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Bala Tripura Sundari HARATHI song/ Devi navarathri harathi song by small...

2018-10-25T17:51:00.001+05:30

Bala Tripura Sundari HARATHI song

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Kareena Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Katrina Kaif: Best and Worst Dressed from...

2018-05-11T21:13:00.001+05:30

Kareena Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Katrina Kaif: Best and Worst Dressed from...

Karpuragauram Karunavtaaram

2014-02-26T17:05:00.001+05:30

Karpur Gauram Karunavtaaram is an ancient Sanskrit śloka related to Lord Shiva. It is found in Yajurveda

Sloka -

Karpur Gauram Karunavataram |

Sansara Saram Bhujagendra Haram ||

Sada Vasantam Hridayaravinde |

Bhavam Bhavani Sahitam Namami ||

कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारम् |

संसारसारं भुजगेन्द्रहारम् ||

सदा वसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे |

भवं भवानि सहितं नमामि ||

Meaning -

I salute the merciful Bhava (i.e. Shiva), and his consort Sati, Adorned with the necklace of the serpent.

Word to word meaning-

Karpur Gauram : The one who is as pure/white as a camphor(karpur)
Karuna avatar : The personification of compassion
Sansara Saram : The one who is the essence of the world
Bhujagendra haram: The one with the serpent king as his garland
Sada vasantam : Always residing
Hridaya arvinde: In the lotus of the heart
Bhavam Bhavani: Oh Lord and Goddess (Sati: wife of Shiva)
Sahitam Namami: I bow to you both

The Shloka has been used on multiple times on the popular show Devon Ke Dev Mahadev which is being aired on channel LifeOk in India.

source from Wikipedia

Modern Blouse Designs

2014-02-25T12:57:00.001+05:30

Modern Blouse Designs

Today i want to post some modern blouse designs. Check these blouse designs and follow the trend which makes you look special in a party.

Modern Blouse Designs

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Blouse Designs - III

2014-02-11T16:48:00.002+05:30

Blouse Designs

Here you can see some more blouse designs.

Blouse Designs

Blouse Designs - II

2014-02-07T19:38:00.001+05:30

Blouse Designs - II

Decorate the Tree Template - Kids Crafts

2013-11-11T20:11:00.000+05:30

Decorate the Tree Template

Ages school-age

Kids will have a ball decorating this tree with their favorite Disney characters, ornaments, and any other flair they desire.

How to make it

Print the tree template on regular paper or cardstock and cut out the pieces. Tape the two pieces together. You can either color in your tree or use it as a pattern to trace onto green poster board.
Print the toppers and ornaments on regular paper or sticker paper. Color them in with crayons, color pencils, or markers. Choose your favorite topper and ornaments to stick on your tree.
Add your own crafty flair to the tree using glitter, dry macaroni, or popcorn.

Crafter's Carousel - Kids Crafts

2013-11-11T20:04:00.003+05:30

Crafter's Carousel

This photo originally appeared in FamilyFun Magazine

Total Time 1 to 2 hoursAges all-ages

This versatile rack and carrying tray can be adapted to hold drawing tools (as we show here) or other collections of craft materials (see "Customized Craft Kits" below). Set the tray on a lazy Susan and it lets all the kids at the table have access to the pens, pencils, markers, rulers and glue sticks. Each removable tub is color-coded, encouraging its eventual return.

What you'll need

Corrugated cardboard
Craft or utility knife
Plant pot tray (we used a 14-inch diameter model)
Assorted plastic juice cans, glasses and cups
Egg carton
Cardboard tubes (mailing or paper towel tubes)
Con-Tact paper (optional)
Colored tape and paints

Variations:

Drawing supplies:
pens and pencils, markers, glitter glue, oil pastels, crayons, erasers, rulers, compass

Beading kit:
beads, thread, string, jewelry fasteners and pin backs, glue, scissors

Hairstyling:
combs, barrettes, hair ties, hair sticks, bobby pins, hair mascara, hair spray

