Festivals, Occasions, and Celebrations
Class 3 · Arts
4 ideas in Class 3 Arts, explained in plain words, with games and quizzes to practise.
Ways We Celebrate
Part of: Festive art
Festivals light up our hearts and homes. We show joy by cooking special food, decorating the house, singing, dancing, wearing festive dresses and meeting people. These acts together make the air feel festive.
Why it matters. Naming how joy is shown helps children join in and respect every family's ways. It also links art to real life.
Try it in two minutes
- Ask your child how your family shows joy at festivals.
- Name three things you do: food, dress, songs or guests.
- Draw one happy festival scene from your home.
Try at home. List five joyful things your home does at the next festival.
Rangoli and Floor Designs
Part of: Festive art
A rangoli is a floor or wall design made for special days. It can start from rows of dots: join the dots with lines and a star, flower or square appears. What repeats in order makes the pattern.
Why it matters. Dot rangolis join art with order and counting. They also connect children to a living home tradition.
Try it in two minutes
- Mark two rows of dots on paper.
- Join them into a square with your child.
- Add a small flower in the middle.
Try at home. Make a small dot rangoli at the door on the next special day.
Garlands, Torans and Lanterns
Part of: Crafts for celebration
Garlands and torans hang flowers and leaves in patterns along a thread, and their colour and smell make rooms festive. A toran is displayed at an entrance. A paper lantern is made by joining two edges of paper into a round tube and colouring it bright.
Why it matters. These crafts teach measuring, patterning and neat handwork. Hanging them up shows children that their work can delight the whole family.
Try it in two minutes
- Cut a thread as long as your arm.
- Thread paper shapes, leaves and flowers in turns.
- Hang your toran at the door and roll paper into a lantern.
Try at home. Make a small toran for your room door with paper and leaves.
Clay Lamps and Paper Jewellery
Part of: Crafts for celebration
A deepak is a small clay lamp. You can shape it in many forms, dry it in the sun, paint it and decorate it with mirrors, tapes or bindis. Paper jewellery starts from two strips: colour them, add designs, wrap each round your wrist and stick it. You can also make anklets and gift them.
Why it matters. Clay and paper crafts build shaping and measuring skills. Gifting what they make teaches joy in sharing.
Try it in two minutes
- Shape a small clay bowl with your child and dry it in the sun.
- Cut two paper strips that fit round the wrist.
- Colour, decorate, wrap and gift a bracelet.
Try at home. Make two paper bracelets and gift one to a friend.
What your child will practise
- Clay Lamps and Paper Jewellery: Candy Quest (Flip and Match)
- Clay Lamps and Paper Jewellery: Space Quick Fire (Quick Fire)
- Garlands, Torans and Lanterns: Garden Quest (Match It Up)
- Rangoli and Floor Designs: Jungle Puzzle (Clue Puzzle)
- Ways We Celebrate: Treasure Quest (Collect the Answer)
- Quiz: Clay Lamps and Paper Jewellery (8 questions)
- Quiz: Garlands, Torans and Lanterns (8 questions)
- Quiz: Rangoli and Floor Designs (8 questions)
- Quiz: Ways We Celebrate (8 questions)