Easy Diwali decoration tips to beautify your home this Diwali
In the lead-up to Diwali, people prepare by cleaning, renovating, and decorating their homes. There are some traditions and rituals that typically take place for Diwali. Communities in India lit up their homes with shimmering lights and bright colours using string lights, candles, oil lamps, crafts and, of course, Rangoli; colourful floor designs made of flower petals, rice or sand.
People decorate living spaces and outsides of their homes with lights and small oil lamps (known as diya). Fireworks are also an essential part of the occasion, and again, lights and oil lamps are lit on the streets.
Meanwhile, people visit their relatives and have feasts, with an array of sweet treats and savoury snacks on offer.
If you want to decorate your own home by yourself this Diwali festival, here are some of the best Diwali home decoration and craft ideas , ranging from rangoli designs to string lights ideas.
1. Lights are the way to go
Diwali being the festival of lights, no decoration is complete without lots of lights. Diyas look very pretty, but inside flats it is safer to use LED lights. You should get lots of string lights and then be innovative in using them inside your home.
a) You can drape string lights around your doors and windows
b) You can drape string lights in your curtains
c) You can hang the string lights as curtain
2. Bring in the freshness of flowers
Indian festivals and pujas cannot do without flowers. They are used as offering to God and and in decorations at home. There are a lot of options in flowers for you to use from – rose, marigold, hibiscus, rajnigandha, orchid. The most commonly used flower, and most easily available is marigold.
a) You can use flowers with diyas to decorate
b) You can mix it up with balloons
c) You can hang flowers from chandelier
3. Color it up with paper lanterns
Kandeel or paper lantern is another decoration item, people cannot do without in Diwali decorations. You can either use DIY kandeel, or go for the easy route – buying them. These lanterns are usually hung in front of homes. In earlier days, people set kandeel afloat high. It was a gesture to invite the spirits of their ancestors moving around to come back home and be with them during the festival time.
a) You can hang them in rows or in bunches
4. Bring your creativity out in the Rangoli design
Rangoli, meaning color is a pattern created on the floor with colored powder or rice. For Diwali, Rangoli are made near doorsteps and in the verandah.
a) You can go the eco-friendly way by using coloured flour
b) Coloured rice is also another good option to make rangoli. It will look pretty and will also be environment-friendly
c) The most common way is to go for Rangoli colours
