Handmade Diwali Gifts: Celebrate this Festive Season with Alluring DIY Diwali Gifts (2019)

• Affordable and Unique Gifting Option:
  When you make the Diwali decorations all by yourself, then each piece has a special meaning. Be it a homemade candle or a decorative piece, each one of the gifts has a unique attribute. Handmade Diwali decorations are crafted with a lot of love. Not to mention how fun they are to make. The best thing about DIY gifts is that they will not just lay on a shelf, unused. They could be a really nice gift for someone who already has everything. Also, making a DIY gift actually helps you save a lot of money. You can craft a gift for way lesser cost than the alternative in the store. DIY gifts are also memorable and touch the hearts of people that you gift. Personalised gifts are backed up with stories and occupy a special place in the heart of the recipients. Moreover, DIY Diwali gifts come in a variety of options and you will always have plenty of ideas to choose from.


• Simple Gifts Can Be Customised Using Creative Skills:
  Customised gifts are truly charming and reflect all the thought that has been put in for creating it. You can personalise a simple gift in a variety of ways. Let’s say that you are buying a piece of jewellery for someone. You can get the name of the recipient engraved on it for a personal touch. Likewise, you can customise a smartphone case that you choose for someone by printing a quote they love on it. You can very well depict your affection with personalised gifts. They also signify that you have gone out of your way to give something special to the recipient. Moreover, they are suitable for all ages as well as genders.


• Recipients Will Appreciate Your Efforts:
  DIY gifts are very well received by those to whom you gift them. Since it takes time and effort to find and make a handmade gift, the recipients will really appreciate this gift that you choose for them. Your gift will stand out from the lot and it is more sentimental as you put a lot of time and energy into making it. Making a DIY gift also gives an outlet for your creativity. It is really fulfilling and you will be proud of your work. If you are not artsy types, you can buy a handmade or handcrafted gift to add a unique touch to the gift.

Diwali Paper Lanterns

• A balloon
• Rice-paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• 1-cup of water, and
• 1-cup of flour.

• Start with inflating a balloon, tie a string on top of the balloon to suspend it.
• Make stripes of rice paper that are about 1/2 to 1-inch wide and are long enough to cover the diameter of the balloon.
• Now, make a paper mache solution by mixing 1-cup of water and 1-cup one flour. Mix it properly and stir it enough till it becomes lump free.
• Dip a stripe of rice paper into the mache solution and swipe it between the two fingers to get rid of excess solution.
• Start attaching the stripes from one end of the balloon; either horizontally or vertically, and keep moving in one direction pressing against the balloon. Repeat the same process for rest of the stripes until the whole balloon gets covered. Make sure that the stripes must overlap each other at the edges to get a finished look.
• Now, pop up the balloon and cut a small circular opening at the top of the lantern and take the balloon out.
• Attached a string on the top of the opening for hanging the lantern. For lighting the lantern, use a battery-operated candle, stick it to the bottom of the lantern with the help of cello tape.

Candle Holders

• A wooden panel
• A hand saw
• One large cup-hook
• One mason jar with lid
• A 6-inch chain
• 12-inches of wire
• One candle

• Starting with the wood panel, cut it in proportionate size keeping in mind the size of the jar. However, 12 inches in length would be recommendable for a small jar.
• Install the cup hook at the quarter bottom part of the wooden plate. Make sure the hook is tightened perfectly to avoid later breakages.
• Take a wire and wrap it around the neck of the jar and loop it with a chain to fasten it with the jar.
• To hang the plate on the wall, attach a hook behind the wooden plate and after hanging, insert the jar to the hook and place the candle inside the jar.

Fabric Gift Bag

• Two pieces of different cotton cloth
• A thick hair band
• Four pieces of holniten, and
• A large button

• Cut the two pieces, for the front and back part measuring the length of 24 cm, height 20 cm, depth 5 cm, and the width 8 cm.
• Now stitch both the cloth individually by merging the sides and keeping the opening unstitched.
• Attach the thick hair elastic at the center top of one of the stitched cloth and place the other stitched cloth inside the first one and thread the lining inside.
• Secure the corners with holniten.
• Sew the button at the quarter part from the top the bag to close the pouch.

Paper Punch backdrop

• You will need a 2" circle puncher
• A needle
• Scissors
• Embroidery thread, and
• Card stock

• Start with making the circles use 2" circle puncher on the card stock to get the circles cut out and ready. You can use the color of your choice or use a mix of different colours. Have a basic design in mind before starting
• Then cut the embroidery floss to your desired length and thread a needle with it.
• Alternate the threaded circles between the knots at every 1.5-2 inches.
• Braid several pieces of embroidery floss to the length you want. Tie the strands of threaded circles to the braid every 2 inches.

Glittery Paper Toran

• Fevicryl acrylic color pearl metallic - gold 352
• Fevicryl 3D cone outliner non-sticky glitter - silver 401
• Fevicryl fabric glue
• Fine art canvas sheet, 16

• Draw big and small flower outlines on A4 size white paper and cut them all.
• Take a canvas sheet, paint the sheet with pearl metallic-gold acrylic color. Draw some big sized flowers and circles on the sheet and cut along the outline of each flower.
• Now take a different color glitter foam sheet, draw a small sized flower and a few circles on it.
• Similarly, cut along the outlines of each flower and circle and using the fabric glue stick, stitch the circles on each of the glitter flowers. Leave it to dry for a few minutes.
• Cut down the silver ribbon according to the size of the door. Hang each flower by sticking it at equal distance with the help of fabric glue.
• To make it look more interesting, decorate the silver ribbon with some purple stones using fabric glue.

Hand Painted Diyas

• Plain diyas
• Acrylic paint
• Paint brushes
• Gold paint or marker
• Rhinestones, fake pearls or small embellishments
• Glue
• Toothpicks

• Firstly, soak the diyas in water for 1-2 hour. This helps to hold paint better.
• After it dries, paint the whole diyas or you can apply different color at the outer and the inner surface with some bright shade like red, green, yellow and orange.
• As the paints dry, decorate the top of the edges with some stones and glue.
• Moreover, you can paint the top edges with some glitter color like gold and stick the stones or the pearls at the side of the diyas.

Clay Ganesh

• Modelling clay
• Toothpick, and
• Acrylic paint

• Start by dividing the clay in proportion to make various body parts of the idol.
• Now start stacking with the base, flatten the pedestal clay to hold stomach and legs. Insert the small piece of toothpick into one end of the base and fix the stomach. This will hold the parts together even after drying.
• Next, roll out the leg portion in a perfect way to form the shape of the leg. Fix the legs to the stomach and base and merge all edges together to hide the joints.
• Similarly, roll out the clay and bend it to form the shape of hands. Fix the hands over the stomach and press gently to join them together.
• To place the face, insert the toothpick in the body and fix the head to it.
• Same way, fix the ears and roll out the trunk, bend it and fix it to the head.
• Make the eyes, tusk and 3 tiers of the head crown and back crown with the design of your choice
• Finally, paint the idol with the colors of your choice.