Model building:
glue, paint, craft knives, balsa wood, clamps, pins, decals

How to make it

Cut the cardboard into a circle that fits just inside the rim of the pot tray. Some trays are formed with a lip just below the rim that can support your circle. If there isn't one on your tray, create a support by forming a ring from a 1-inch-wide strip of corrugated cardboard (with the corrugations running the short way). Set it against the inside wall of the tray.
Gather your art materials and match them to the most suitable containers (pencils in a tall cup, erasers in a section of egg carton and so on). Arrange the containers on the cardboard circle, placing smaller containers toward the outside and taller tubes in the center. Once you have a layout you like, trace around the containers.
Cut out the traced shapes with a craft or utility knife (adults only). As you cut, keep to the outside of the traced lines so the containers will slide out easily. Tip: To strengthen our unit, we glued the three center tubes to the cardboard circle. You could also use tape. Also, we placed one of our smaller cups inside a shallow, slightly larger cup. This larger cup stays in the circle, allowing the smaller one to be removed and replaced even more easily.
Cover the tubes, jars and large cardboard circle with Con-Tact paper, if you like, to make the carousel more durable.
Wrap colored tape or paint a band of color around the top of each container. Paint a ring of the same color around the hole so you'll be sure to know which container goes back into which hole.

Animal Jars - Kids Crafts

2013-11-11T20:02:00.000+05:30

Animal Jars

Total Time 2 to 3 hoursAges school-age

Recycle jelly and sauce jars to hold all your little toys, item, and coins. Give your glass a new lease on life by making these adorable animal buddy jars to display in your room! Makes a fun Earth Day craft for kids that is also environmental friendly. Also check out our other animal themed crafts and visit our Earth Day homepage, which features other fun recycled crafts, recipes and fun printables.

What you'll need

Clean, empty glass jars
Felt, any color you like
Pom poms (for noses)
Scissors
White craft glue
Wiggle eyes
Gesso (recommended: Liquitex Basics Gesso) or white craft paint
Patterns

Helpful Tip:

Get creative and make whatever animals you like. Use jars from jelly, mayonnaise, pickles and other condiments. You can use hot glue for attaching the felt to the lids if you like.

How to make it

Print the patterns.
Remove lid from jar and paint with a layer of Gesso or white paint. Let dry. (See photo.)
Line the top of the lid with glue. Pipe glue around the outside rim as well.
Place lid, glue side down, onto a piece of felt. (See photo.) Wrap felt around lid and rim and hold snugly so glue can begin to grab. Sometimes felt will soak up the first layer of craft glue. If this happens, pipe more glue around the rim and repeat. (See photo.)
Trim the excess felt around the edge of the rim. (See photo.)
Fill the jar with whatever knick knacks, toys, or coins that you like.
Return the felted lid to the jar.
Cut additional animal pieces (ears, cheeks, trunks) from pattern to create animal faces. We used contrasting colors for some of our designs. For example, we used maroon for the red dog's cheeks to stand out against its red face. (See photo.) Glue these pieces on, using our finished photo as a guide on where to place them. (See photo.)
If creating the cat or dog, cut out long thin strips of felt for the whiskers and glue them on top of the cheeks.
Glue the facial parts in place. Use pom poms for noses. (See photo.)
Glue on wiggle eyes. (See photo.)

Homemade Hobbyhorse - Kids Craft

2013-10-31T18:55:00.001+05:30

Homemade Hobbyhorse

This photo originally appeared in FamilyFun Magazine

Total Time 1 to 2 hoursAges toddler

Ages: 2 years and up

Giddyap! Keep your little neigh-sayer horsing around for days with this soulful steed, easily assembled in about an hour from a dowel and a fuzzy slipper sock. If clippety-clopping through the house loses its spark (unlikely), let him try a horseplay scenario or two. He can jump over foam blocks in a steeplechase course or compete in a toy animal rodeo, using a yarn lasso or tongs to corral that plastic cow as he trots by.

What you'll need

1 fuzzy slipper sock
Polyester stuffing
Needle and thread
Felt (we used off-white, yellow, and brown)
Hot-glue gun
Yarn needle and 13 yards of thick yarn
Thick dowel or broom handle, cut to fit your child (ours measures 2 1/2 feet)
1 1/2 yards cording (we used velvet)

