Bright Sparks · Ages 6–9 · Deepavali Legends and Crafts

Stories, WOW words, science tests and a model for every task.

For ages 6–9 · Class 1 to Class 3

Ten stories told in new ways (a postcard from the sky and a village news report among them) and two making tasks. Your child reads, collects WOW words, tries a WONDER science test, and builds a model. 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, Jugnu and friends star in a puppet theatre 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: a Jugnu puppet with a glowing tail, forest stand-ups, a story wheel, a bridge, a ring of hope and a leap strip, a Pushpak glider, a tunnel book, an ocean whirler, a lamp-door card, a hill umbrella, a pop-up card with glitter, and a puppet 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 · Why We Light Lamps: our own story · Jugnu puppet with a glowing tail ✂
2. Light-Up Task 2 · Into the Forest: story · forest stand-ups ✂
3. Light-Up Task 3 · The Golden Deer: story · a story wheel ✂
4. Light-Up Task 4 · The Squirrel's Bridge: folk tale · a bridge and a float test ✂
5. Light-Up Task 5 · Sri Hanuman's Great Leap: story · ring of hope and a leap strip ✂
6. Light-Up Task 6 · Flying Home: story · a Pushpak glider and a flight test ✂
7. Light-Up Task 7 · Ayodhya Lights Up: story · a tunnel book of a night street ✂
8. Light-Up Task 8 · The Great Churning: story · an ocean whirler ✂
9. Light-Up Task 9 · Clay Lamp Studio: how diyas are made, safety, a lamp-door card ✂
10. Light-Up Task 10 · The Hill Umbrella: story · a hill umbrella and a shelter test ✂
11. Light-Up Task 11 · A Card for Someone Special: a pop-up card with glitter ✂
12. Light-Up Task 12 · Lights of Many: a puppet theatre 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

Colouring pencils, scissors, glue stick, sticky tape, thin card, 2 paper fasteners, straws, a paper clip, 80 cm of string, a little glitter, paint for thumbprints, a bowl of water, foil, paper and cloth.

Time: about 30 to 40 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 6 to 9 · 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.