Hand made ethnic hut

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Time taken: 4 hrs

Money spent: Rs. 280

Things needed:

• card board 2 x 3 ft, card board or thermo coal 2 x 3 ft, sand, colours, dry grass, fevicol, scissors, small animal figures, small doll figure or human figures, plastic grass(small & artificial)

Process:

1. Cut the card board according to the shape  you wish the hut to be. Place windows/doors at appropriate locations.
2. Have a roof cut out from the card board and paste uniform and equal pieces of dry grass in layers using fevicol.
3. Paint the house with suitable colours.
4. Place the house on the thermo coal board and paste it in a corner.
5. Mix colours with sand and paste them on the thermo coal board to form the desired pattern.
6. Place the green plastic grass appropriately, if need you can use more creativity by placing bigger trees made from colour paper and other dry sticks.
7. Place the human and animal figures at appropriate places to give the craft a lively look.

I am sure this item will be a challenge in testing your creative skills. The more you think in creative ways the more rich the end product will look like.  Please let me know how it goes.

Table top flower vase

This one is the best substitute for flower vases available in the market :

Time taken : 30 minutes

Money spent : Rs. 170

Items needed :

• attractive flower vase container available in gift shops, natural or artificial flowers, varnish, beads, pins

Process :

1. attach beads to the artificial flowers at the top using pins
2. you can also add artificial leaves that look natural
3. natural flowers can be dried and varnished to be used here; varnish gives them more life and make them attractive
4. the above made flower and leaves are placed in the empty vase

This is one of the easiest to make, but the challenge lies in the selection of the vase and the choice of flowers.
If you like this, please leave your valuable comment so that I can also help you make it.

Lord Krishna butter pot hanging

This looks really cute once done :

Time spent : 2.5 hrs

Money spent : Rs. 225

Items needed :

• small pot, velvet cloths blue & red, designer paper or cloth, strings, beads of different colours, iron ring of approximately same size as pot's mouth, other designer additions, mirrors or thin flat coins made of metals, cotton

Process : 

1. cut the velvet cloths in different designs and paste them on the pot
2. paste other designs made with shiny cloths or papers over the pot at the neck and at the middle
3. tie a rope wrapped in colour paper at the neck
4. made strings with different colours of beads and tie them at the coloured rope on one end and iron ring at the other
5. cover the iron ring with colour papers or paint it in contrasting colour
6. place cotton at the mouth of the pot so that it looks like butter
7. paste/pin flat coins on all sides of the pot bulge

This item gives beauty and adds as a filler to the dining room, you can also put this in the main hall.
Several pots like this will also give a good splendor to a well decorated home. Please come up with your feedback as always.

Door hangings

This is one of the best ones I made :

Time taken : 2.5 hrs

Money Spent : Rs. 250

Items needed :

• fancy items of blue and white colours, you may change the colours according to your taste
• small mirrors
• strings
• small curtain rod rings

Process :

1. insert the items according to the design pattern as shown in the above picture
2. paste mirrors with their backs touching each other with the string in between at lengths forming a pattern
3. note that for door hangings, all strings must be of equal length
4. attach curtain rod rings at the top
5. attach the final hanging with curtain rod rings sticking to the wall or themselves in turn attaching to a similarly made horizontal string.
6. you may use cello tape/two-side tape for sticking the hanging to wall

Though from the picture it looks complicated, it is very simple to make and will save you money if made at home. It also helps look your home beautiful. Let me know if you need my help or have any doubts. 

Dining room partition strings

Take a look  at what I made for the semi-circle arch separating our dining room from the main hall:

Time taken : 4 hours

Money spent : Rs. 400

Things needed :

• beads of different colours depending on our taste and wall colours, small circular mirrors, curtain rod rings(small), cello tape, two way sticker, plastic string roll, other hanging showpieces that could be added

Process :

1. beads are added to the string with contrasting colours mixed alternatively.
2. mirrors are stuck to the string facing opposite sides with the string in between forming a pattern as shown in the picture. The patterns can be arranged as you wish
3. other hanging pieces can be added at the very bottom to give the long string more attraction.
4. curtain rod rings are added to the top of the strings to make it easier to be hung or attached to the arch wall.
5. use cello tape and two side sticker to attach the whole string to the wall.
6. this process can be followed for other areas of the house as well.

Main entrance welcome strings

These are by far the most attractive ones I made for my home :

Time spent : 4 hrs

Money spent : Rs. 250

Things needed:

• beads of your colour choice, small ganesha idols with longitudinal holes, any other attractive filler, kalasam idol with longitudinal holes, plastic string, scissors -- all these could be found in general bazars or fancy shops in any part of India.

Process:

1. Start by cutting different lengths of strings as desired -- depends on the shape of the welcome pattern you want to achieve.
2. Fill the string with the ganesha idols, beads, smaller fillers, etc 
3. Make sure that you are satisfied with the sequence that you are following
4. The pattern shape shown in the above pictures is what is followed generally in households. 

Though the process is very easy, the real interesting part is shopping for the right combination of items to be put in the strings. As always, please feel free to let me know your feedback. 

Radha - Krishna Sketch

This is the most beautiful and real life size sketching task that I have ever taken up :

Time taken : 2 hrs

Money spent : Rs. 100

Things needed :

• White chart, scale, pencil, eraser, black sketch, master copy of the target picture, plastic coating

Process :

1. Start sketching with pencil using the grid method. You will need to be a good sketcher to do this, don't worry; it comes by practice.
2. Make it fair by using a black sketch, make sure to do the roughing using a pencil where needed to get the shadow effects
3. Once completed, have the sketch coated with wax or plastic. You can also get this laminated at any xerox shops. 

If any doubts, feel free to ask me.