Check out these step-by-step craft instructions and make marvellous homemade gifts for your dear ones this Eid-ul-fitr.
Quran Box
Materials needed:
1) An empty cardboard box
2) Black velvet paper - 6
3) Yellow velvet paper - 2
4) Crayons
5) A pair of scissors
6) Glue
Instructions:
1) Remove the lid of your cardboard box.
2) Cover the cardboard box from all sides with black velvet paper. Apply enough glue so that the paper sticks well to the surface and does not come out during repeated usage.
3) Using scissors, cut about an inch of cardboard from the top around 3 sides of the box. Bend back the cardboard on the untouched side. This will let the box open and close nicely.
4) Glue the yellow velvet paper to the inner sides of the "lid" and the inside of the box.
5) Cut 1/2 inch strips from the other yellow velvet paper. Glue these to all the edges of the box to give them a nice velvety feel.
6) Your "Quran box" is ready. Now you have a safe and seperate place to keep your holy Quran.
Tissue Paper Flowers
Materials needed(for a single flower):
1) Tissue paper (Red or pink)
2) Straw
3) Cotton ball
4) A pair of scissors
5) Cellotape
Instructions:
1) Using scissors, cut out a square shape (of dimensions 2" by 2") from the tissue paper.
2) Tear a small piece of cotton and put it in the center of the square tissue paper piece.
3) Crease the cotton filled tissue paper piece and wrap it around the end of the straw. Keep it in place with a piece of cellotape around it.
4) Draw a small petal shape on a small piece of tissue paper. Cut it out and making it your template, cut out 20 - 25 similar shapes.
5) Tape these around the cotton filled tissue paper to get a full flower.
6) Ruffle the petals a bit to give a natural form to your flower. You can spray a little rose-scented perfume to add some fragrance to the blossom.
Eid Lantern
Materials needed:
1) A large cardboard piece
2) Construction paper - 1 sheet, of green colour.
3) Wax paper
4) Crayons/markers
5) Glue
6) A pair of scissors
Instructions:
1) Construct the frame of your lantern with the cardboard you have. Using glue, wrap it with the construction paper cutting of the pieces which block the opening of the lamp.
2) Color the wax paper as you wish. Cut it in proper pieces to fit in the openings in your frame.
3) Attach the wax paper into the orifices of your lamp with glue. Make sure that you keep an opening in the lamp to put the light into it.
4) Your Eid lantern is ready. Now hang it from any place you like.
NOTE: Unless you make the lantern quite big in size, it is advisable that you put only small candles in it.
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