Ramayana Puppets.

I wanted children to understand why we celebrate Diwali and so the story of Ramayana had to shared with them. The book by Bhakti Mathur was useful in explaining the story to the little ones as it has bright illustrations and rhyming text.

We made some cute puppets to retell the story. I gave them cutouts and paper bags and all they had to do was assemble them together and add features.

Puppets of Lord Rama!

Puppets of Goddess Sita!

The Brave Hanumanji!

Ravana!

It was great fun to see children enacting each character from the story. They thoroughly enjoyed the process and so did I!

Holi- An Indian Festival Of Colors!

Holi is a spring festival celebrated in India by Hindus. It is also called the festival of colors.  During the celebrations, people gather with their friends and family and play with water and color. They visit each other's houses and dance, sing and  enjoy eating sweets. It is a fun filled festival that marks the arrival of spring and end of winter. All kids enjoy this festival because it gives them a chance to get wet and throw water balloons at their friends or passerby's.

I always introduce the festival to little children by reading this informative book.

After reading, we do this fun water gun craft! 

Grab the template and a fact sheet about the festival from my TPT STORE.

How do you celebrate Holi with little children? Let me know by leaving a comment.