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Paper diya light picture
Make a paper picture of a diya, a lamp used by many families during Diwali.
Let's play →
A little plan for play
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Paper in several colors, a glue stick and child-appropriate crayons
Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.
Stay with the child throughout. Check the space and supplies, including anything within reach of younger siblings. Skip any activity that is unsuitable. Stop if a child puts non-food material in their mouth or becomes distressed. Use intact books, full sheets of paper, a large child-appropriate crayon and a clean, dry towel. Follow product labels; remove torn paper and keep broken crayons and caps away from children. Adult handles and stores supplies.
Set up: An adult cuts a large bowl shape and a large flame shape from colored paper.
Adult's role: Handle scissors, help with glue and share that Diwali is a festival of lights celebrated in different ways by different families.
Let's make it happen
- Glue the bowl shape near the bottom of a sheet of paper.
- Place the flame shape above it and glue it down to make a picture of a diya.
- Decorate the bowl with lines or dots and draw people or lights around it.
Make it simpler: Color a large diya drawn by an adult instead of gluing shapes.
Clean up: Close the glue stick and collect paper scraps.
This is a paper picture. Keep it away from real flames and keep glue and scraps away from mouths.