© jmg 2008 For Personal Use Only
©jmg 2008 For Personal Use Only
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This is a really fun and simple project to do, with any kind of paper - wrapping, artist decorative, scrapbooking, magazine photos, or even plain construction. (Here is a good justification for saving scraps from around the house.) We like to use decorative and scrapbooking because it adds interesting texture and patterning. Before doing a Rangoli picture, we suggest that you start with a basic square grid pattern, so that the children can begin to understand how colors and patterns relate to and effect one another.
Materials
Surface paper. Light colored cardstock is recommended.
Variety of paper scraps (cut into 1 or 2 inch squares)
Glue stick
Scissors
Pencil
Ruler
Directions
With a pencil and ruler, lightly draw and 1 (or 2 inch) square grid on the surface paper. Arrange your paper squares and glue.
Note: Once the child has mastered the art of arranging and gluing, have him/her experiment with rangoli images. You can cut a square into triangles, for instance, to create a more complicated pattern. The possibilities are endless!
©jmg 2008
Background made from black and white xeroxes of Swami Chinmayanandaji, Swami Tejomayanandaji (and one picture of Swami Shantanandaji!) Foreground made from same xeroxes on orange paper.
This is a really fun and simple project to do, with any kind of paper - wrapping, artist decorative, scrapbooking, magazine photos, or even plain construction. (Here is a good justification for saving scraps from around the house.) We like to use decorative and scrapbooking because it adds interesting texture and patterning. Before doing a Rangoli picture, we suggest that you start with a basic square grid pattern, so that the children can begin to understand how colors and patterns relate to and effect one another.
Materials
Surface paper. Light colored cardstock is recommended.
Variety of paper scraps (cut into 1 or 2 inch squares)
Glue stick
Scissors
Pencil
Ruler
Directions
With a pencil and ruler, lightly draw and 1 (or 2 inch) square grid on the surface paper. Arrange your paper squares and glue.
Note: Once the child has mastered the art of arranging and gluing, have him/her experiment with rangoli images. You can cut a square into triangles, for instance, to create a more complicated pattern. The possibilities are endless!
©jmg 2008
Background made from black and white xeroxes of Swami Chinmayanandaji, Swami Tejomayanandaji (and one picture of Swami Shantanandaji!) Foreground made from same xeroxes on orange paper.
