11 TIPS TO HAVE SAFE HOLI WITH KIDS

HAPPY HOLI 2025 EVERY ONE ( in advance)

HOLI is the festival of colors. Everyone loves to play Holi because it brings happiness and more masti. I love to play Holi, but when your toddlers or kids want to celebrate this Holi festival with you, Mommy, you need to take a lot of precautions.

WHY?

Because Holi is a festival of colors where people throw gulal powder on everyone. Mostly they apply color on your face. And if the kids are there, then chances are more kids get infected or hurt. You have to prepare your kids beforehand.

Related :  Holi Puranpoli Chronicles 

How?

The evening before Holi, there is Holika Dahan. Take your kids to this celebration and educate them about Holi. 

Also tell them that in the morning everyone is going to play Holi. They will apply color, and you can use pichakari to throw water and color water on your friends. But if you do not follow rules, then you will get hurt.

So what are the RULES every kid must follow?

RULES: 

🌻Close your eyes and mouth whenever any person applies color.

🌻Do not run when someone is trying to throw color on you.

🌻Instead, stand there, close your eyes and mouth, and let them apply color, and then you too apply it to them.

🌻Do not drink water from the pichakari or water tubs or from any other bottle.

🌻Do not eat food that is open and specially made for adults.

🌻Always be with your kids friend group and in front of parents.

🌻Do not talk or play with strangers.

These are the rules should follow by the small kids but parents need to take more precautions. Sharing 11 tips that will be helpful to parents to have a happy holi. 

11 TIPS FOR PARENTS TO HAVE A HAPPY HOLI WITH KIDS: 

1. Wear full clothes, preferably old clothes.

2. Apply coconut oil in hair and moisturizer on skin.

3. Tie the hair of the girl's kids so that she can play without any hair problems.

4. Use natural color as much as possible.

5. Always be with your kids for safety.

6. Keep in contact number of doctors and ambulance handy in case of emergency.

7. Carry a water bottle for your kids. So that they can be hydrated.

8. Do not allow them to drink cold water or juice.

9. Allow a particular time in which they have to play and within the area.

10. Get the googles. It is important to protect the eye.

11. Make sure your child has enough breakfast and is well-hydrated.

CONCLUSION: 

Holi is one of the most favourite festival of all - kids, adults and even older people too. With extra care you can enjoy the Holi without any accidents. I hope this tips are useful to you all. 

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Do you like Holi ? Share your experience and valuable tips for Holi? 

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FRIDAY SPECIAL NARALIBHAT (II)

 

NARALIBHAT is a special authentic traditional recipe. Generally it is made for the festival - Narali Pournima and Rakshabandhan. 

WHAT IS NARALI POORNIMA?  

Narali Poornima is celebrated on Raksha bandhan. It is a double celebration in the region of Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka.  

Naralipournima is celebrated by the koli community. It is hindu festival. The fishermen community offers coconut and worship the ocean. The devotees pray to God and seek his blessings for giving livelihood.

WHAT IS NARALIBHAT?

NARALIBHAT is a rice cooked in coconut and jaggery. Naralibhat is very delicious and easy recipe. Whenever there is festival and you want to try something new, quick sweet dish or dessert you can try this simple Naralibhat recipe. And you know me very well. I am making only simple dishes 😁

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RECIPE :NARALIBHAT/ COCONUT RICE 

Ingredients: 

2 cups ambemohar Rice

2 cups of grated coconut 

1/2 cup ghee homemade ( sajuk toop)

3 cup grated Jaggery 

1/2 cup dry fruits ( cashew, Almond, prunes) or as per your choice. 

For Tadka 

10 to 12 cloves

1 TSP cardamom and nutmeg powder

Some preparation are as follows 

• Clean and wash rice thoroughly under the tap water.
• Fry dry fruits in ghee.
• Great coconut and jaggery. 

Direction: 

Naralibhat can be made in two steps. 

       The first step is to cook rice: 

• Wash rice very well and keep it soaked for 15 minutes. Remember to remove all the water.

• Heat ghee and add lavang and then add rice , roast it very well.

• Add 4 cups of water and cook the rice. 

• Second step : Preparation of coconut and Jaggery mixture.

• Heat 1/2 ghee and fry all dry fruits one by one.

• In another pan cook jaggery and coconut together. Stir it continue. 

• Lastly add cooked rice and fried dry fruits in it.

• Sprinkle nutmeg and cardamom powder.

• Mix it very well and keep it on low flame for 5 minutes.

• Your delicious Coconut rice / Naralibhat is ready. 

Tips : 

• You can use milk instead of water. 
• You can use half water and half milk too. 
• You can add up sugar if you want more sweet.
• If you use coconut milk it will be more tasty. 

I learned it from my MIL. It is not my recipe. Do try this delicious Naralibhat for this Naralipournima or any other festival. 

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Do you like sweet rice ? Have you taste Naralibhat? 

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40 + EASY RANGOLI DESIGN

Diwali is incomplete without Rangoli. As title suggests EASY RANGOLI DESIGN  so you will see the easiest and simple rangoli design in my today's post.

