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

Lord Shiva Stand Up Card


© 2008 This project is dedicated to Gurudev.
For use in Balavihar classrooms (or personal use) only.

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Materials
Blue poster board
Lighter blue card stock
Black card stock
Brown cardstock
Orange cardstock
Silver gel pen
Black marker
Scissors
Glue stick
Double sided tape
1 small googly eye
Blue cellophane (craft store, in the party section)

Directions for Assembly
Print out templates onto lightly colored card stock. Cut out. Trace pieces onto colored card stock (as indicated on drawing) and cut out.

1. Fold the stand on the dotted lines and place the double sided tape where indicated. Peel and stick together the posterboard so that it stands upright. This is the body for Lord Shiva.
2. Draw Lord Shiva's face with black marker. Decorate with silver gel pen.
3. Glue black hair onto head.
4. Decorate the hair with silver gel pen.
5. Glue the head to body (top of the stand).
6. Draw black lines on the orange paper. Glue to the bottom of the stand.
7. Decorate snake. Stick googly eye on.
8. Peel the double sided tape and place the snake through the body, so that the tape sticks to the inside of the stand.
9. Glue moon onto the hair.
10. Cut thin strips of blue cellophane and glue them to the back of the hair so they cascade over Lord Shiva's face.

Click on image for full view. Print.