Paper Leaf Garland

End-of-year is festive season and the amazing Indian festival of lights (Diwali) is almost here. It is said that the Goddess of wealth "Lakshmi" visits people's homes during Diwali. To welcome her, people clean their homes, light up charming light lamps and set-up colorful garlands on doors.

So, for this Diwali, my daughter and I created this leaf garland for our house. It is such a simple craft to make, my daughter had a great time playing with the leaves and putting a thread through them.

Two-year-olds have infinite energy and engaging them in festive crafts is a great way to teach them about the festival while helping them develop their creativity and keeping them away from the screen. Try it out - we now have a lovely paper leaf garland to welcome Goddess Lakshmi this Diwali.

This also makes for a nice and colorful fall theme craft.

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HOW TO MAKE PAPER LEAF GARLAND?

SUPPLIES:

Leaf -> Free Printable Template
Cardstock Papers
Scissor
Glitter Gel Pen
Twine
Hole Punch

BEHIND THE SCENE STEPS:

1. Trace and cut out the shape of leaf from multi-color cardstock papers. You can download the leaf template.

2. Punch two holes on the wider side of each leaf as shown below.

3. Draw midrib and veins on the leaf using glitter gel pen.

4. Thread all the leaves on a twine. We used kalava for our garland which is also used as a sacred Hindu thread.

That's it! Your beautiful garland is ready to showcase on doors, fireplace or walls.

Happy Crafting!

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