord Ram, King Dushrath, and Sita’s father got the whole kingdom of Mithila painted, and thus, the tradition of Madhubani / Mithila Painting started. The kit contains 10 coloring cards, poster colors and brushes, and two satches of natural color material with the recipe of how to make natural colors. The coloring cards are a collection of animals drawn in the Madhubani style. Make your own collection of Madhubani paintings. The color cards can be framed after painting. | ||
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WARLI PAINTING KIT from MAHARASHTRA – Warli painting is the traditional art form from Maharashtra. The people in villages used to paint their everyday lives on the mud walls of their houses, and thus the tradition of warli paintings started. The kit contains 10 coloring cards, poster colors and brushes, and two satches of natural color material with the recipe of how to make natural colors. Once you have learnt to make the warli figures, make your own warli painting on the themes given in the kit. The color cards can be framed after painting. | ||
These kits are also available via The color caravan here.
Then ToyKraft has a few DIY kits too. Available via FirstCry and at select Lifestyle centres
Toy Kraft Sandsational Madhubani
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very interesting!!
Interesting, I want to buy DIY kits for my boy as he has great interest, however I noticed that there is no price list for Kadam products online. Anyways, I will write to them and see. Thanks ya.
WOW! It’s pretty interesting!
Thanks for sharing:)
@As: Thanks to Artnavy 🙂 I could add a few ..
@LG: You can buy them online from the color caravan page. These kits are available at every dastakar exhibition.
@Deepa: have u tried any?
OMG… that’s quite a variety you’ve put up. This post is worth bookmarking for long term-reference
Wow ! So informative.. Thanks for sharing 😉 😉 …. I am going to book mark this special post of yours !!
Its a pity that most of the items are out of stock at Toy Kraft ;-( ;-(