How to make it

Loosely fill the slipper sock with polyester stuffing.
Make the nostrils. With the heel facing up, pinch the fabric on one side of the toe and sew a 1/2-inch-wide horizontal stitch across the pinch. Knot the ends, then repeat for the other nostril.
To make ears, cut four matching rounded triangles from felt (ours are 2 inches wide by 2 1/2 inches high). Glue them together in pairs. Slightly bend each ear to create a hollow, then sew them to the head as shown.
Cut out almond-shaped eyes and pupils from felt. Sew the pieces together, then sew them onto the head.
To make the forelock, sew a 4-inch piece of yarn through the head where shown, then knot it close to the head so it looks like fringe. Repeat, tying 10 lengths of yarn about H inch apart to the top of the head. (Tip: To avoid continuously re-threading the needle, use one 2-foot length of yarn at a time and trim it after each stitch.)
To make the mane, sew and tie 35 1-foot-long pieces of yarn about 1/2 inch apart to the back of the head and neck. Taper the width of the mane into a V shape as you work your way down the sock.
Pad the top of the dowel with a large handful of stuffing. Pull the head over the dowel and add stuffing as needed. Apply one large bead of glue to the dowel, then press the sock to the glue for 5 seconds. Pleat and glue your way around the dowel, then glue a length of cording to the dowel just below the sock.
To make the bridle, glue two 1-foot lengths of cording around the horse's head as shown (fold the ends under to hide the raw edges). To make the rein, drape a 21-inch length of cording around the back of the horse's head, then glue it to the sides of the bridle as shown, wrapping the ends around the cording at the nose to hide the raw edges.

Tiny Bubbles - Kids Crafts

2013-10-31T18:07:00.002+05:30

Tiny Bubbles

Total Time 30 minutes or lessAges preschooler

You and your child can send clouds of tiny bubbles skyward with this quick trick.

What you'll need

Drinking straws
Tape
Dish-washing liquid
Light corn syrup (or glycerin)

How to make it

Instead of a traditional bubble wand, use a number of drinking straws bound together with a few pieces of tape.
Dip one end of the bundle into a shallow dish of bubble solution (you can make your own by combining 1 cup of water with 1/3 cup of Dawn or Joy dish-washing liquid and 2 tablespoons of light corn syrup or glycerin), then blow through the straws, being careful not to let the solution run down the straws to your mouth.
The cluster of straws will produce scores of diminutive bubbles.

Boogie Monster - Kids Craft

2013-10-31T17:15:00.001+05:30

Boogie Monster

Ages preschooler

Total Time 1 hour

These zany desktop dancers have the "cents" to stand on their own two feet.

What you'll need

Tacky glue
3 (12-inch) pipe cleaners
2 medium pom-poms (ours were 1 1/2 inches in diameter)
2 googly eyes
Felt
Tiny pom-pom
Wooden skewer
Feather
Poster tack
2 pennies
2 penny-size buttons

How to make it

Glue a 7-inch length of pipe cleaner between the pom-poms for arms. Let the glue dry.
For legs, fold a 9-inch pipe cleaner length in half and glue the fold to the bottom of the lower pom-pom.
Attach each googly eye to a small felt circle, then glue the eyes, felt ears, and a tiny pom-pom nose to the face.
For each horn, coil a 4-inch pipe cleaner length around the skewer, then glue the horn onto the head. Fold the ends of each arm to form hands. Glue the feather tail in place.
Add a foot to each leg by using a small ball of poster tack to sandwich each end between a button and a penny, as shown.

How to make a bowl out of buttons

2013-10-29T23:21:00.000+05:30

Here’s what you’ll need:

Buttons
Glue
A hemispheric mold (I used a curved Tupperware lid)
Release agent (I used aluminum foil)

Here’s what you’ll do:

Line your hemispheric mold with aluminum foil. You can use the inside or outside of your mold. I chose the inside and think that the weight of the buttons resting against each other made things easier.

Pour some glue onto a plate and dip the edge of your button into the glue. (I dipped them in two spots so they’d adhere to the buttons on either side of them.

Place your first button in the center and place remaining buttons on either side until you have completed your bowl. I completed one line at a time so that I could be sure they were straight.

Allow your bowl to dry completely. I left mine to dry overnight. Gently peel the aluminum foil from the bowl.

Tips for making a button bowl:

Play with different colors of buttons. Try creating fun patterns with a variety of different colors, including translucent buttons.

Try making different sizes of bowls. Small bowls are perfect for kids' rooms, larger bowls can make a gorgeous centerpiece.

Use Mod Podge to create a smooth, shiny finish.

Easy DIY throw pillow

2013-10-29T23:09:00.000+05:30

NO-SEW DIY THAT IS CUTE AND AFFORDABLE!

Desperately need to spruce up your tired old couch but hate sewing? Before you spend a fortune on trendy new throw pillows, give this super easy DIY a try! You'll save time and money, plus, no needle and thread or sewing machine required!

