Chapter 5
FESTIVALS, OCCASIONS, AND CELEBRATIONS
We celebrate a variety of
festivals and occasions
throughout the year.
This lights up our
hearts and our homes.
We express this joy in
many ways. It includes
food, home decoration,
music, dance, special
festive dresses, and
people coming together.
By the end of this chapter,
you will get familiar with a
few visual arts traditions, that
create a festive environment.
These include floor and wall
designs, garlands, torans, and
lanterns. In this chapter, you
will do activities related to local
art traditions practised in your
homes and in the neighbouring
communities.
Activity 1 - Floor and Wall Designs
Have you seen a design made on the
floor or the walls? Where did you see it?
When do we decorate our floors or walls?
Make a floor design in the space below.
Rangolis can also
be made using dots
and lines.
See the samples
and create your
own patterns by
joining the dots.
Activity 2 - Flowers Sing on the String
We use flowers and leaves
to make garlands for
special occasions. We
make torans too! Their
colour and fragrance make
it festive.
Let’s make our own garlands and torans!
You can use flowers, leaves, sticks, paper,
beads, thread and other materials.
Step 1: Take a three feet long or your arm
length thread.
Step 2: Make a pattern with paper, leaves,
flowers, etc., and stick them to the
thread to make a toran.
Step 3:
Display your toran at an entrance .
Activity 3 - Make Your Own Paper Lanterns
You made a jali; now you can
create your paper lantern too!
All you have to do is join two edges
of the paper to make it a cylinder.
Use a variety of colours to make
your lantern look attractive!
Activity 4 - Make Your Own Clay Lamps
You have already made objects out of
clay! Did you make any deepak (lamps)?
How many different shapes can you
make your deepak in?
Dry your deepak in the sun and then
paint it with colours and designs! It can
be decorated with mirrors, tapes, bindis
or drawings. Try to make one!
Activity 5 - Make Jewellery
Make jewellery using any paper,
scissors, crayons and glue or
tape! Use other materials of
your choice to add designs and
decorate them.
Step 1:: Take two strips of paper that can be
wrapped around your wrists
Step 2::
: Colour one strip with the colour of a
flower you like.
Step 3::Colour the other strip with a
different colour.
Step 4: Draw some designs, patterns and
paste other material to decorate
the strips
Step 5::Wrap each strip around your wrist
and stick it with glue or tape
Your bracelets are ready!
Now, you can design and make your own anklets
and other jewellery too! Use natural material
for these. When they are ready, exchange your
jewellery with your classmates or give them
as gifts