The pandemic has limited our options this festive season but our spirits are high and we won’t lose hope. This Diwali create your own décor by making decorative pieces on your own using easily available craft items. Here are some ideas that you can do all by yourself to celebrate this year’s festival of lights.
Hula Hoop for a Chandelier Diwali decoration without string lights is incomplete. You can use the string lights in a different way to decorate the living room by making a hula-hoop chandelier. To make a hula-hoop chandelier, wind the string lights around the hula-hoop and hang it from the ceiling. This makes for a beautiful and quick festive décor item for both outdoor and indoor. |  |
 | Thread Lanterns for the rustic touch Thread lanterns give your festive décor a rustic as well as warm look. This simple and easy decorative item needs glue, balloons, cotton yarn and water. Add little water to glue in a bowl and put the yarn in it. Keep it aside for some time. Now inflate a balloon and wind the yarn around it in random manner. When the glue dries, burst the balloon with the help of a pin and insert string lights in it. Hang them in the balcony or on the rooftop area. |
String lights around the greens Light up your garden and arrange for a tea table to welcome your guests this Diwali. If you have hanging pots in your balcony, make the most of it and light up your home from the outside by winding string lights in any pattern you like around the potted greens. |  |
 | Cut it out yourself Carve diyas on colourful craft papers to make festoons. You can hang these at your main door, living room empty wall or in the puja room to add colour to the festival of lights. Children usually find this very engaging and love to participate in the pre-Diwali preparations doing such crafts. |
Flowers of papercones Skip the rangoli this year and decorate your floor with a paper cone flower. Take colourful craft paper and fold them into cones. Now arrange them like a flower in a circular pattern and glue them at their sharp ends onto a cardboard cut into a circle. You can also use smaller ones to decorate the center table or stick them to the doors. |  |
 | Beach memoirs can be handy If you have small conch shells at home, your décor can make a statement. Fill the empty side of the shell with hot wax, dip a wick and wait for it to cool. Light them up on the window sill or on the center table and feel the warmth of the festive season. |
Flowers to the rescue Decorate your living room floor with a colourful floral rangoli. Use petals of flowers of various colours to make patterns on the floor and say no to the hassles of making the usual rangoli. Try using whole flowers and garlands instead of petals. It is easier and takes much less of your time. |  |
 | The tailor-made perfect picture background What is Diwali without a good click with family and friends? And what is a good picture without the proper background? Make a custom background for this Diwali using your choice of colourful, glittery and lustrous sequins and tassels. Make a string of sequins and tassels and hang it on an empty wall with fairy lights to light up the background to make for the perfect night light click. |
