Rangoli! An Indian Piece of Art!

   I'm back! Today we will learn how to make rangoli! What is rangoli? Rangoli is an Indian piece of artwork done on a special day called Diwali. To make it, you have to use different colors of sand and make a beautiful design! All you need is a few materials:

• A big piece of white cardboard
• White sand
• Orange sand
• Blue sand
• Purple sand
• Pencil

   There are many ways to make rangoli. You can do any design you want but here is the one we will focus on today! First of all, you should know that rangoli is not permanent just like chalk. Now we are ready to start! First take the pencil and draw a small circle in the middle of the cardboard. Next draw a bigger circle around it. It should be an inch bigger. In addition, make six small ovals coming out from the bigger circle. There should be one on the top, bottom, and then two on each side. Furthermore, make triangles coming out from the big circle but draw them more curved. It looks just like a leaf. These are going to be the petals. If you need a visual for how to make the petals, please look at the picture above.

   Now we are ready to use the sand. Take a little bit of the white sand in your fingers and sprinkle it down onto your pencil work. All you need to do is to trace it with the sand. After you finish tracing, take the purple sand and sprinkle it inside the small circle like you are coloring it. In addition, take the orange sand and color the big circle and the ovals with the the sand. Finally, color the petals of the flower blue. Make sure the sand does not fall into the wrong place and keep it neat and clean. The sand part might feel a little uneasy at first but you will get the hang of it later. Have fun making your rangoli!