Diwali special festival for celebration with colourful rangoli of different type. Some of the types shared for Diwali 2015.
![Diwali-crat-idea-1.jpg]( "make a template and draw the sheet on the reverse side of the foam sheet")
![Diwali-craft-idea-2.jpg]( "similarly draw the petal on the reverse of the foam sheet")
![foam-sheet-rangoli-1810.jpg]( "cut the shapes using a pair of scissors")
![Foam-sheet-craft-1.jpg]( "After cutting the petal place a drop of glue on the leaf or petal pattern")
![foam-sheet-craft-2.jpg]( "stick the kundan stones and half pearls around as shown")
![foam-sheet-craft-4.jpg]( "central design formed using kundan stones and half pearls")
![foam-sheet-crat-5.jpg]( "completed leaf or petal pattern simple and easy")
![rearrangebale-kundan-rangoli-designs-1810.jpg]( "this is the complete kundan rangoli formed with all elements")
![rearrangeable-kundan-rangoli-2.jpg]( "this rangoli is formed with just four petals")
![rearrangeable-rangoli-designs-3.jpg]( "this rangoli is formed with four petals turned one hundred and eighty degrees")
![rearrangeable-kundan-rangoli-5.jpg]( "this rangoli is formed with all petals arranged and turned 180 degrees")
![foam-sheet-rangoli-1.jpg]( "another rangoli with another foam sheet and different patterns")
![Diwali-special-rangoli-1810.jpg]( "floating rangoli with kundan and half stones for Diwali 2015")
![flaoting-rangoli-step-1.jpg]( "place the central design")
![floating-rangoli-step-2.jpg]( "place the petals around the central design")
![Rangoli-on-water-Diwali-1810.jpg]( "another simple rangoli with just four petals")
Floating rangoli for Diwali using foamsheet
Foamsheet is an easy craft option to create and make rangoli for Diwali. They are available in many colours. Three is also the glitter foam sheet that has been used in this craft project for making Diwali rangolis.
Materials required
a) Glitter foam sheet
b) Template
c) kundan stones
d) Haf pearls
f) glue ( that becomes transparent after drying )
g) A pair of scissors
First a template is made ready with cardboard or the shape can be drawn directly on the foam sheet using a pencil.. Using a pair of scissors the shapes of the rangoli element are cut. Then using glue kundan stones and half pearls are stuck to get a pattern on the rangoli central designs and outer designs. The pictures below demonstrate the steps.
Rearrangeable kundan rangoli designs for Diwali
Since in the craft project steps shown above the elements are formed separately it is possible to arrange or re-arrange them to get different shapes of kundan rangoli designs.
Floating rangoli or rangoli on water for Diwali
Since foam sheet is lighter than water it easy to make it float on water. Only problem we may face is arranging all the elements of the rangoli on water because they tend to move away! After placing the vessel filled with water we have to wait for the water to become still to place the rangoli.
Another idea for colourful rangoli designs for Diwali using the traditional method of drawing rangoli is shown in the images below through steps. I have drawn two colourful lines green and red simultaneously . If it is difficult we draw them separately. The rest of the patterns or motifs are that are commonly found in rangoli designs particularly sanskar bharthi rangoli.
![colourful-rangoli-for-Diwali-2910.jpg]( "draw a circle with white rangoli and then draw the petals")
![colourful-rangoli-for-Diwali-2910a.jpg]( "place pinch of rangoli around the central design")
![colourful-rangoli-for-Diwali-2910c.jpg]( "draw lines from the circles formed by pressing the rangoli")
![Diwali-special-rangoli-2910.jpg]( "the next stage in the rangoli")
![Diwali-special-rangoli-2910b.jpg]( "complete this stage by placing green dots around the lines")
![Diwali-special-rangoli-2910c.jpg]( "draw the patterns in the gaps as shown in this stage of the rangoli")
![Diwali-rangoli-designs-2910.jpg]( "rangoli after completion will look quite attractive")
