16 Crafts to Make for Diwali
Celebrate the festival of light with your friends and family this Diwali by getting them involved in some super fun crafting activities! From Cricut to colouring, there's something for everyone with these beautiful craft ideas.
These projects are ideal to create and display alongside your collection of handmade Diwali decorations, or as a handmade gift for someone special.
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16 Crafts to Make for Diwali
Celebrate the festival of lights with this colourful acrylic garland! Trace over the templates below using Posca Pens to reveal the bright design.
Diya lamps are traditionally oil lamps with a cotton wick dipped in ghee to symbolise prosperity for the new year. These colourful versions are made with white air drying clay and can be decorated with all manner of things. With this project, we’ve used self-adhesive jewels to add stunning details that reflect beautifully once you’ve turned the glow of your tealight on.
Embrace the vibrant colours of Diwali with this fun rangoli project! These rangoli paper plate designs are perfect for making with pre-school children as they are super-simple to bring to life. Little ones can bring together their favourite colours by decorating paper plates with paper pieces, gems, stickers and more, creating a circular pattern that transforms the blank plate. Once made, the paper plates can be strung up to create hanging decorations or used together for a hanging garland that will transform your home.
Discover how to create beautiful lanterns at the touch of a button with your Cricut machine and our handy how-to guide by Rabia. This is a great project for older children to try with a helping hand from an adult.
Traditionally, the orange and yellow of marigold garlands used in Diwali symbolise success and new beginnings. This colourful pom pom garland is a wonderful project for celebrating Diwali in your home, and it’s a great project for sharing with others. Why not get making with friends or family? The winding and threading are wonderfully mindful and offer a wonderful way to spend some time with your loved ones.
These pretty, folded Diya lamps made in beautiful metallic papers ensure these cards will stand out! They offer a wonderful way to share your Diwali sentiments with family and friends. You could switch up the papers you use, the card colour or any number of things to make variations on this design.
Happy Diwali! Celebrate the festival of light with this FREE colouring sheet download by illustrator Kamiya Chirodian.
Get ready to celebrate Diwali with this macrame lantern garland - the perfect way to decorate your home. Using just a few simple knots you can create this garland in just an afternoon. This is a great project for older children to try with a helping hand from an adult.
This sensory printing activity is great for getting creative with younger children, perfect for helping them engage with Diwali crafts. Pipe cleaners are used to make the printing implement, helping create the unique texture that captures the look of a real firework fizzing through the sky. You can make them in advance or get your little one involved in shaping the pipe cleaners with you.
Download and print at home this inspiring and educational colouring sheet illustrated by Kamiya Chirodian to celebrate Diwali; it's perfect for children of all ages.
Bring colourful lights to your home to celebrate Diwali! These milk bottle lanterns will add wonderful handmade touches when displayed around any room. They can be used individually or strung up together on a garland. Simply made with empty plastic milk bottles and tissue paper, you can make lots of these quickly to create a beautiful colourful glow for Diwali.
Share the joy of Diwali with friends and family by crafting this lovely card design. The card features a paper strip technique, perfect for using up any scraps of patterned paper you have in your craft stash. If you don’t have the acrylic jewels, you can cut out flame shapes or draw them on in pen for a similar effect.
Whether you’re celebrating Diwali with a firework display or not, why not create your own? These pipe cleaner fireworks would look fantastic on a mantelpiece and make for a fun, quick project. You can also decorate them with beads, gems and any other embellishments you may have in your craft stash.
Download and print out this beautiful design by illustrator Kamiya Chirodian. The colouring sheet depicts a stunning rangoli design that is traditionally drawn with coloured powders to celebrate Diwali.
Share the joy of Diwali with a beautiful card hand-stitched by you! This project is great for sewing beginners and beyond, allowing you to practice your stitches as you bring the flame of each candle to life. The embroidery threads will stand out beautifully against the black card backdrop.
Create a rocket picture that shows colourful fireworks lighting up the skies for Diwali! The brightly coloured rockets are bursting into stars. The project uses scrap pieces of patterned metallic card to capture an eye-catching firework display. These vibrant pictures can be personalised by using whatever materials you have to hand. Sequins would work well as well as ribbons, as well as tapes and any other trimmings.
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