Dedicated to our Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda

Dedicated to our Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda

Hari OM!

This blog is designed to serve as a library of art and craft ideas for our balavihar children. We hope that you will find this site useful. Please feel free to use any (or all) of the projects you see posted here. We ask, however, that you refrain from publishing (in any form) these templates, instructions, and photographs, unless you receive written permission. These projects are being provided for your own personal use or use in the Balavihar classroom.


All art projects are categorized by 1) material, 2) use, and 3) type. For example a Diya greeting card would be under the labels "Paper" and "Cards," while a Lord Hanumaan puppet would be found under "Paper," "Toys and Puppets" and "Gods and Goddesses." Most materials for these projects can easily be purchased from any local craft store — and some projects involve materials you already have laying around the house.


We would love to hear your suggestions and ideas about any of the information you find on this site. And, if you have any projects that you would like to share with other seviks/sevikas, please send a picture of the finished piece, as well as instructions on how to make the project – so we can post it.


Happy Creating!

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Cow Puppet


© 2009 This project is dedicated to Gurudev.
For use in Balavihar classrooms (or personal use) only.
Click on picture to view enlarged.

This a fun project for the young kids to do with the all-time favorite tale, "Punyakoti." After cutting all the pieces out, assembling the puppet is very easy – just refer to the picture above.

Materials

• Brown paper bag (lunch size is good)
• Tan cardstock
• Small piece of black cardstock
• Brown cardstock
• Small piece of pink cardstock
• Glue stick
• 2 Wiggly eyes
• Scissors
• Black marker

Directions

1. Print image below. (Click on image for enlarged view.) Cut out pieces to use for template.




2. Trace the shapes onto corresponding cardstock color.
3. Cut all the pieces out.
4. Glue onto paper bag. (Refer to picture above for placement.)
5. Draw the nostrils on with black marker.
6. Glue the wiggly eyes.
7. Glue the tail on the back side of bag.

Have fun retelling the story with your puppet!!
Posted by CMTC Sevika at 7:01 PM
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