So when you see around you have them in large quantities...the papers. When you go to purchase the plastic lanterns, they are sterdy and very brightly coloured, but point to be noted is they are temporary, you will discard them and their is what arises of plastic accumulation and pollution.
Every year more than lakhs of homes celebrate this fest of Diwali with lots of hope of prosperity and nourishment of good health. Thinkk parctically, with all the plastic hanging and all those fire crackers burning your money, literally, how do you prosper?
Makking a paper lamp, is simple and you can teach your childern many new techniques and also have a team work and small duties assigned to them. This will increase their morale and also make them think creatively.
Many a websites are available online for creating these Paper lamps, But rare are the cases where in these are for Diwali. Some links which are mentioned here, go through them. There are lots of ideas available and after going through them how you can easily merge them one by one to create many more new varity is what to see.
Here are some for your inspiration:
You can start it from here:
http://cdnvideo.dolimg.com/cdn_assets/f26ddc46cae1f9ae05864abc27632cc7d38a66c3.pdf
Once you have sufficientlty convinced to make your own you can check this out:
http://www.architecturendesign.net/20-amazing-diy-paper-lanterns-and-lamps/
Being in India, you really get very wide of papers, this blog is for the same, experimenting with different material of paper and different styles of making paper lanterns. Let this be The Resource!!
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