This is one DIY that is completely customizable. You can create your own throw pillow cover using any color or pattern of fabric you'd like! In less than 20 minutes, you can instantly update an old couch and create throw pillows that will make your friends jealous!
Original tutorial provided by Tip Junkie.

Materials:

16 x 12-inch throw pillow
Your choice of fabric (needs to be double the width and height of the pillow size)
Scissors
Safety pins

Step 1: Measure fabric

Place the pillow in the middle of the fabric and make sure both sides around it are of equal length.

Step 2: Fold fabric over pillow

Beginning at the bottom, fold the fabric up to the center of the pillow. Repeat with the top half of the fabric and overlap in the center.

Then, starting on the right-hand side of the pillow, fold the top half of the fabric in. Repeat with the second bottom half. You'll end up with the fabric shaped like a triangle.

Then, once both sides have been folded in, bring each side over the top of the pillow so it crosses over the center.

Step 3: Knot

Once both sides have been crossed over, take the ends and tie a knot right in the center. Don't worry if the pillow looks really wrinkled and messy, you can fix that once the knot has been tied.

Tuck the frayed ends of the knots into one another and secure with a safety pin.

Step 4: Display!

Straighten the fabric and tuck in any loose ends. Display on your couch or bed!

DIY colored pencil favor boxes

2013-10-29T23:02:00.003+05:30

Although making things has never gone out of style for many of us, people everywhere are suddenly announcing that crafting is back. Unlike when your grandma did it, this time it's super trendy. The challenge to turn supplies into surprise has make-and-do misses and misters everywhere plugging in their glue guns!

As a judge on TLC's popular competition show Craft Wars, I have seen this enthusiasm firsthand in the eyes of each week's contestants, willing to do battle using gallons of glitter, hundreds of hoops (normally used for embroidery) and enough spray adhesive to instantly glue viewers to their seats!

This excitement for the show inspired me to host my own “Make Things, Not War!” dinner party for a few of my craftiest friends, complete with how-to-kits that I assembled for each guest so they could create their own take-home favor boxes using little more than a handful of colored pencils and snippets of a measuring tape. So sharpen your pencils and your craft skills to get started on this weeks project!

What you'll need:

Small cardboard box
Colored pencils
Acrylic paint and brush
Measuring tape

Hot gue glun and glue sticks
Craft knife
Scissors

Step 1: Painting the box

Coat the inside and outside of your box with acrylic paint. I used white, but you can pick any color you want your box to be on the inside. The paint acts as a primer on the outside but should not show through the pencils when you're finished.

Step 2: Sizing your pencils

Gather a selection of colored pencils and trim them to the height desired for the sides of your box. I used standard-size colored pencils from Michael's Craft Store, cut them exactly in half using a craft knife and sharpened the ends.

Step 3: Attaching the pencils

Hot glue the pencils onto the box starting at the front and continuing all the way around. Use any color pattern you like!

Step 4: Add the handle

Cut the desired length needed for making your handle from a standard measuring tape used for sewing and hot glue the ends to the inside of the favor box.

Fill the box with candy or trinkets and repeat the process for every guest... or share the fun and have them make their own!

Beautiful Frame-Craft ideas

2013-10-29T22:57:00.004+05:30

FRAMED FOR THE SEASON!

Photos aren’t the only reason to use frames! This wreath is as pretty as a picture, made with a frame as its base.

You can make decorating for the spring and Easter season a little more fun by making a DIY picture frame wreath. All you need are a handful of supplies to put together a festive, seasonal hanging wreath.Inspired by the CSI Project.

Supplies:

8 x 10-inch wooden, decorative picture frame, backing and glass removed.
8-10 very small nails (the size used to hang small photos to a wall)
9.5 x 9.5-inch square of plastic grass
Decorative floral picks, and/or other seasonal sprigs like butterflies or colored eggs
Small hammer
Scissors
Wire cutters
Newspaper to cover your work surface
Wreath hanger

Instructions:

Lay the newspaper on your work surface. Place the picture frame, face down, and carefully remove the cardboard backing and the glass. Recycle or save for another project.

Turn the picture frame over so the front is facing up. Lay the plastic grass square over the top of the frame, right side down. Determine the amount that you will cut out from the middle of the square to form a frame with the grass. The grass frame will fit in the inside (around the inner edges) of the picture frame. Plan to cut away just several inches. Use your scissors to cut out the middle of the plastic square.

