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| Onam Craft |
For my International friends...India is a blend of myriad religions and cultures.This time of year we have so many festivals in India and we made this ONAM chart for my 6 year old's "Festivals of India" school project.
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| Festivals of India school project |
The kids were each assigned different festivals & given a chart paper from school to show the reason for celebrating the festival,list the special foods eaten and the festivities. The chart paper was so small & I had to rack my brain to incorporate all the points and finally made an interactive chart with sliding & flipping panels. Made the swinging ONAM banner using a Sizzix flower die ,brads and twine and positioned it over our "Pookallam" made of punchcraft flowers.
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| Punchcraft flowers |
Our festival Onam is celebrated by one and all in Kerala [called God's own country because of its lush greenery and beauty] .If ever you plan to visit Kerala ...Onam is the best time to be awed as in front of each house would be
flower carpets [Pookkallams]made with different flowers [to signify the harmonious blend of cultures and religions] .To hide my blunders using the
MS punch around the page[
I nearly always mess up], I added a punchcraft rose.
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| Punchcraft flower |
My 6 year old proudly made the purple flowers.And I used a medium 5 petal flower punch [red rose] and the balloon punch[pink rose] to make the punchcraft flowers.
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| Punchcraft flowers |
If you visit a Keralite's home renovation on Onam you would be treated to a traditional feast of 15-30 dishes served on a
Banana leaf...believe me food tastes so much better on it than on a plate!
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| Onam Craft |
I cut out the banana leaf printout from the net and made it into a
flip card so that we could write the names of the feast dishes underneath.
This photo shows dancers painted as Tigers..an awesome spectacle on the streets during Onam.
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| Onam festival |
I added an accordion fold between the photos of the Tiger dance and Masked dance so that it springs up.
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| Onam school project |
Ladies dressed in traditional attire performing the Kaikotti kalli [such a rhythmic and mesmerizing sight] and fast paced traditional boat races are a part of Onam .
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| Onam school project |
I added
accordion folds below the photos so that they spring up easily to reveal the descriptive die cut panels underneath.
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| Festivals of India School project |
We incorporated the story behind Onam in an interactive sliding card
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| Festivals of India School project |
On pulling the ribbon threaded through the brad ,the image slides up to reveal the story of Onam.Here is the link to the
Sliding card Tutorial.
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| Festivals of India School project |
While making this project I kept thanking the blogging world and this crafty journey as otherwise I wouldnt have been able to churn up flipcharts ,sliders or paper flowers!
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| Onam school project |
Supplies: Punches: Martha Stewart double loop[the white lacey border],Jef medium leaf, 5 petal jumbo[large pink roses on border,5 petal medium [used to make the red roses],Balloon medium[Pookallam pink rose],medium daisy[white flowers],small daisy [yellow flowers].Jef starry corner punch[on Onam legend photo corner]Dies : Sizzix flower [to make ONAM tag banner and Name tag],Sizzix Bigz flourish & floral[left lower corner glittery flower and flourish],Cheery Lynn leaf [Right corner pink rose leaf],Sizzix Oval scallop [all photos and the descriptive panels] Misc: Pink center of white flower-thermocol ball! Photos courtesy: Raxa Collective ,Online Prasad,Others dont know the source to give credit as present in many sites!
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