Rangoli Art

Teaching art in an environment as diverse as ours really is a joy and a privilege! Not only am I never in need of a topic (we literally sometimes have a celebration every other week 😀) but I also get to research and dig into different types of art that I might not ordinarily do and bring it to my art kiddos!

So this week the focus is on Diwali as our Hindu brothers and sisters are about to celebrate the Festival of Lights! For our project we took a look at Rangoli... This is not my first rodeo into Rangoli 😂 check out the last time here... But we're doing it differently this time.

They made some lovely designs drawing them free hand and then filled them in with colored salt to mimic the powder used in the real deal. Then they outlined with black glue to add a bit of KAPOW! Don't bother looking that up guys, it's another one of my growing list of nonsense words that the kids seem to love!

The finished product pics were still wet but when the liquid evaporates the salt crystals dry and harden and the result is a fairly durable little decoration.