Once you have your grass frame ready, lay it right side up, on top of the frame. Mark the spots where you will insert the small nails into the picture frame. The nails will be used to hang the plastic grass, as the square should have several areas on its base where it can hang from.

Carefully hammer the small nails into the picture frame. Plan to use three at the top and three at the bottom, and two on each side. Hang the grass square on the small nails. Tuck in any exposed edges of the grass frame.

Make sure the grass is securely on the frame. Use the wire cutters to trim down your floral or decorative picks, as needed, then insert them into the grass. Tuck the back of the picks behind the grass so they’re not visible.

Place your wreath hanger on a door, and hang the picture frame on the hanger.

Note: This wreath is best for hanging indoors. Hang it outdoors during good weather, and bring it inside during inclement weather.

This wreath is as pretty as a picture!

A BEAUTIFUL, EASY WREATH YOU CAN MAKE AT HOME

2013-10-29T22:53:00.003+05:30

This DIY neutral yarn wreath is the perfect base for any season, allowing you the opportunity to get creative with your attachments. We're showing you two ways to update this yarn wreath for spring or summer, with some inexpensive and cute materials!

Supplies

For the wreath:

1 Styrofoam or straw wreath form (we used a 14-inch one)
Neutral colored yarn (about one spool)
Scissors

For the April add-on:

Fake flowers
Wire scissors
Felt flowers

For the May add-on:

Large potpourri nuts (like these)
White paint
Blue spray paint
White felt flowers

To make the wreath

Wrap the wreath in yarn

To make the wreath, untangle all of the yarn and tie a little knot around the wreath form (so you have a place to start).

Then start tightly wrapping the yarn all around the wreath. Note: This will take about two hours, so give yourself plenty of time and breaks!

Cut off loose ends and tie

Cut off any loose ends and tuck the extra string into the others.

To make an April spring flowers wreath

Cut flowers with wire cutters

Using wire scissors, cut the buds off the flowers, leaving a little bit of a peak so you can attach it to the wreath.

Gently stick the flowers into the Styrofoam (you may need to push some of the yarn aside so you can stick it in).

Attach flowers to the wreath

Pull back the adhesive of the felt flowers and stick those next to the wire flowers.

To make the May beach wreath

Paint two nuts white and two nuts blue

Place four tan nuts aside. Using the white paint, carefully paint two nuts with white paint.

Set aside and let dry. Paint two other nuts and spray with blue paint.

Glue and attach the nuts

Spray paint until fully coated and let dry. Once nuts are dry, glue on the wreath in an alternating pattern with the felt flowers.

Sunflower Costume

2013-10-28T21:03:00.002+05:30

Sunflower Costume

This photo originally appeared in FamilyFun Magazine

Total Time 2-3 hrsAges preschooler

This glorious costume, featuring petals made from yellow craft foam, will have your child positively blooming. The directions below are for one sunflower costume.

What you'll need

9- by 12-inch sheets of craft foam (3 yellow, 4 green, and 1 orange)
Scissors
Low-temperature hot glue gun
Cloth tape
Velcro fasteners
Pen
Sewing elastic
Red and black face paints

How to make it

For the flower petal headband, cut out 12 yellow craft foam petals that measure approximately 7 inches high and 3 inches wide, tapering to 1 1/4 inches at the base. Snip a 1/2-inch slit in the bottom center of each one. Glue together 1 1/2-inch-wide strips of orange craft foam, overlapping the ends a half inch to create a 23-inch-long headband. Starting 1 1/4 inches in from one end of the headband, cut 12 1 1/4-inch slits spaced a half inch apart.
Push the base of each petal through a slit, then bend each petal's tabs in opposite directions and secure them to the headband with cloth tape. Glue a Velcro fastener to the ends of the headband. To help hold the headband on your child's head, have her try it on and use a pen to mark a point above each ear. Make holes at the marks. Thread through the ends of a long piece of sewing elastic, adjust the length to fit around the back of your child's head, and knot the ends so they won't slip back through.
To make the leafy bib, cut out 10 green craft foam leaves that measure about 3 inches wide and 5 inches long. Hot-glue them by their tips, as shown, to a 1/2- by 18-inch strip of green craft foam. Glue a Velcro fastener to the ends. Use the same method to make leafy wrist and ankle cuffs.
Paint a ladybug on your little flower's cheek for good luck.

