Diwali Games: To make the moments of Diwali memorable, it is very important to involve children in various activities at home while preparing for Diwali so that they can learn a lot along with enjoying Diwali to the fullest.
Diwali brings moments of happiness and joy to all the children. Children wait for the arrival of this festival the whole year. They love to celebrate it because they have a lot of fun on this day. They discuss about Diwali preparations, celebrations and other things with their friends in the classes. In such a situation, it is important to tell the children about some innovative ideas and ask them to do them, which will help the children in learning something new.
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During Diwali, teach your children to make rangoli with the help of colored powder, flour or turmeric and colored wooden sticks. Apart from this, teach children by extracting some simple and good rangoli designs from the internet. There is a sense of competition among children, hence organize a rangoli making competition among them so that they can make better rangoli.
Diyas and candles are the main attractions of the house during Diwali. So gather some sparkle glue, wax and crayons for the kids and help them make candles. For this, wear gloves so that hot wax does not fall on your and the child's skin. Melt the wax and pour the melted colored wax into a lamp. Once the wax has set, remove it from the case and decorate with sparkle glue.
Bring some paper and paint for your kids and download some beautiful Diwali pictures from the internet and ask kids to make greetings for their relatives. This will awaken the feeling of love and respect for their relatives in the children. Use crayons to color the cards and create base shades for different cards.
Banners are used on birthdays and other celebrations and the same can be done for Diwali. Therefore, ask the children to use simple items present in the house and make banners. For this, children can do this by dividing the colored paper into several blocks.
Goddess Lakshmi is worshiped on Diwali. We pray to Goddess Lakshmi and seek her blessings. Their footprints are also made on the door of the house. Therefore, this time ask your child to make footprints of Goddess Lakshmi. For this, give them chart paper so that they can trace the footprints and color them and keep the footprints at the door of the house.
Diwali is the festival of lights and its fun is incomplete unless every corner of your house is lit with lamps. If you have lamps from last Diwali in your house, then instead of removing them, get the children to paint them and ask them to decorate them with mirrors or stars. When the lamps colored by children are lit during Diwali, they will add to the lights of Diwali.
Although crackers are something that children prepare for Diwali, it is also important to realize the negative effects of crackers on the environment. You should warn the children about the harmful effects of firecrackers and ask them to make balloon firecrackers, that is, they should prepare them by adding colorful paper and glitter to the balloon, then they will touch the lamp in the balloon one by one. Just with the sound of 'tha', colorful papers will fly everywhere, there will be sparkles everywhere.
If your child likes to write, help him write essays, poems and quotes. This will show how well he has understood the concept of Diwali. Post this writing on your blog or Facebook page to boost his confidence and make him feel a sense of accomplishment. How much a child is liked on Facebook will reflect his writing ability.
Children should be inspired for religious activities through their mythological stories. Describing the story of Lord Rama's victory over evil and his triumphant return to Ayodhya, can be a good story. If you live in an apartment or society, you can also inspire children to do drama or story telling. For example, asking children to play the characters of Shri Ram and Ravana through drama, by doing this the children will not only get information about the things to their religion but will also enjoy the festival to the fullest.
Some kids enjoy cooking, if your child is one of them, teach them simple recipes that you make on Diwali. Diwali is a great time to let your kids cook. Keep children away from gas dishes but ask them to help you in preparing any delicious dish. For example, ask children to roll mathri or puris.
Diwali is the festival of lights and its fun is incomplete unless every corner of your house is lit with lamps. If you have lamps from last Diwali in your house, then instead of removing them, get the children to paint them and ask them to decorate them with mirrors or stars.
