With festive season kicking in, most preschoolers are excited and looking forward to the small holiday break. Most children are excited about sleeping late in the morning, playing with friends and most important more TV time. Here are few interesting Diwali activities for preschooler. These simple activities will not only keep your little one busy but all also help them learn and will add value to your Diwali cleaning.
Diwali is The festival of lights and fun for each family member. Every family members contributes in some way or the other. It is more about spending time together and enjoying.
Diwali is THE festival of lights and fun for each family member. Every member of family contributes towards decorations. It is about celebrating and spending time with each other. Diwali means sweets and gifts. It brings a smile on the face and the spirit of sharing is on its high. In the midst all this, your little one might be a little left out so it is time to involve your little one in activities that make him or her feel involved.
Diwali Activities for preschool
House Decoration
I always decorate my house just one day before Diwali with fresh flowers, leaves and paper decoration. The smell of fresh Marigold garland and white flowers bring freshness and life to the house. At night we prepare ourselves for a small prayer session. I usually decorate my own small temple with lights and flowers.
While doing all these activities, I love involving my little one. He is now old enough to understand up and down, right and left. It is fun when he feels happy doing important stuff and helping me. I also get an enthusiastic helping hand. I don’t expect him to do things correctly but appreciating him time to time for helping me out motivates him to do more.
While decorating the temple, I always keep away matchbox and candles so that we can enjoy without getting hurt.
Rangoli – Wonderful Diwali activities for preschool
I usually make a Rangoli with art colors at the entrance of the house along with Footprints of Goddess Lakshmi. This symbolises entrance of goddess in our house along with her blessings. Give your little one some space and ask him to replicate your design using clay. This not only helps them learn but is also is great way to involve your kids. I am sure your little one will make something even better than you.
Coloring activities
My pre-schooler loves to paint. His painting skills are not too good but I love the way he plays with colors. This Diwali give our little ones lots of colors and ask them to paint their thoughts about Diwali. This would help them learn more about the festival.
Decorating Diyas
I usually buy plain mud diya and decorate them with paint. This time let your little one decorate them with colors. This is one of the best Diwali activities for preschool and they love spending time with colors.
Art and craft
There are many art and craft activities that could keep your pre-schooler busy and could also be used for decoration.
- Lantern making – Using craft paper make lanterns. Make strings out of lanterns and hang them
- Diya craft – Cut Diyas made of craft paper and let your child color them. Once done, tie them together with a string and hang them all over the house
- Craft Paper fire-crackers – This is fun, easy and very engaging.
Making sweets
I try to prepare sweets at home and an easy sweet dish is Halwa. Click here for Halwa Recipe. After halwa is all done, I make small balls and garnish it with cashew. I have made this earlier and asked my little one to make balls from the Halwa. This was great way to spend time and gets them inclined towards cooking as well. When I cook, he takes his chair and sits in the kitchen to observe.
Story telling
My little one loves storytelling and I have already prepared the one, I am going to read for him. Diwali is a great time to bond with your growing child. Reading a story on this festive occasion will cover the basis of festival and is a great way for you to spend time with your child.
Story behind Diwali celebration
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All these activities are the most common among preschool. These are for sure fun for kids!
Seems like you have got your Diwali festivities all sorted out! I remember spending Diwali at my uncles, he used to have the best rangoli and diya decoration. We used to then light some sparklers enjoying some amazing Indian delicacies.
These are some fun ideas for kids. My niece loved coloring. Hope you had a wonderful Diwali celebrations
These are great ideas! I love fireworks and all but I also would want a pollution free celebration.
I would love painting! That was one of my favorite activities as a child and I still love it now!
wow, these are great ideas for the pre-schoolers. I enjoy the Diwali festivals with the children, we got some diya and coloured it, because we read this, then we did fireworks. Happy Diwali.
I’ve never heard of this holiday but it sounds like so much fun! I Iove the symbolism and artsy and crafts is always the way to go!
What a nice celebration! And the kids must be excited to do all those fun activities!
I love the idea of house decoration. I love decorating our home!
All of these sound like such great ways to engage your preschooler. I would think doing the sweets would be the most fun for me, although my daughter would probably prefer the painting.
These all sound like fun activities. I hope you had a beautiful holiday.
I would have been so into home decoration! ! love craft and decorating! These are great ideas!
So wonderful that you involve your little ones in preparation for Diwali! I always loved getting ready for Christmas, Easter and all the holidays with my kids! Now they do the same with their children. My mom did the same with me. I love family traditions!
These are all such great ideas to keep the kids occupied and entertained. Baking was always one of my favourite things to do growing up.
I think it is wonderful that you involved your little one not only in the celebration of diwali but in the preparation for it. Some of my favorite childhood memories are holiday-related. Especially the times when I got “hands-on” experience – baking cookies, decorating, etc.
These sound like some great activities to help preschoolers learn about and celebrate Diwali. I hope you have a lovely Diwali.
I love these activities for kids to celebrate Diwali. I think that they would be great to keep kids busy on any other occasions too. 🙂
These are some great ideas for small kids to do! My daughter has always loved drawing and coloring.
These are really fun crafts and activities for the kids! I like exposing my kids to different cultures so I think some of these would be really fun for them.
I work with people in India who tell me about the activities during Diwali. Sounds like a fun celebration. Thanks for sharing
Welcome 🙂
What fun activities. It’s important to always keep preschoolers busy, they’ve got an abundance of energy and their curiosity is always being tested.
Agreed.