Tinker Bell-Inspired Trick-or-Treat Pail

2013-10-27T14:14:00.002+05:30

It's easy to transform this ordinary cheap-o, plastic pumpkin trick-or-treat pail into something magical to match your Disney Fairy on Halloween night. All you need is a little faith, trust, and pixie dust (and some felt, tulle, ribbon, rhinestones and hot glue)!

What you'll need

Plastic pumpkin trick-or-treat pail
1/4 yard green felt
1/4 yard green tulle (with optional glitter)
1/4 yard pink tulle
1/8 yard pink felt
3 yards gold ribbon
6 rhinestones
Hot glue gun & glue sticks

How to make it

Use the PDF pattern provided to cut out the following:

6 large green felt leaves

6 large green tulle leaves

12 small pink tulle leaves

6 pink felt flowers

12 pieces of gold ribbon, 8.5" each with swallowtail cut into one end
The first layer will be the green tulle leaves. Fold one tulle leaf in have lengthwise to find the center. The pointed side is the bottom, the slightly curved side is the top. Cut a small slit down the top center that is long enough to slip the handle into the slit. The tulle should come up about 1/4" over the edge of the pail opening. Hot glue the tulle leaf into place at the top. You only need to glue it in a few spots, it will be secured in the next step. Make a slit in a second tulle leaf and place it on the other side at the handle. Add the remaining four tulle leaves evenly distributed around the pail.
Apply hot glue along the top edge of a green felt leaf. Center the leaf over the pumpkin's face and fold the glued edge over the pail's opening. The center of the felt leaf should be over a point where two tulle leaves meet so that the felt leaves are staggered over the tulle leaves. Glue the remaining felt leaves around the pail's opening, evenly distributing them and slightly overlapping. If necessary, cut small slits into the felt leaves to accommodate the handle.
Pinch together two pink tulle leaves at the flat end, pointed ends down. Apply a dab of hot glue at a point where two green felt leaves meet. Glue the pinched end of the tulle on top of the felt leaves. Glue two gold ribbons over the pink tulle, folding the ribbon over the pail opening. Repeat all the way around at the points where the green felt leaves meet.
Slit up the centers of two of the felt flowers and place them around the handles. Hot glue them into place. Glue the rest of the flowers on top of the gold ribbons. Glue a rhinestone to the center of each flower.
The Tinker Bell-inspired trick-or-treat pail is complete!

Bloomin' Buttons

2013-10-27T13:56:00.000+05:30

Bloomin' Buttons

This photo originally appeared in FamilyFun Magazine

Total Time for preparation 1 hourAges school-age

If spring has yet to blossom, your kids can create a preview of the season's colors by livening up your houseplants with vibrant button flowers.

What you'll need

26-gauge green florists' wire
Colorful buttons

How to make it

For each flower, thread an 8-inch length of florists' wire up through a stack of colorful buttons, then back down, as shown.
Twist the wire just below the stack to secure it, then insert the flower in your plant's soil.

Cardboard Palm Tree

2013-10-26T21:35:00.001+05:30

Cardboard Palm Tree

This photo originally appeared in FamilyFun Magazine

Total Time for preparation: 2 to 3 hoursAges: school-age

Laden with balloon coconuts, this tropical tree helps set the party mood and serves as a centerpiece to pile birthday presents under.

What you'll need

Corrugated cardboard
Duct-tape
Balloons
Green poster board
Brown craft paper
Glue
Tape
Scissors

How to make it

Start with two 10-inch by 5-foot pieces of corrugated cardboard and duct-tape them together to create a 2-ply tree trunk.
Make a V-shaped base for the trunk by folding a 6- by 30-inch cardboard strip in half. Cut 2 slits (3 inches long by 3/16 inch wide) 4 inches in from each end. Cut matching slits 1 1/2 inches in from both sides of the trunk bottom. Slide the base onto the trunk.
Cut 2 large palm leaf shapes out of green poster board. Cut a 4- by 1/16-inch slit centered in the top and the bottom of one of the leaf shapes. Make a similar slit centered in the bottom only of the other leaf shape. Cut a slit in the center of the trunk top as well. Attach the palm leaves to the trunk as shown in the diagram above.
For tree bark, wrap long, 8-inch-wide strips of brown craft paper around the trunk on a diagonal, overlapping the edges slightly and gluing or taping the paper in place as you go.
Finally, cut a few 1 1/4-inch-long slits in the sides of the upper trunk. Attach inflated balloon coconuts (we used burgundy-colored ones) by sliding the balloon necks (just above the knot) into the slits.

