This year, Covid-19 has put a dampener to the festivities as mass gatherings are restricted. Don’t be sad! If we can’t see beautiful effigies outside at least we can make one. Let us be supportive and help each other out. Let’s make the good (being productive) win over evil (laziness)
Now you can make your very own Raavan effigy at home, and that too in a very environment-friendly manner. Here we will outline a way to make a mini Raavan, which you can create along with your kid.
How to Make:
- The images of Raavan can be found online or in story books, so select one that you find appealing and complete a full figure sketch on a cardboard
- Take three long sturdy sticks that are about 2 feet in length
- Take two sticks and form a cross, with the third one placed a little below the horizontal beam
- Use a rope or twine to tie the sticks together Raavan has 10 heads so draw a face and photocopy it ten times. Paint it colourfully and stick the ten heads on the first horizontal beam, side by side.
- The second horizontal beam is for the arms. You can use cardboard cut-outs to make arms. The vertical stick will hold the main torso and legs
- After the whole figure is complete, tie a string of crackers around all three poles. Use old newspapers to make Raavan’s belly. They will also act as fuel the flames.
- After the tying the crackers, stick a clean sheet of paper and paint on the body of Raavan. You can use elaborate colors and designs for the ornaments and dress.
- Now the effigy is ready to be fixed and burned down, don’t forget to share it with mykidsdrawing.
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