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!

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Lord Shiva Lingam Mandala

This is a coloring page for children to perform their likhita japa with. The younger children will probably fare better by coloring the picture with crayons and then writing on the outside border. The older children might want to try coloring the entire Shiva Lingam with likhita japa − ऊँ नमः शिवाय (om namaḥ śivāya)

This project was created to accompany the Kindergarten's Tracing Sheet ऊँ नमः शिवाय (click here to view.)

Materials
Markers/Crayons (black and red)
Writing pens
Mandala Page (see below)

Click on the image and print
Make sure to adjust your brightness and page settings on your printer, if necessary.


ऊँ नमः शिवाय Tracing Sheet

This is a tracing sheet to help children practice writing ऊँ नमः शिवाय (om namaḥ śivāya).
This project was created for the likhita japa segment of the Kindergarten Class.


Click on image to print.
Make sure to adjust color and size on your printer, if necessary.
Click on the video to see writing
strokes for ऊँ नमः शिवाय

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Connect the Dots: Duck

This is an activity page to help children practice their numbers 1-20 in Sanskrit. When they are finished connecting the dots and coloring the page, have them write कादम्बः below the drawing.

This was designed to accompany a story for the Kindergarten Class's lesson: "O is for Obedience."

कादम्बः
kādambaḥ
(duck)

Click the image below and then print.
Make sure to adjust your printing size, if necessary



Saturday, February 5, 2011

Connect the Dots: Cow

This is an activity page to help children practice their numbers 1-20 in Sanskrit. When they are finished connecting the dots and coloring the page, have them write the object's name in Sanskrit. This was designed to accompany the all-time favorite story "Punyakoti" for the Kindergarten class.

धेनु
dhenu
cow

Click on the image below and print.
Make sure to adjust your printing size, if necessary.