Glass Painting: An awesome learning

Kids are at its best to enjoy winter vacations. What if they learn some art and activities while having a pleasant time during their break? In India Glass Painting is thrilling and exciting art practiced in many parts of the country. Now a days painting has become a popular feature and catching up as a hobby due to its awesome results and easy availability of the material required. BAGS offer you a fulfilled experience to learn Glass painting. Glass painting has a stunning clarity and rich colors. The overall appeal of glass and semi-transparent paints together provide a beautiful look.

Learn Glass Painting in simple steps at Books, Activities and Games stores.

Material required:

• Rectangular or Square shape glass
• Chart paper
• Piece of cloth
• Semi transparent glass colors
• Water colors

How to make:

• Select a design of your choice and draw in on a paper or chart.
• Cut the paper sheet according to the size and shape of glass.
• Clean the glass with the piece of cloth
• Place the glass on the paper.
• Make the outline of the design on the glass with black color tube to avoid splitting of colors and leave it to dry.
• Fill the design with your choice of favorite water colors and Leave the painting to dry for 24 hours.
• See it through the source of light, this will tell you the portions where the paint is less or thin. If required, do another coating of paint on it.

Try out more design in similar way. Painting on glass can be a very fulfilling experience for all.

Christmas Finger Puppets!

After your kids make these holiday-inspired finger puppets, it may be hard to part with them!

What you’ll need: Assorted colors of felt (red, black, white, brown, and beige), scissors, dime-size coin wrappers, quick-setting gel glue , 1¼” round natural wooden beads, fine-tipped marker; additional embellishments such as pipe cleaners, small buttons, and mini pom-poms

Make it: Cut a rectangle of felt large enough to cover the rounded coin wrapper; glue in place. Glue the wooden bead on top of the felt-covered coin wrapper; let dry completely before handling. Draw eyes using a fine-tipped marker.

For Santa, cut a shorter rectangle of red felt and wrap around the cylinder, gluing only the top edge of the felt down to resemble a jacket. Glue a small black button at the top and a strip of black felt underneath. Cut a half circle out of red felt and form into a cone-shaped hat; glue at the seam.

Add a mini pom-pom to the top. Glue a thin strip of white felt to the bottom, and then glue the hat on top of wooden bead. Make a mustache and beard out of white felt and glue in place.

For Elf, make jacket according to directions above and finish by rounding the edges. Create a hat, belt, and collar from matching felt and secure to puppet with glue.

For Rudolph, cut an oval from beige felt and glue to front of cylinder. Cut a small oval, glue to the face, and add a mini pom-pom for a nose. Cut out two ear shapes from beige felt and glue in place on bead. Bend a brown chenille stem into antlers and glue between ears.

For Snowman twig arms: For the snowman arms, wrap a chenille stem around the back of the snowman and glue it to the body for extra support. To make top hat, cut a felt circle that’s appropriate for the size of the puppet’s head. Cut a narrow strip from felt and form into a circle; glue the overlapping ends together. Apply a little glue  to the bottom of the circle of felt and glue it onto the larger circle. Cut a small circle of felt and glue on the top of the hat. Apply glue to the middle of the felt brim and adhere it to the top of the snowman’s head.

Get your kids’ creative juices going and chase away the holiday blues with a our art and craft session at Books, Activities and Books Store, Jaipur.

B.A.G.S specializes in  children’s entertainment, art and party venue, catering for kids aged 2 to 12 years. Catch your breath and catch up with friends while your children spend time playing, creating and exploring in a secure space.

Books, Activities and Games Store (BAGS)

Hawa Sadak- Baesment Jajoo Towers, A-7/9, Hawa sadak Jaipur.

Raja Park- 402, Gali No. 3 Raja Park, Jaipur.

Call- +91-0141-2219096, 2620611.

This Diwali- Go Green! No Fancy Lightings;Go for Diya’s!

We at B.A.G.S believe to teach our kids about  how diwali celebrations could actually be damaging our planet in the long term!

So, how about going “green” this Diwali? It’s simpler than you thought…
Conserve energy this Diwali: avoid using wasteful electric illumination, fairy lights and light strings to brighten up your home or establishment. Opt for the traditional earthen oil lamps, which actually create a magical effect as the flicker on a dark, moonless night!

Earthern diyas are a zillion times better and more beautiful than fancy lights!

So why not, Light your home with colorful diyas  and make your home look colorful and beautiful.

Things you need-
a. Paint (Choose your favorite colors from Fevircyl Hobby Ideas)
b. Brush
c. Little water in a bowl
d. Clay diyas

Paint them

Choose the combination of your favorite colors and paint them. Some of the popular colors are maroon/red, gold, silver to denote the festive mood. Yellows, green, orange are other favourites.

You can use any combination you like.

Embellish the Diya

Once painted , you can add some cute embellishments on them. Ceramic or glitter deck up can be done to make them more glam!

So paint the diya’s & light them around your house. The handmade Diya’s on which you have done your decorations look more beautiful and stunning as you light them up.

