How To Make Diva Lamps

How to make lamp diyas using clay and decorate them deepavali diwali special dear all please do try this beautiful lamps diyas and enjoy your deepavali.

How to make diva lamps. The following day i gave little n some of the salt dough to play with. Families will light small handmade earthen oil lamps called diyas. Give each child a ball of clay. Even if you don t celebrate diwali you can make your own diya to decorate and light up.

I explained to her what i was doing as i made them and showed her as we did it. Ask them to soften the clay by rolling squashing and squeezing it. Take a small lump of clay and warm it in your hand for a minute by lightly rolling it into a loose ball shape. This will indent the top.

2 cups of plain flour. Diyas are bowl shaped and usually made of clay but when clay isn t readily available it is easy to make and decorate diyas at home. Traditionally diva lamps are made small enough. Diyas or oil lamp are often used temporarily as lighting for special occasions diyas are native to india often used in hindu religious festivals such as di.

How to make salt dough diva lamps. It s easiest to work with a clay that. For a round lamp leave the shape as it is but raise the rim edge with more clay in a circle around the top. Wet your fingers with water and gently press your fingers all over the surface to smooth out the lines slowly form it into a ball shape.

Let them shape the lamp by gently pinching the clay up at. Ask them to make it back into a ball shape and then squash it flatter but still keep the clay quite thick. Let s start making the lamps. Add to a bowl and mix well.

1 cup of water. Mold the clay into the desired shape for your diwali diva lamp. For a star shaped lamp pinch the sides of the top of the bowl with your forefinger and thumb. Roll a piece of polymer clay several times to remove any air bubbles.