Handprint Diya Diwali Craft

Celebrate the festival of light by making this easy Diwali craft with kids at home. This is a simple Diwali project for school as well. Kids will enjoy tracing their hands and pretending to hold a diya for Deepavali.

This handprint craft will make a cute Diwali keepsake that you will cherish for forever.

HOW TO MAKE HANDPRINT DIYA CRAFT?

SUPPLIES
Colored Cardstock Papers
Scissor
Glue
Black Marker

INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1: Trace child's hand on a green paper and cut out carefully.

Step 2: Outline the handprint using a black marker.

Step 3: To make diya, cut out a triangle shape (side ~3 inches) from orange paper and 3 small triangle shape from blue paper to decorate the diya. You can also use of color of your choice to make diya.

Step 4: Glue the 3 small blue triangle on the big triangle as shown in the picture. Let your child get creative in decorating diya with pompoms, buttons, or jewel stickers.

Step 5: Cut out the shape of flame from orange paper and a smaller size flame from dark red color paper. Glue the red flame cut out on orange.

Step 6: Glue the flame to one side of the paper diya (where the small triangles are glued).

Step 7: Slighly fold the other end of the diya and glue it on the handprint such that it stands nicely.

Step 8: Repeat the above steps to make the second diya with handprint

Hope you enjoy making this craft with little ones this Diwali. If you're looking for more Diwali crafts for kids? Check out this list of beautiful Diwali crafts for kids.