Little Lamps · Ages 4–6 · Deepavali Legends and Crafts

Gentle read-aloud stories, graceful pictures, and a craft for every task.

For ages 4–6 · Nursery, LKG and UKG

Ten gentle read-aloud stories and two making tasks, each with a talk-or-act-it-out idea and a craft. Jugnu the firefly lights the way. Do the tasks in any order: one a day, or at your own pace. There are no dates and no quiz questions. At the end, everything comes together in a Diya Theatre puppet show for the family.

What's in the pack (30 A4 pages)

• Grown-up guide with the materials list and a big safety box
• Light-the-Diya poster
• 12 Light-Up Tasks, each with a cut-out page: finger puppets, a stand-up forest, flip story cards, a bridge of stones, a ring of hope, a Pushpak glider, a peep-in city of diyas, spin-and-see tops, paper diyas, a hill on a straw, a pop-up thali card with glitter, and the Diya Theatre
• Answers, in task order
• Diya Champion certificate
• A share page with our Instagram codes

The 12 Light-Up Tasks

1. Light-Up Task 1 · Jugnu Brings Light: our own story · Jugnu finger puppets ✂
2. Light-Up Task 2 · Into the Forest: story · a stand-up forest scene ✂
3. Light-Up Task 3 · The Golden Deer: story · flip story cards ✂
4. Light-Up Task 4 · The Little Squirrel: folk tale · a bridge of stones ✂
5. Light-Up Task 5 · Sri Hanuman's Great Leap: story · a paper ring of hope ✂
6. Light-Up Task 6 · Flying Home: story · a Pushpak glider ✂
7. Light-Up Task 7 · Ayodhya Lights Up: story · a peep-in city of diyas ✂
8. Light-Up Task 8 · The Great Churning: story · spin-and-see tops ✂
9. Light-Up Task 9 · Clay Lamp Studio: thumbprint diyas, lamp safety, paper diyas ✂
10. Light-Up Task 10 · The Hill Umbrella: story · a hill on a straw ✂
11. Light-Up Task 11 · A Card for Someone Special: a pop-up thali card with glitter ✂
12. Light-Up Task 12 · Lights of Many: a Diya Theatre puppet show ✂

About the stories

The stories are retold gently and checked for accuracy. Sri Ram, Sita Ji, Sri Lakshman, Sri Hanuman, Sri Krishna and Lakshmi Ji are named with respect, and they appear only in graceful story pictures, never as cut-outs or puppets. The crafts use Jugnu, animals, places and diyas.

What you need at home

Crayons or colouring pencils, child-safe scissors, glue stick, sticky tape, thin card, straws, a little glitter, paint for thumbprints, and a short pencil.

Time: about 20 to 30 minutes a task. Read the words aloud together; do the tasks in any order.

Two ways to get it

• PDF download, ₹129. Nothing is posted and no address is needed. We make the PDF in the colour you chose, with your child's name on every page, and send it to your email and WhatsApp within a few hours. Print on A4 at 100% size, as often as your own family needs.
• Printed copy, ₹449. We print it on A4 paper in the colour you chose, with your child's name on every page, and post it to you, ready to use. Printed to order and dispatched in 2 to 3 business days; shipping is worked out at checkout.

Pick your colour

Choose your colour above; every colour is the same price. Every version has a festive cover and white inside pages; Marigold and Saffron, Rangoli Brights and Royal Jewels use light colour to save ink, and Black and White suits basic printers and photocopiers.

Specs: 30 A4 pages · Ages 4 to 6 · PDF or printed copy

Good to know

All lamps in the pack are paper lamps: grown-ups light the real ones. Cut-out pages print best on thin card. Post a photo of what your child makes and tag @leadersandteachers and @mitti_and_mor. For use in one home or one classroom; please do not share, resell or upload the file.

Shubh Deepavali from Leaders n Teachers × Mitti & Mor.