Rangoli for Diwali

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Making chalk turn to dust is a major past-time around here, so I had three experts to teach me how to get the best results for our Diwali Rangoli. They used a garlic grater, butter knife for scraping and granite mortar and pestle. We chose to use chalk, instead of sand and made our pictures more permanent than true Rangoli, by pasting down designs with glue. Loads of lovely videos abound to watch Rangoli in the making in India, including spectacular tips for techniques.

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Chalk had its limitations as particles cling together and do not form piles, as the sand would. However, it was the process that kept the kids keen.

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Draw your design lightly in pencil.

Glue all of the areas that you would like in ONE of the colours. Sprinkle on colour of choice and dust the paper back off in the pan. The chalk will stick where you have made a design in glue.

Continue tracing your pencil lines in glue and adding one colour at a time.

 

We followed up with loads of lovely reads about Diwali and it's significance in Indian culture.