Published 16:32 IST, October 21st 2019
Diwali 2019: Best DIY gifts for the festive season this year
Diwali 2019: You can be creative with your gifts this year. From making homemade sweets hamper to handmade candles, there are a lot of ideas at your disposal.
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Dry fruits, sweets and mementos are standards gifts of Diwali. From fancy-looking dry fruit box to cartons of dinner sets, people come up with several ideas for Diwali gifts. This festival is not all about lights, life and happiness, but also new clothes, family reunions and gifts. Ignoring the annoying relatives, we have compiled a few DIY ideas for gifts this festive season.
1. Dazzling lamps
Gone are the days of regular string lights loading your house, just like everyone else’s. Kids today themselves come up with creative ideas with innumerable options for decorating your home. Light-weighted and gorgeous, handmade lanterns brighten up and adorn home well. Furthermore, you can check out various choices of designs to put your efforts into.
2. Creative candles
Lights and diyas are available everywhere weeks before Diwali. How about gifting someone something closer to nature? Enrol for a candle-making crash course, or simply look up online ideas to create pressed flowers candles, using beeswax and original flowers. You can customise the style according to the props available.
3. Scrumptious sweets
One of the best things about this festival is scrumptious sweets including gulab jamun, motichoor ke laddu, kaju katli and rasgullas. What about custom made mithai hamper? From sugar-free mithais to unconventional sweets for children, you can include chocolate cupcakes and marshmallows apart from desi Indian mithais for this festive season.
4. Quirky handmade ornaments
Use beads and ribbons to create incredible pieces of jewellery for your loved ones. Creative and aesthetic, earrings and chain neckpieces will win the hearts of those you gift them to. From spunky Bossy earrings to quirky heavy neckpieces and belts, every divine style is customisable owing to your imagination. Build beauteous ornaments with your hands and gift them to your loved ones with what they like.
15:29 IST, October 21st 2019