5 DIY ideas for Diwali decoration

This Diwali make your own Diwali Decoration with simple Do It Yourself tips.

The word ‘Diwali’ in Sanskrit means the ‘rows of lights’, and the festival is known as “festival of lights”. Diwali is celebrated pan-India with much grandeur – starting from households, shopping malls to small kirana stores; every place is decorated with lights or candles or diyas. You find people bursting firecrackers on the road, exchanging sweet boxes and gifts and enjoying the festival with family and friends.

In smaller cities, towns and rural areas, you may not find much difference in the way Diwali has been celebrated over the years except the fact that people might be bursting a few more firecrackers. But in larger cities, people are turning more creative and look out for creative ways to celebrate Diwali in a Do It Yourself (DIY) way.

Here are some tips for simple Do It Yourself (DIY) Diwali Decoration

1) Creative Lights

Shining Rosebuds: Using some old organza cloth or even paper, you can make rosebuds with small decorative lights in the middle of it. These lights will look cute and awesome when lighted at night.
Lights with Egg Cartons: Egg cartons can be cut like flower petals and then painted. Two or three similar flowers can be garlanded and insert a small light in the middle. It looks stunning

2) Candle Ideas

Orange peel candles: It is a great idea to make diyas with decoratively cut orange peels. Candles can be inserted in orange peels, which cut creatively with zig zag edges

Bottle Cap Candles: Cute little candles can be made with bottle caps, wicks and wax crayons. This would definitely look cute when you place more numbers or decorate a wide area.

3) Centre pieces

While sitting together for dinner with your relatives on diwali night, make your table unique and romantic with votives, glasses and rose petals. This will be wonderful floating centre piece for your table. Another idea to have a naturally aromatic candle is a cinnamon candle. All you need to have is some long and uniform cinnamon sticks, small and thick candles and some twine to wrap the sticks beautifully together round the candle.

4) Diwali Torans

This is a good recycling idea. Take some old wedding cards, cardboard or papers. Cut them beautifully in the same pattern and size and paint them colorfully. Arrange them in a twine and use as a colorful Toran at the entrance of your house to welcome the guests to bring in a festive mood.

5) Lanterns I

Lanterns of different shapes and sizes can be created with different types of old bottles. A paper bag lantern is a creative as well as eco friendly way to decorate your home. These are cost effective ideas and are unique. Having a theme-based decoration is a good idea.

Themes can be based on the electric lights you use, candles or diyas for example, seashell lights and seashell diyas, flower lights along with flower hangings and flower rangoli. In whichever way, all that required is your creativity and a group of friends around.

You can bring smaller trees/saplings in rent to keep at the gate or at the entrance area. Flower garlands can be used at the entrance. A big diya stand can also be put in the middle of the entrance, adorned with flower petals to add beauty to the celebration. Nice Rangoli designs can be made on the floor, and at the main gate using rice flour, vermillion, flower petals, colourful flowers, to give your house / apartment, a more traditional look. Depending on the budget, a small sky-lantern flying arrangement can be made. Be innovative and find out creative ways to make this “Diwali celebration” a most memorable one you and your family.

Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous Diwali!!!