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Celebrating Diwali

October 27, 2017 by zuzuart Leave a Comment

We have been reading “Lighting a Lamp” by Jonny Zucker (ISBN 978-1-84507-293-3) this week as we had our own Diwali style celebrations at home. We made candle decorations. We painted with paint made from spices – cinnamon, paprika and coriander. We made rangoli inspired patterns using pulses on dough. We made delicious barfi and feasted in…

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Filed Under: Autumn, books, Celebrations, Diwali, Flowers, Food, India, Light, paint, Spices, stories Tagged With: Autumn, Celebrations, Diwali, Flowers, Food, Light, Spices, stories

Spice Painting

February 10, 2017 by zuzuart Leave a Comment

We made our own spice paints at the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens. The boys selected their spice from a range which included paprika, ginger, cinnamon and mixed it with some water and a drop of pva glue (to aid the drying process). There were some outlines to colour and blank paper to experiment on. The…

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Filed Under: colours, paint, Spices Tagged With: Paint, Spices

Spice scented paint

November 25, 2015 by zuzuart Leave a Comment

Spice scented paint S has been captivated by the Hindu festival of Diwali this week.  As part of exploring the food often eaten during this celebration we gravitated towards the aromatic spices that adorn beautiful, flavoursome dishes.  We looked in our store cupboard and found an array of spices. We mixed the spice in a…

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