DIY rakhis for kids and babies

Rakshabandhan is around the corner. I thought, why not try to make a rakhi instead of buying it; especially for the kids. It would be a fun activity for the daughter. It was a school holiday in the middle of the week due to Maharashtra bandh. This was a good way to utilize the day.

I looked around the internet and saw a couple of DIY rakhi ideas. Then it hit me that we have a flower kit in which there are foam flower cutouts which can be stacked on straws to make flower branches.

I thought of staking the foam flowers to create a rakhi. I used some decorations from a broken bracelet and old rakhis to give it a finished look. I used wool threads to create the string for tying.

Here's how I did it.

• Cut out woollen thread. I measured around my wrist and doubled the length.
  
  
• Tie 3 threads together with a sewing thread. I used 2 orange and 1 yellow thread. I used red thread to tie them together.
  
  
• My daughter braided one to make a cohesive thread. For the other one, she wrapped the 2 orange threads around one another and then wrapped the yellow thread around the orange. I think the 2nd one turned out better.
  
  
• Take two different sized foam flowers. Glue the thread between the two flowers. I used fevibond. Hot glue can also be used.
  
  
• Then I glued a plastic flower shape from an old bracelet and a golden flower shape from an old rakhi on top.
  
  

I think it turned out good for minimal effort.


We also did another craft that day. The daughter also wanted to make a badge. She was appointed the "Chalk monitor". Yes, they have a monitor for everything these days. :)
She took permission from her teacher to make a badge.

We had an old badge. I cut out circles from the thin cardboard that is inside the shirt folds when you buy a new shirt. Glued it on the badge. The daughter coloured it with watercolour marker. Then she wrote on it and made some designs.