Art & Anush with their entry for the Artsy-Crafsty. Warli Terracota Activity from ToyKraft– Made by Art & Anush. What’s better than mon n daughter bonding over a folk craft session eh? 🙂 and another fascinating entry – Folk attires of India. Art Dressed Anush in the various folk dresses of India .. Do check […]
Few more entries from Shama 🙂 for the artsy-craftsy EGG SHELL ART – TRIBAL FACE LORD KRISHNA PAINTING
Do it yourself educational activity kits for Indian Folk art is available via Kadam – Potli kits From their site – 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 […]
Teaching Warli painting – Step by step images
Warli Art form is the easist for little kids to start learning about India’s Folk art . Every kid can easily relate to the simple geometrical figures that a Warli drawing is comprised of. It’s also a great way to teach them about common shapes – lines, dots, triangles & circles.
Ok I have the voting results with me 🙂 is Number 29 – The News paper costume by anupama actually there were more votes for Lil P’s jelly fish costume!! But i’d like to pass 🙂 Congrats Anupama. goes to no 22 – Crepe paper StainGlass by Sunayna goes to #1 Hand […]
Putti & her amma always come up with the most innovative ideas. Here are a few that will keep you engrossed 🙂 Salt paint Earth Paint chip tree, flowers and earth Paint Chip Flowers Paint Chip Earth
*ALERT: If you cannot be sympathetic , just don’t comment. Thank you. * The shifting has affected us in more ways than I care to admit. Lil P was very excited about the move and the play area and stuff when we initially moved here. But for the past week or so she has become […]
I can see the magic number 100 in my sidebar and it makes me very very happy. Happy enough to announce a Giveaway.. What do you say?? The winner will get a set of 3 handmade Madhubani kite bookmarks Leave a comment at this post. Optionally add the image to your […]
Please welcome the new year in style, Presenting The Theme for Artsy-Craftsy-January-2011 “Fancy Dress” Mail me pics of your child, yourself, or your friends kids [ with their permission of course] in a fancy dress. It could be a costume that you [ or your kid] wore for a dance, as part […]
This contest is now closed Yay!! Thats the magic number right now and it feels very very special. 🙂 The last giveaway was a lot of fun and I was thinking we’ll do something similar. Here’s what one of you will win A handmade […]
From Smita at the little food junction 🙂 Edible lamps Edible rangoli Diya (Clay lamp ) Sandwich Cracker Lanterns ( Traditional kandils ) Edible Fireworks – Rockets Edible Fireworks – Fountain ( Anaar) Guess whats special about the next post and you […]
The user Choice award goes to Clay crafts from adi and ani Congratulations. Please mail me your address asap. I will not be selecting any other winner. Just created a new fan page on FaceBook. Do join us there for some interesting discussions and user submissions ..I’d love to hear your suggestions for artsy-craftsy […]
We love working (playing) with Clay. Be it plain chappati dough or clay dough or ceramic clay. The messier it gets, the better. When I announced the theme for this month, I assumed that most of you would be using clay already. If not, here are a few questions answered. What type of Clay to use? […]
The Sponsor for this month ( clue – She likes chocolates but in tiny bits) has chosen her favorite crafts. Castle Centerpiece by Shilpa (11) 16/50 Votes. Leaf Collage Birdie by Smita (29) Sock puppets by Pooh’s Den (20) Foam Dolls by EC (6) […]
Here’s how he turned out.. I’m still wonderings if I should add a bit of black to give the painting some drama. For now, Swaram, here is your ganesha. All ready to move into your home. Step by step Jai Ganesh!
Didn’t realize that this blog is already 300 blog post old!! Did you notice??? Wow! The journey seems very short.. Its like this blog was taking baby steps just a few months back .. hehe. Comments and mails like these make my day! “Love your blog, your enthusiasm and how you get everyone jazzed […]
~ ~This Contest is now closed~ ~ Thank you for all the lovely comments 1 year and 260 posts. I’m a happy mommie today. My 2nd baby, this blog turns 1. I’ve loved the journey so far. Hope u’ve liked it too. Here is a quick recap – Some of my fav posts from […]
Dearest Pappa, I have never really been able to express my love towards you in words.. or appreciated you for the little moments in life we’ve shared. Father’s day seems to be the right day to tell you how… My daddy dearest I love you for dressing us for school. You even learnt […]
Ok I’m doing this for a friend of mine. She needs a costume that resembles this… Do you know any shops in Bangalore / US that sell this? Need one urgently for a 1 year old, complete with a peacock feather mukut and a flute ? PS: Thats lil p at 8 months 🙂
Presenting The theme for this month is “Block Printing”. You can make ur own stamps from vegetables, fruits and leaves. You can also use readymade stamp sets/ foam stampers.. basically anything that u can stamp with. You can also use stencils & sponge. The catch is, you should have a theme. Use the […]
Here’s a simple way to use thermocol plates to make stunning yet easy crafts your kids would love to paint. And they get done in a giffy too. Presenting Thermocol wall decor for your kids room. What you need: Thermocol plate Scissors Sponge Acrylic colors – Golden yellow & Orange Black […]
Pooh’s den shares some great ideas on making miniature styrofoam hats! Hats off I’m going to make some of these and distribute at office. I loved the note idea. 🙂 PS: April winners pls send me ur addresses. Even if u have sent them before, plsssss do mail them again.
Swaram sent her craft that she had done last year 🙂 Ganesha design on a thermocol plate.
It’s official, I am 30 – and might I say this has been the best birthday I have ever had. I have never felt more loved by my friends and family than I do right this moment. It is a glorious, heart-warming feeling that has made me truly grateful and ridiculously happy. I was […]