Rangoli is an art which is still practiced today by everyone. Rangoli is the most important part of our culture. Generally rangoli are drawn in front of the entryway of our home. It is believed to be prosperous to draw a rangoli during any celebration like festival, marriage, Pooja etc. It is the significance of clearing negativity at the entrance of your home. Specially in Diwali drawing a rangoli in front of office, shop, and home serve a religious and symbolic purpose - to welcome Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, as well as any visiting guests. Rangoli can have other meanings, too, including bringing good fortune and keeping evil at bay!

How Rangoli is made up of ?

Rangoli is a pattern made on the floor with white colour. Then the design is filled with colours. Most of the rangoli designs are consist of plants, flowers, leaves such as coconut, lotus, mango, and ashwath (peepal), animals such as cows, elephants, peacock, and birds like swans. There are geometrical designs as well. The whole rangoli looks beautiful when it is accompanied by flowers and diya. It is one the most delightful images we saw in front of every house in Diwali.

Now days rangoli can be drawn in many patterns. Geometric, flowers, free hand, mandala form, sanskar bharati, kolam, and many more types. Every state has its own design and rituals. 

I still remember how I learnt to draw a rangoli from my mother. She used to draw simple but mostly free hand rangoli and I always spend the whole day practicing that. When I was in 8th standard I started to draw a big rangoli. I almost spent 2 to 3 hours drawing it. At that time there was no internet and YouTube. But we drew from the book. Still we can find the rangoli books in Diwali. And I took it, saw every rangoli and kept it back in the bookshelf 😁 

Now I really don't get that much time. I  love to draw rangoli but as a toddler mom it is almost not possible for me. However I try to manage to draw a simple entryway rangoli. 

 Any one feeling like this ?

Are you searching for simple easy rangoli design and then getting lost in the world of social media? And then finally you forget to draw or demotivate? 

Then this post is for you. I have a collection of simple yet less time consuming rangoli designs for everyone. Like a beginner, an expert or who is looking for a simple rangoli or a busy working mom who is always in a hurry. Please go through the post and I guarantee you that this Diwali you can draw rangoli instead of bringing stickers of rangoli. 

So let's Start ,

Things you require are white rangoli and colour and rangoli tools which is easy to use and available at every market. 

Easy Rangoli from Swastik 

 Easy flower Rangoli designs 

Some peacock Rangoli designs

Easy simple Rangoli designs with Diyas and Kalash 

Easy Dots Rangoli 

PS : Google and Menkas Rangoli

I hope you all like my collection from the various artist from Google. I tried to put most simple and beautiful easy rangoli design for you all. 

Questions of the day?

Do you like to connect with rituals and our culture? 

Happy Diwali to all my readers 

from Memory Flies 🌟⭐✨

This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’
hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla in collaboration with Dr. Preeti Chauhan

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15 + Easy Ganesha Drawing Ideas For Kids and Adults

Vakratunda Mahakaya suryakoti Samprabha Nirvighanm Kurumedevo Sarvkayeshu Sarvda

If you are looking for easy Ganesha drawing then you are at the right place. 

PS : Pinterest 

Happy Monday.

From tomorrow our big festival will start. Ganesha Chaturthi. Every kid and parents are waiting for this festival . I also like this festival. It brings a different aura and high vibration. Vacation will start from tomorrow. It may be for five to 10 days. Exams are over so we mom cannot nag them to study again. Right? 

Now how to convert this energy ? 

Well children love to draw. Drawing Ganesha or learning to draw Ganesha will be the best idea. There will be drawings competition in some colonies during this Ganesh Festival. Grab pencils, crayons, sketch pens and lots of colours and spread a big piece of paper in front of them. Ask them to draw simple Ganesh Drawing.

If you are searching for easy Ganesha Drawing for kids then your search will end here. I am sharing drawing images that your kids can draw or colour it. And also sharing easy drawing videos tutorials too.  These are easy and anyone can draw them. So without further ado let's dive into it.

Compilation of video tutorials and easy drawing images that you can print.

Easy step by step Ganesha Drawing 

Easy Ganesha drawing specially for kids.

Ganesha Drawing by using number 5 

By using the letter Om

With letter x 

Step by step Bal Ganesha Drawing

Pencils Drawing of Bal Ganesha

By using dots

By using letter x y z

By using number 3 

If you don't want video tutorials then check out these easy drawing sheets. 

Easy Step by Step 

This are my favourite

If you want to paint on a canvas then check these  :

 

I hope this article is helpful for you and your little one. Even as a parent you can also join this drawing event at home with your kids. This will engage your kids at least for an hours. The best part is they will enjoy it. Because every child loves the Ganesha Festival and so do we. I personally love to draw / paint Ganesha. I am also joining my kids in this drawing feast. 

|| Ganapati bappa Morya ||

When is Ganapati Festival started in 2023 ? 

Ganesh Chaturthi is on Tuesday, 19 Separate, 2023 at 12:39 pm.

It will be a 10 day Festival 

Why is Ganesh Chaturthi celebrated?

Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the first worshipped God Ganesha. This festival is celebrated across the country with great grandeur.

You may like to read : Fried Modak Recipe 

MemoryFlies wishing you all Happy Ganesh chaturthi. May lord Ganesha bring happiness and prosperity in your life. May Bappa take away all your worries from your life. 

PS : from YouTube and Google 

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