We’ve listed amazing Diwali activities from the most creative instagram accounts run by moms, teachers and businesses.
These Diwali activities can be used to set-up your learning spaces at home or at school for Festival Themed Unit.
Deepawali or Diwali is one of the most celebrated festival in India. It’s the festival of lights (deep = light and avali = a row i.e., a row of lights) that’s marked by four days of celebrations. It is on this occasion that the households in India and across the world light up their houses with the diyaas and candles indicating the victory of light over darkness.
Use some flashcards or a power point presentation to discuss the importance of this festival , don’t forget to add the below Diwali activities in your time-table to ensure that all learning domains are covered effectively and creatively.
DIWALI THEMED LEARNING CENTERS at HOME/SCHOOL
DIWALI ACTIVITIES – SENSORY BINS
FRAGRANT SENSORY BIN
- Tray
- Coloured rice
- Stones/pebbles
- Scoops & Spoons
- Lentils/ Dals
SENSORY BIN- 3 amazing Diwali Activities
PUPPET PLAY: Colour the puppet characters with crayons. (Puppets include: Ram ji , Sita Ji, Hanuman Ji and Laxman ji )
PAINT AND DECORATE DIYA 🪔
RANGOLI COLORS as a base for SENSORY PLAY.
SENSORY PLAY
With coloured pasta and rice.
Festive flashcards with some beautiful designs like lantern, diya, crackers, swastik, rangoli etc. for your students/ child to create their Diwali designs.
SENSORY PLAY with CLAY
DIWALI ACTIVITIES – Math Readiness
DIYA MATCHING PATTERNS
by EduTess
Matching helps children in
- Practicing visual discrimination
- Becoming familiar with one dimensional print.
- Improves language, concentration and memory
PATTERN BLOCKS SWASTIK & DIYA
by EduTess
Pattern Blocks Develops
Concentration
Spatial Awareness
Recognition of shapes and colours
Visual discrimination
Early geometry
Angles
Comparison
Problem Solving Skill
Fine Motor Development
COLOUR CODING MATHS
About This Activity
Here, three ways have been used to express a number in every diya-
1️⃣dots 2️⃣sums 3️⃣numbers.
In the upper part of the activity page, one colour is designated for each number.
Now, fill the portions of diya by matching the colour code with the number. That’s it! You are done!
COLOUR MATCHING LANTERNS
NUMBER FIREWORKS
DIWALI ACTIVITIES – SCIENCE EXPLORATION
SALT PAINTING SCIENCE
This Salt Painting Science Experiment is a fin way to combine art and science together. It’s a creative way to teach children about absorption. Salt is hygroscopic which means it can absorb both liquid and water vapour in the air.
Materials Required
- Thick Card paper
- Salt
- Glue
- Dropper
- Paints
SIMPLE, EASY & FUN!!!
DIWALI ACTIVITIES – Reading & Writing Readiness
DIWALI DIYA GARLANDS
Diya buntings from felt & glitter foam sheets.
Alphabet Stickers
And Boom your Diwali Decor for your classroom / house is ready.
DIWALI GREETING CARD
Decorate with rainbow pasta and allow your students/ children to write their own Diwali message or simply write in pencil for them to trace and write.
DIWALI ACTIVITIES – HINDI
HINDI COLOUR NAMES – RANGOLI
Print an easy rangoli design from internet and write the akshars on them : ल-लाल, ना-नारंगी, प-पीला, ह-हरा, नी-नीला, ज-जामुनी .
Provide the same same colours to fill the pattern.
DIWALI ACTIVITIES – ART & CRAFT
PAPER DIYA
by Vineetha Parammel @vineethap
FIREWORKS PAINTING
Material Required
15 straws tied with a rubber band
Toilet Paper roll and cut in the same pattern
Paints & large sheet of paper.
HOUSE RANGOLI
by EduTess
POMPOMS TORAN
by EduTess
Q TIP RANGOLI
DIWALI ACTIVITIES – REGGIO INSPIRED
INVITATION TO CREATE
- Paper plate
Scissors
Glue
Pista shells - Craft paper
Pipe cleaners
Pompoms
Gemstones
DIWALI ACTIVITIES – REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
DIY BANGLES DIYA HOLDER
by @momkid.smart
Even though your child may not be able to do this activity by himself but it would be a great activity to introduce the 3 R’s.
Take old bangles and glue them together, stick some pearls on top & place some T- lights inside it.
Great Diwali Decor
Hope you had a great time reading, the way we enjoyed collating this theme. We will keep adding more ideas and plans, so do visit this page again. Please feel free to share this blog with your friends and don’t forget to comment below.
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