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!

Showing posts with label Graphed Images. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Graphed Images. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Abstract Coloring Page

A Color by Number page in Sanskrit. This is designed to help children learn and identify numbers and color words.

This page is copyrighted and provided for personal or class use only.
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Monday, March 8, 2010

Abstract Coloring Page

A Color by Number page in Sanskrit — designed to help children learn and identify numbers and color words.

This work is copyrighted and provided for personal or class use only.
Click on the image below and print.


Friday, March 5, 2010

Abstract Coloring Page

A Color by Number page in Sanskrit.


This work is copyrighted and provided for personal or class use only.
(Click on the image and print.)





Abstract Coloring Page

A color by number page in Sanskrit.


This work is copyrighted and provided for personal or class use only.
(Click on the image and print.)




Thursday, March 4, 2010

Abstract Coloring Page

This is a color by number page in Sanskrit.


This work is copyrighted and provided for personal or class use only.
(Click on image and print.)





Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Flower Coloring Page

A Color By Number page in Sanskrit.


This work is copyrighted and provided for personal or class use only.
(Click on the image and print.)




Flower 2 Coloring Page

This is a Color by Number Page in Sanskrit. It is designed to help young children learn and identify numbers and color words.

This page is copyrighted and provided for personal or class use only.
Click on the image below and print.

Diya Coloring Page

This is a coloring by number page in Sanskrit.


This work is copyrighted and provided for personal or class use only.
(Click on the image and print.)




Tulips Coloring Page

A color by number page in Sanskrit.


This work is copyrighted and provided for personal or class use only.
(Click on image and print.)


Thursday, October 1, 2009

Peacock (Graphed)

This graph can be used for cross stitching, beading, paper mosaics, plastic canvas, etc. — basically any project that requires graphing! We used this design for bead looming and cross stitching in our summer camp art class.

© 2009 This project is dedicated to Gurudev.
For use in Balavihar classrooms (or personal use) only.
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Diyas (Graphed)

This graph was designed for peyote stitch bead weaving.

© 2009 This project is dedicated to Gurudev.
For use in Balavihar classrooms (or personal use) only.
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OM (Graphed)

This graph can be used for cross stitching, beading, paper mosaics, plastic canvas, etc. — basically any project that requires graphing! We used this design for bead looming and cross stitching in our summer camp art class.

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



































This OM poster was made with images of Pujya Gurudev Chinmayanandaji, Pujya Guruji and Swami Shantanandaji. The background was created from black and white xeroxes, while the foreground was done from the same xeroxing — only on orange paper stock. Each image is 1" square. This OM was the first one made from the graph, hence the slight differences in the letter stroke. We have since made some graph corrections for the more recent beaded projects above. Click on the picture to view enlarged.

Lord Ganesha (Graphed)

This graph can be used for cross stitching, beading, paper mosaics, plastic canvas, etc. — basically any project that requires graphing! We used this design for bead looming and cross stitching in our summer camp art class.

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































Shiva Lingam (Graphed)

This graph can be used for cross stitching, beading, paper mosaics,  plastic canvas, etc. — basically any project that requires graphing! We used this design for bead looming and cross stitching in our summer camp art class.

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






























Hari OM Graph

This graph can be used for cross stitching, beading, paper mosaics, plastic canvas, etc. — basically any project that requires graphing! We used this design for bead looming and cross stitching in our summer camp art class.

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







Sunday, September 20, 2009

Mosaics with Paper

© 2008 This project is dedicated to Gurudev.
For use in Balavihar classrooms (or personal use) only.
© 2008 This project is dedicated to Gurudev.
For use in Balavihar classrooms (or personal use) only.
Click on image to view enlarged.

Summer Camp 2010
This is a really fun and simple project to do, with any kind of paper - wrapping, artist decorative, scrapbooking, magazine photos, or even plain construction. (Here is a good justification for saving scraps from around the house.) We like to use decorative and scrapbooking because it adds interesting texture and patterning. Before doing a Rangoli picture, we suggest that you start with a basic square grid pattern, so that the children can begin to understand how colors and patterns relate to and effect one another.

Materials
Base paper. Light colored cardstock is recommended.
Variety of paper scraps (cut into 1 or 2 inch squares)
Glue stick
Scissors
Pencil
Ruler

Directions
With a pencil and ruler, lightly draw and 1 (or 2 inch) square grid on the surface paper. Arrange your paper squares and glue.

Note: Once the child has mastered the art of arranging and gluing, have him/her experiment with rangoli designs. You can cut a square into triangles, for instance, to create a more complicated pattern. The possibilities are endless!