So, just hurry up and visit us at :

Books, Activities and Games Store (BAGS)

Basement, Jajoo Towers, A-7/9, Hawa Sarak, Jaipur and

402, Gali No. 3, Banipark, Jaipur, Rajasthan

 

Paper Flowers

This Diwali,  decorate your home with something new and creative crafted by you or your kids!

Adorn your drawing-room or living room with these gorgeous handmade flowers which are colorful and very easy to make.

Material:

1. Tissue Papers (Red, Pink, Purple, Green, White)
2. Stem Wire
3. Floral Tape (Purple, Red, Pink, Green)
4. Thread
5. Scissors
6. Pencil
7. Gum

Method:

1. First of all, cut the Pink tissue papers in the shape of petals.
2. Make 25 petals for flower.
3. Now cut the green tissue paper in the shape of leaves.
4. Now take some stamens and wrap it on the wire stem with floral tape.
5. Now attach the leaves to the flower stem with thread and wrap the stem with a green color floral tape with the help of gum.
6. A flower stem is ready and same is directed for rest of the flowers.
7. You can also place them in a vase.

Enjoy this fun-filled activity at home or visit B.A.G.S where you will find all the required material for this while you can have an amazing day doing a lot more creative and exciting activities.  The lively aura of our store would add unique spark to your creativity.

Visit our stores at:

Basement, Jajoo Towers, A-7/9, Hawa Sarak, Jaipur and

402, Gali No. 3, Banipark, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Make Your Own Sparkling Candles!

B.A.G.S encourage education and values through innovative and creative toys. All our toys are carefully chosen and keeping in mind the needs of children of different age groups.

As the festive season is just round the corner, let’s make sparkling candles with the help of this kit.

The kit enables a budding hobbyist to make as many as 6 mind blowing candles in the shape of miniature flowerpots.

Just follow these simple steps-

1. Paint the pots using the bright fluorescent colours in diverse themes of your own and unearth a hidden artistic potential within you.
2. With coloured sand, glitter and adhesive you can even make a potpourri mix
3. Melt the candle wax flakes and fill into the pots along with the wicks.
4. Showcase your sparkling candle potpourri and light them up for this Diwali and proudly display this unique art work!

Give a pleasant surprise to your relatives & friends by gifting them these handmade candles during any festive occasion.

So, just hurry up and visit us at :

Basement, Jajoo Towers, A-7/9, Hawa Sarak, Jaipur and

402, Gali No. 3, Banipark, Jaipur, Rajasthan

 

10-minute craft idea

We love to read books but due to tight schedules, we leave them mid-way. And when we open the book again, that tough time remembering the point you left at. Sure, bookmarks are a solution. So how about making one on your own? This quick and easy weekend project is perfect for on-the-go crafty peoples.

Supplies:

A leaf

Card stock (in shape and size you prefer for your book mark)

Laminations film

Paper- punching machine

Ribbon

Instructions:

The best thing about this craft idea is there are absolutely no glitches. J

Collect a leaf from your garden and stick it to the piece of card stock, sized for your bookmark. Cover up with the lamination film, so that the leaf does not get spoiled. Punch a hole on the top with a paper-punching machine and finish off with a ribbon at the top.

Find more such ideas and craft supplies at Books, Activities and Games Library and Store (BAGS):
Hawa Sadak- Basement, Jajoo Towers, A-7/9, Hawa Sadak, Jaipur.
Raja Park- 402, Gali No. 3, Raja Park, Jaipur.
Call- +91-0141-2219096, 2620611.

Dog flowers from paper craft

The art of Paper folding and cutting is certainly not new. But the creativity it offers is limitless for sure. Books, Activities and Games Library and Store (BAGS) show you how easy it is to create beautiful dogwood blossoms out of something so simple: paper.

Supplies:

• White card stock
• Paper cutter
• Scissors
• Hole punch (standard)
• Distress Inks (Ivy and Sepia tones)
• Rubber stamp

Instructions:

Fold your squares into quarters to get nice and crisp folds.

Open the square back up, and fold corner to corner, just using your hand to crease, this gives a softer look to the petals.

Fold the paper back into a square. Hold the square on the diagonal and cut the “corners” off, creating a teardrop shape.

Open your paper to reveal your almost dogwood!

 

When you’ve finally cut out as many as you want, it’s time to make it look real! Using a rubber stamp with distress ink (Ivy), stamp on the center of your dog flower cut-outs.

Then using a standard office hole punch, clip all four petals and then ink it using sepia ink. And your dog flowers are ready!

If you need more inspiration, study the actual flower.

 

Find all the supplies and more craft ideas at

Books, Activities and Games Library and Store (BAGS):
Hawa Sadak- Basement, Jajoo Towers, A-7/9, Hawa Sadak, Jaipur.
Raja Park- 402, Gali No. 3, Raja Park, Jaipur.
Call- +91-0141-2219096, 2620611.

Egg carton cactus craft

Isn’t this egg carton cactus craft just the cutest little crafty cactus you’ve ever seen? It’s also the easiest craft project we’ve shared till now. Learn to make on your own with recycled products. Books, Activities and Games Library and Store (BAGS) bets that it would take less than two hours to complete.

This cactus is actually quite small, as we only used the tips of the egg carton, though one could make is just a bit bigger, depending on the type of egg cartons you have.