Flower Crown

2013-10-20T20:42:00.002+05:30

Make a pretty flowery crown from a paper plate and paper flowers. These are fun to make for Spring or Easter.
Supplies:

A paper plate

Colored construction paper or tissue paper

Paint, markers, or crayons

Scissors

Glue

Optional - glitter, crepe paper or other ribbons

Cut a slit through the center of the paper plate, leaving about an inch at the edges of the plate. Cut three more slits.

Bend the triangles formed by the cuts upwards, forming leaf-like shapes.Paint the crown light green (or use markers or crayons to color it). Let the paint dry.

Cut out some construction paper or tissue paper flowers for your hat. Any shapes will do - let your imagination run wild and invent your own flowers.

Glue flowers to the crown.

Optional: Decorate it with glitter and/or staple two long ribbons of crepe paper to your beautiful hat.

Variation: Instead of flowers, make paper eggs, decorate them, and put them on your hat.

Heart Touching Story

2013-09-24T18:42:00.001+05:30

There once was a little boy who lived with his mother. They were very poor. The boy was very handsome and extremely smart. As he grew older, he became even more handsome and smarter. However, his mother always remained sad.

Once, the boy asked his mother, “Mother, why are you always sad?” Mother replied, “Son, a fortune teller once told me that whoever has teeth like yours will become very famous.” Then the boy asked, “Will you not like it if I become famous?”

“Oh my son! What kind of mother wouldn’t like it if her son became famous? I’m always sad because I keep thinking that you will forget me and leave me once you become famous.”

Upon hearing this, the boy started to cry. He stood there in front of his mother for a while and then ran out of the house. He picked up a rock from outside and smashed his front two teeth. He started to bleed from his mouth.

His mother ran out and was shocked to see what he had done. She asked, “Son! What did you do?” In reply, the boy held his mother’s hands and said, “Mother, if these teeth cause you pain and make you sad, I don’t want them. They are of no use to me. I don’t want to be famous with these teeth. I want to be famous by serving you, and through your blessings…”
My friends, this boy was none other than the "GREAT Aarya CHANAKYA".

Honey (Home Remedies using HONEY)

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1. To get immediate relief from BURN WOUNDS and help cure the sore fast, apply honey on the wound.

2. To cure any type of SKIN AILMENTS and wounds, apply honey on the affected area.

3. To get relief from SORE MOUTH, apply honey on the sore four times a day.

4. To improve SEXUAL power and avoid ejaculation during sleep/dream, consume honey regularly in moderate quantities.

5. To get Relief from inflammation of the jaws and from toothache, apply honey with a piece of cotton on the affected region four to five times a day.

6. To avoid constipation, consume honey regularly.

7. To improve IMMUNITY to decease in children and make them grow strong, give them honey mixed with fresh milk regularly.

8. Take honey with any medicine to get quick relief, since honey has the power to cure deceases naturally. Honey also works to improve the blood count and acts as a tonic.

9. To get relief from JOINT PAINS, make a paste of Honey and Lime (Chunnam) and apply the paste to the affected region.

10. To stop excessive URINATION take about 3 spoons of pure Honey after dinner every day.

11. To treat COUGH and FEVER in children, mix Honey with juice of Holy basil leaves and give them, twice a day for 3 days.

12. To REDUCE WEIGHT, improve general health and to strength the nerves of obese persons give 4 teaspoons of Honey to them everyday.

13. To induce normal daily bodily functions in patients suffering from DIABETES and TUBERCULOSIS, give Honey to them regularly.

14. To improve DIGESTIVE POWER and BODILY STRENGTH take Honey every morning on empty stomach. This will also get rid of tiredness and lethargy and will enhance endurance.

Source From http://generalhomeremedies4u.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/honey-home-remedies-using-honey/

Cabbage (Home remedies using Cabbage)

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1. To CURE STOMACH ULCERS AND ITCHING SENSATION, eat raw Cabbage.

2. To STOP GUM BLEEDING and CURE PILES, wash Cabbage and cut it into small pieces and eat it.

Source From http://www.allinmykitchen.com/cabbage-home-remedies-using-cabbage/