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Diwali / Deepavali is my favorite festival. Lights, crackers, Lakshmi Pooja, and sweets make this festival special. I have many treasured memories of Diwali.
There is a term 'Diwali Cleaning'. Cleaning the house before Diwali is considered important as people believe that Goddess Lakshmi comes to our house on Diwali. That is the reason we decorate our homes, light lamps and place them in every corner of our house also indicating the win of Good / light over evil/ Dark.
This is how we celebrate Diwali / Deepavali. Also, check this post on how to involve kids in festivities.
Being a working mom and a dance teacher, I don't get to spend a lot of time on shopping for decor, So I prefer a simple Diwali with easy decoration ideas.
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Here are my 5 simple Diwali Decoration ideas:
1. Rangoli
Ingredients:
Chalk
Colors
I choose simple designs, wet the surface a little, draw with chalk and fill it with colors. I also place flowers on the rangoli and place Diyas. It usually takes 20 mins to 1 hr. I create rangolis on the evening of Diwali.
This washable chalk is more than enough and is cheap. 5 shades of colors with glitter is perfect.
Chalk
Colors
| Image by Samir Khanal from Pixabay |
2. Floating candles
Ingredients:
Urli / Glass bowl
Floating candles
Glass tumblers / candle holders
lighter
water
decorative gel beads
flowers / flower petals
I fill a traditional brass bowl or a glass bowl with water and place the lighted floating candles with some flowers. Sometimes, I also add decorative gel beads in a glass tumbler or a candle holder and place the floating candle above it on water. Looks good as a center piece on the table or any corner of the house.
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3. Decorative hangings
Marigold garlands are always a good deal. A set of 5 to 10 garlands would be good to hang. But, recently I am in love with these lotus hangings.
4. DIY Diwali Decor
Ingredients:
Construction paper - different colors
Plain Clay Diyas
24 pack Acrylic Paint set
Double sided tape
We try different crafts every year for Diwali with kids.
We paint clay diyas with many designs and use them for decoration.
We used to prepare paper lanterns with construction paper. We also made paper diyas and decorated them on wall.
Check this video for similar crafts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=zLgdz_3G51A
5. String lights and LED lamps
Diwali decor is not complete without the lights. These string lights behind transparent white curtains make house look bright , but simple.
LED diyas are good option in USA as we are scared of lighting many lamps inside the house due to fire danger. Also, due to weather, diyas / candles might not stay long, where LED diyas might come handy.
It's fun to arrange these LED lights on fancy candle holders / glass voltives.
We usually perform Lakshmi pooja in the evening, offer sweets to Goddess, light lamps / diyas, arrange these lights around the house and light sparklers and fire crackers to end the day.
Are there any other simple decor ideas that you suggest? Please do let me know in comments.
Until next time,
