My Creative Years

Life is all about challenges. Every human being on this earth faces some or the other challenge and how you overcome these challenges defines you. You need to be very optimistic in life and take these challenges as a turning point and bring a change - a positive change. Yes, change is an integral part of life. As put by George Bernard Shaw: “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself” I shall share with you my life story and how various bold  decisions I had taken along the way to reach a place where I'm now. To start with, I belong to a  very poor family where my father had no job and my mom did some menial work to feed our entire family. We were a total of seven - mom, dad, two sisters and three brothers and me being the eldest among my siblings. Being the eldest, I too had the responsibility of my family on my shoulder. So to overcome poverty, I took up some petty jobs right from my childhood. But even in these circumstances, I never lef...

Preschool Craft - Standing Duck Draw a duck on a piece of white chart paper and cut along the lines. Colour its body yellow and the beak in orange. Now a take paper and cut into 1 inch rectangle shape. Bring the edges together and stick so that it forms a circle. and stick on the other side of the duck which is not coloured so that it stands straight on the ground. For more clarifications, please look at the pictures. Mateirals required: White chart paper, black sketch pen, orange and yellow crayons, glue and white paper

Preschool Art - Jungle Scene Take an A4 size paper and using wide paint brush draw two vertical poles for the stem of the plant. Take a square sponge, dab it in green paint and smudge over to form a tree. Smudge some below as well to form some grass around Take another square sponge piece, and dap it in yellow paint and smudge all around. Now have some wild animal pictures printed, just cut around and paste them. Alternatively, you can draw it too. You will get a perfect scene from a jungle. Materials required: A4 size paper, paint colours in brown, yellow and green, and some animal picture cuts outs.

Preschool craft - Photo frame A cute looking photo frame which is very easy to make and kids will love doing it and sticking their family photo on it. Just take a black chart paper and cut it into 27 by 22 cm. Draw and two flowers on a red chart paper and stick it on either side of the frame. Apply glitter over the boundary of the flower. Take another white chart paper and cut as seen in the picture and colour it and make the eyes. Stick your favorite photo and place in the living area. Materials required: Black red and white chart paper, crayons, glitter and glue

Preschool Art - Square colour fun Draw a number of squares on an A4 size paper and ask your kid to colour each square with a different colour. This is done for the identification of share and various colours. Materials required: A4 size paper, pencil and crayons

Preschool craft - Diwali Greetings card On an A4 size paper, draw a big trapezium. Cut strips of crepe papers of various colours and ask your kid to stick inside the trapezium. Write the word DIWALI in style. Colour it and apply some glitters. Materials required: A4 size paper, various colours of crepe paper, sketch pen, crayons and glitters Also, see my other Diwali Craft ideas Diwali Wall Hanging Craft Diwali Greetings Card

Preschool Craft - Paper plate wall hanging craft Believe me this is the best craft work a kid can make and hang in their rooms. Take a paper plate and colour 3/4 of the plate with blue. Take maroon, white and black woolen thread and cut into small pieces. Apply glue all over the white and area and keep the cut wool pieces over it so that it gets stuck. Now take a white chart paper and cut out a bird shape. Colour it with green and stick on the blue area. Also cut out two oval shapes to make eggs of the bird and stick it. Now make a whole on the top and put ribbon in it and tie a knot. Hang it Materials required: Paper plate, white chart paper, maroon, black and white woolen threads, colours and a ribbon