Supplies:

• recycled egg cartons
• recycled cardboard for the base
• Fevicryl Hobby Ideas paint
• Fevicryl craft glue
• tissue paper- orange or yellow
• tiny rocks or pebbles

Instructions:

• Cut up your egg carton, such that the square portions are the portions to be used. Cut lots of little square pieces and have the kids glue two together with craft glue.
• Once dry, paint the little pieces, and once dry, use hot glue(mix hot water and craft glue in 1:1 ratio, and apply using a brush) to assemble your cactus.
• Have kids make tiny orange cactus flowers with tissue paper and adhere with glue.
• Glue a ring of rocks around your cactus.
• Sit back and admire your new not so prickly friend!

Find Books, Activities and Games Store at:

Hawa Sadak- Basement, Jajoo Towers, A-7/9, Hawa Sadak, Jaipur.

Raja Park- 402, Gali No. 3, Raja Park, Jaipur.

Call- +91-0141-2219096, 2620611.

Paper Mache Birds.

Paper Mache is one such art that can be used to create anything you can imagine of. At Books, Activities and Games Library and Store (BAGS), we explored the possibilities of it to form life-like figurines of tiny, chirpy birds.

They have wire feet which allow you to clamp them on an edge like a flowerpot or piece of driftwood or have them free standing.

SUPPLIES:

– newspaper
– tape
– paper towel
– tacky glue
– water and recycled container
– thin cardboard from a cereal box
– wax paper
– Fevicryl Hobby Ideas acrylic paint
– fine markers
– Mod Podge
– gauge wire
– Yarn

Instructions:

• Take a quarter sheet of newspaper and crush into a pear shape.
• Tape into place. You can twist out a beak shape like we did. Cut some paper towel into strips about 1/2 an inch wide or so.  Pour some white school glue into a recycled container and add water in a 1 to 1 ratio. Mix well. Dip the strips into the glue mixture and start covering your bird. With paper mache you want to overlap your strips for strength and smooth them down as you go.  Use a few dry strips to soak up excess glue.  That way your bird will take less time to dry you just want it moist not sopping.
• Leave to dry in a warm place overnight, turn once to ensure even drying. Out of thin cardboard from a cereal or cracker box cut out a wing shape.  Cut out a tail shape as well.
• Take the cardboard shapes and cover in a coat of paper mache.
• Once they are covered attach to the bird with overlapping strips.  While the shapes are moist you can curl your wings if you wish.
• Leave to dry. Paint with acrylic. We used a base-coat first and then added additional color on top. For the feather and eye detail use markers after the paint has dried.
• If you want a shiny coat you can add a coat of mod podge but you might want to wait until after you add the legs.  This way it can stand up while drying.
• To make the feet take piece of wire about 16 inches or so.  It’s soft enough to bend with your fingers but firm enough to hold the shape without collapsing.
• Make a foot shape with 4 toes and then twist the 2 ends of the wire together to form the leg.
• Trim them down and bend in the knees.  Remember a bird’s knee bends backwards. (Well not really it just seems that way, it really is the ankle but their foot is elongated so it looks like the knee)
• To add some color to the legs, we wrapped them with yarn.  Take the end of the thread and loosely wrap from the top of the leg down, double back and wrap tightly now. When you reach the top, knot off.
• Using a knitting needle to punch holes for the legs. (Here, you may need adults’ supervision).
• Put some tacky glue on them.
• Push the leg thru the glue into the hole (remember the knees are backwards).
• Let dry.
• That’s it. They look pretty realistic once the legs are on.

Find Books, Activities and Games Store at:

Hawa Sadak- Basement, Jajoo Towers, A-7/9, Hawa Sadak, Jaipur.

Raja Park- 402, Gali No. 3, Raja Park, Jaipur.

Call- +91-0141-2219096, 2620611.

Turn your toddler’s artwork into a masterpiece

Every kid loves to mess around with a little poster paint, right? But there are two major problems with a toddler’s artistic expressions-

Problem # 1: It usually makes a mess

The Fix: Strip the child to diaper/underwear, and place them somewhere that’s not close to carpet, so that they don’t make a mess of their clothes and room furnishings.

Problem #2: The “masterpiece” is usually not something you want hanging around the house because.. well…ahem-ahem…it’s done by a toddler! 🙂

The Fix: This brilliant idea!! Make a Masterpiece out of your child’s “masterpiece”!

Supplies:

• Canvas
• Glue
• Mod- Podge
• Your Child’s Art
• Scissors
• Paint

Instructions:

• Paint the entire canvas in your choice of color, let dry.
• Cut your child’s artwork into shapes (circles, squares, etc.) and glue them lightly to your canvas in whatever design you prefer. Allow to dry.
• Mod-podge the whole thing to secure the artwork and give it a finished look.
• Dry and Done!!

Find Books, Activities and Games Store at:

Hawa Sadak- Basement, Jajoo Towers, A-7/9, Hawa Sadak, Jaipur.

Raja Park- 402, Gali No. 3, Raja Park, Jaipur.

Call- +91-0141-2219096, 2620611.