Reusable Festival & Party Decor Ideas!

Since Diwali is around the corner, Thought of sharing some decoration ideas which you can also use for different Upcoming festivals & And Parties too. Hope this will help if someone is looking for reusable ideas for decoration.

As Name suggests, it is diya in matka. We all once might have eaten matka kulfi at once, but never thought we could make use of it for such things. Also we have come across

such diya and it looks very elegant and beautiful.

Very Simple to make, All you need is

• Candle

• Matka

• Container

Step to Follow
1. Start by Breaking candle into three halves. Make sure to keep the wick of the candle and separate it from it.
2. Now, cut the wick of the candle which you have separated according to the size of matka and keep aside.
3. Moving ahead melt the wax into liquid.
4. Take a wig and hold it in the center of the matka and pour liquid wax into the matka.
5. Make sure to keep the wick stable at the centre until the wax completely solidifies.
6. We are almost done, you can decorate matka with some beads and colors whichever is preferable.

Now you have gorgeous Matka for this diwali.

I personally love Paper Toran when it comes to decoration during festivals. It’s only because we don’t have to spend much on flowers, lol . Also we can choose colours according to our will.

I have recently tried making it turn out so beautiful I urge you to try this diwali trust me it won’t disappoint you.

Quickly jumping into things needed

• Crepe papers of different colours ( highly recommended to use these papers only. Also its easily available at any stationary store)

• Scissors

• Thread & Needle

Steps to Follow

1. Take crepe paper and cut into long strip and Accordingly, fold 3 or 4 times in such a way that you have layers one below the other. Folding makes it easier to get the same shape and multiple cutouts at the same time.
2. Cut it into a 5 cm diameter circle roughly. Try same using different colors
3. Now put Thread through the needle and secure its one end. Start sewing the Cutouts like we do for flower toran.
4. Make them into a whole Long mala as per your requirement.

Another Idea

It’s one of the most elegant and beautiful piece for decoration. It may have many meanings to many people but one thing for sure it will just add a pretty factor to decoration. Traditionally, it is circular in shape but we can customize according to our wish- heart, circular, triangle, etc

Wreaths can be made effortlessly, it’s actually very easy. I had personally tried cotton ball wreath and used crepe paper method for birthday decor, and trust me, you can modify these techniques for birthday decor too.

All you need is

• Scissors

• Glue ( 2 packs )

• Crepe paper / cotton.

• Cardboard

• Pencil & Eraser

Steps for Cotton ball wreath

1. Start by taking cardboard, draw the shape with pencil and simply cut out the shape.
2. Now take cotton and roll it into small balls and with help of glue stick it to the cardboard.
3. Continue with the same process of rolling the cotton balls and stick them close together in such a way that there is no space between them.
4. Complete the process and allow it to dry

Steps for Crepe Paper Wreath
1. Start by taking cardboard, draw the shape with pencil and simply cut out the shape.
2. Now Take Crepe Paper and Cut it into long strips then cut it into small rectangles.
3. Crush sightly and paste it in card board with help of glue, repeat the process and stick close to each
4. Complete the process and allow it to dry

Diwali is known as a festival of lights.You can make different types of of Lights by using things which are easily available at home.We will be making Paper Cut.It is very easy to make and requires very less ingredients.

Material Required

• Paper Cup

• Fairy Lights

• Glue

• Yarn Thread

Steps to follow
1. Take a cutter and make a crisscross(X Shaped) cut on the back of the paper cup.
2. Now we will decorate the paper cup with yarn thread.
3. Apply glue on paper cup
4. Take Yarn thread and start sticking it Around to the paper cup.
5. Take the Fairy light Bulb part and attach it to the paper cups base.

Floating Candles bowl requires very less effort to make and it can be used as a centerpiece too.

Material Required

• 1 big Glass Bowl

• Water

• Flower Petals

• Gems or Pebbles

• Floating Candle

Steps to Follow
1. Take a Big Glass Bowl
2. Add Clear Gems & Pebbles, Flowers petals and water into it
3. Now Put the small Candles into it

Backdrop add an special effect to a Parties Decoration..Nowadays people like to have theme parties and having a backdrop will make it more attractive.Usually for making a backdrop the supplies required for it are very expensive but we can make a paper fans backdrop.It is very cost friendly and easy to make also

Material Required

• Glue or Glue Gun

• Ribbon

• Card Papers

• 1 Large piece of Cardboard

• Scissors

Steps
1. Cut Rectangular shape Strips of the Card paper.Use can use different Color card papers.
2. We will make large fans first. Take the paper and start folding it approximately 1-2 inches.
3. Flip it over and fold it back over again, trying to keep the fold as near to the original size as possible.
4. Follow the same steps in making the other fans too.
5. Once folding is done,now hold one end of the paper and stick it to the another open end with glue .
6. Now take Another card paper and cut the circle with the help of scissors. You can used a lid of a container to draw a circle on the card paper.
7. Take the cut out and stick it with glue at the center of the paper fan which you made.
8. Final Step, take a rectangular shape Cardboard and start sticking your paper fans in the way you like on the cardboard with the help of glue.