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Diwali Decorations: This Diwali, dress up your house to make the festive season truly special.... Get A Fresh Start: Experiment with material accents: Use sequins, tiny glass beads, tissue, foil in different parts of your house - to redo something old or to add color and glitter. Visit your local craft store - there's no knowing what you'll find there - colored shells (that could be used to make diyas), glass trinkets, mirrors in different shapes, ribbons and doris - the possibilities are endless.
- Foil: Wrap diyas with foil; clad card-board boxes to serve sweets for a big gathering (make clearing and disposal easy).
 Fabric: Fashion a lampshade out of tissue or twirl bright dupattas around your stair banister...Else, put a tea-light into a glass; fit the glass in a crotchet 'sleeve' - the patterned cloth casts interesting shadows.- Beads: Hang long strands of glass beads between curtains or fill glass containers with them and nestle diyas within. Or use shot glasses filled with tiny colored beads to act as incense-holders.
- Ghungroos / bells: Tie to the edges of chiks, to the bottom of curtains, or make a long, thick strand and hang in the stairwell - from the top floor to the bottom.
- Sequins: Tack on large sequins to table-cloths, curtains, cushion covers, table-mata - any soft furnishing. Strew them on the floor or tables for an outdoor party.
- Bangles: Hang a series of glass bangles on a nylon rope and string these across the wall - to hide a nail, cover the head with a marigold. Else, make candle holders by sticking glass bangles one on top of another.
- Paper: Handmade paper with steaks of gold or silver makes pretty placemats. Use and dispose.
- Bindis: Have your children use bindis in different sizes to create a 'garden of flowers' on a small balcony wall. They could draw the design very lightly with a pencil - or an adult could draw it on for them and they could do the sticking. Cover just the lower two feet - as if the flowers are growing out of the ground. So the 'flowers' should have stems - green bindis. Use tiny mirrors stuck with glue for the centres.
 Mirrors: On a balcony wall, paste mirrors on the wall, and have your children paint or draw flowers in color pencils (an alternative to putting on bindis for older children). Once the festival is over, you can simply, whitewash that section of your wall, or you may wish to leave the drawing for a longer period.- Kitchen Provisions: Use dry ingredients from the kitchen to make a rangoli in the dining or kitchen area - dals, spices and powders - all work.
- Try stringing things together and hang them vertically - Rajasthani puppets hung on the wall or at the entrance to your home add rustic favor.
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