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This is an interesting fun game anyone may try with their kids. Interested persons need some   odd shape pebbles ,   sand to give support,   and one   wooden or bamboo stick to draw or sketch on the floor.  Steps:  1. First, draw a bicycle on the floor with a wooden or bamboo stick.  2. On the concrete floor, you may draw with turmeric or wheat powder.  3.  Put same size pebbles one after another in the bicycle drawing. Guide the kid to put the pebbles on the drawing. 4. Finally, you clean up the area and take one photograph with your partner kid. 5. It hardly needs 1 hour to complete the  Pebble Art. You may invite your family member, friend to enjoy the activity or you can arrange one exhibition in your house with different types of pebble structures. 

As the whole world is under the Corona Pandemic, this has been a desperate time for us. Corona is slowly breaking our economy and the future seems blank as of now. It has threatened the evolutionary traits of social relationships and keeping us inside our home. In India, 21 days lockdown has put all of us inside the four walls of the house. From morning to night our family members are spending time together.  Although we are accustomed to the gadgets, I and my son are trying to use this bleak time to bond with nature and finding time for creative works.  We are also exercising, running and utilizing time as much as possible. The following are five activities you can try with your kids during the lockdown. I hope it will help you engage your kids and they will enjoy it as much as our kid does. I will share more such activities over time with you.  1. Painting and drawing  Every day, Neel and I spend a couple of hours with pen and pencils...

Neel's Mom Puspanjalee with Doul Color Barpeta Doul Mahotshav is a famous festival in Assam. I feel all of Barpetian's hearts connected with Doul Mohotsov. This Mahotsav is celebrated with full of joy, traditional gaiety, and enthusiasm. It is also a welcome festival of the spring season with color and happiness. In  Doull Mohotsav all Barpetians forget their day to day hardship of life and mingled themselves in the Wave of Holigeet .  I have a remarkable experience of listening to Holigeet during Doul. From children to octogenarian enjoyed with Holigeet  every corner of Barpeta Town. It is a mesmerizing experience to hear reverberating Drum sound -  Dhin Dhina Dhin  at midnight from the enthusiast youth groups with Holigeet.   Great Vaisnavite saint Sri  Sri Srimanta Sankardev first started Doul Utsav in Bardowa. This festival was created based on Lord Krishna Falgu Utsav.  In Barpeta, Mathu...

There is an artist in every child . As a parent, I have always believed that this image must remain in my child forever.  Keeping this mind, I have encouraged Neel since he was only two and a half years old. He is turning 5 this March and still showing great love for any kind of art.  From this week onward, I am documenting Neel's activities so that when he grows up, he would remember to let his inner child live in him.  A glimpse of  Neels day with Cousins Neel draws as he imagines and sees the real world.  I believe everything he draws and paints he believe as the real world. He also tries to persuade me it as the real world. I have observed his artwork evolution phase from a simple straight line to become complex figures. I, therefore, encouraged him all the time to draw and paint what he like and explain what he thinks about the work.  About this week(3-9 Feb 2019) Neel's artwork. This week he has painted m...

Neel's Bicycle-Pebble Art This is an interesting fun game anyone may try with their kids. Interested persons need some odd shape pebbles , sand to give support and one wooden or bamboo stick to draw or sketch on the floor.  Steps:  1. First, draw a bicycle on the floor with a wooden or bamboo stick.  2. On the concrete floor, you may draw with turmeric or wheat powder.  3.  Put same size pebbles one after another in the bicycle drawing. Guide the kid to put the pebbles on the drawing. 4. Finally, you clean up the area and take one photograph with your partner kid. 5. It hardly needs 1 hour to complete the  Pebble Art. You may invite your family member, friend to enjoy the activity or you can arrange one exhibition in your house with different types of pebble structures.  Neel  with his creation