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By Kim Vij

Holi Fun to Welcome Spring

Celebrating Holi with kids? Here are fun ways to introduce this festival of color to your child plus a few special craft ideas too including a Holi t-shirt.

Celebrating holi with family and friends with kids

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DIY Holi T-Shirt for Kids

We prepared for our Holi Color Fun this year by making our own Holi T-shirts. This way we can continue to wear them and remind us of all of our Colorful Fun for Holi.

It was literally made in just a few minutes but turned out to be a big hit with both of my girls and also our friends that came to join the fun.

We invited some friends for their very first Holi experience so we wanted to make it memorable.

We took a plain T-shirts and plain onsies for the babies and fabric paint. 

Then we found foam letters around the house to dip into the paint.  The best size for us were the foam letter we already had for other craft projects. My daughter dipped her letters in the paint and then placed them onto her shirt.

Once we started the color and water fun she was ready to have fun and get messy!

We got MESSY and had so much FUN! Even my 1 year old got into the FUN!

Holi is a holiday that surpasses our differences and focuses on the oneness of our humanity
~ Generation Ginger

We used Washable Finger Paints for the little ones to help with cleanup.

And made a special bucket for them to play with on water toys and water balloons.

(Use Caution Balloons are a choking hazards for small children, adult supervision at all times)

This is what you wear traditionally in India a White Solid Kurta Pyjama 

HOLI ~ The FESTIVAL OF COLORS

Background Info about Holi

Around the world, Hindus are celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colors. Holi is a popular springtime celebration observed on the last full moon of the lunar month.

Participants traditionally throw bright, vibrant powders at friends and strangers alike, celebrating the arrival of Spring, commemorating Krishna’s pranks, and allowing everyone a momentary freedom — a chance to drop their inhibitions and simply play and dance.

Celebrating Festivals from other countries is always a great way to connect to that culture and learn about new things!

Songs About holi for Kids to Celebrate

Here’s our favorite Holi songs on youtube!

You know since we’re always putting the Educators’ Spin On It. I had to have an Activity to go with it!

So here it is, Make your Holi Color Book!

Make your Own Family Holi Book of Colors

  1. Create a simple Color Book to remind us of all of our Colorful Fun!
  2. Draw members of our family, one on each page. Then write a color word on each page.
  3. Using a paint brush and water colors, splatter painted each page according to the color.

We’ve been working on Family Names and Color Words in Hindi so it was the perfect time to use both in our book!

Holi Books for Kids

Here are some books about Holi.

Celebrate Holi With Me! (From The Toddler Diaries)

Amma, Tell Me about Holi by Bhakti Mathur

Festival of Colors by Vashti Harrison

Holi Colors by Rina Singh

Want more Holi books for Kids? Explore these colorful children’s books about Holi!

holi books for kids

What is Holi?

  • Background of Holi & Activities from Putti Prapancha
  • Videos of Holi collected by Gnaana
  • Song about Holi

Festival Colors Holi High Quality Colors, 50 Gram Packets (Pack of 10)

Activities for Holi for Kids

  • Bubble Paint Virtual Holi at Putti Prapancha
  • Body Tracing and Paint Splatter from Putti Prapancha
  • Rainy Day Chalk at Golden Gleam
  • Make your own HOLI letters by Gnaana

Our Holi Friends!

Happy Holi from our Family to yours! 

Like this idea? Pin for later or share now with a friend!

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Filed Under: Cultural Education, Kids Activities Tagged With: Bilingual Babies, Cultural, Festival, Hindi, Holi, India, Spring

About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. rinkal says

    March 13, 2019 at 2:18 am

    I love your kids’ smiles and fun

  2. Becky says

    April 9, 2013 at 10:01 am

    What a beautiful post!!! I love your kids' smiles- they couldn't be happier:).

  3. Jill @MomsGoneGlobal says

    March 31, 2013 at 11:20 pm

    Great ideas! An old neighbor of mine used to celebrate Holi with her children and their front porch would be bathed in amazing colors at the end of the day! I will pin this post on my multicultural celebrations board. Thanks for sharing!

  4. Leanna @ Alldonemonkey says

    March 19, 2013 at 5:28 pm

    I love this post! Holi seems like a holiday tailor-made for kids, what colorful, messy fun! Thank you for teaching us more about it. Will feature you on our FB page today: http://www.facebook.com/alldonemonkey

  5. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    March 13, 2012 at 8:25 pm

    I'll admit I love him! He's a good husband and a amazing daddy, he's a keeper! It was great fun, I'm sorry you had to miss out.

  6. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    March 13, 2012 at 8:23 pm

    I was so excited he took the time to read it, it's the little things I guess. I hope you and your daughter had a great time celebrating Holi too, I'm sorry you didn't get to take pictures from the Fun at School with Body Paint

  7. Amanda says

    March 13, 2012 at 8:13 am

    NO fair! Your hubbie is so sweet =) Maybe he will inspire my hubbie to comment too!!! Looks like you guys had an amazing day =) – Amanda

  8. Medea says

    March 13, 2012 at 5:18 am

    How fantastic! I've never heard of Holi, but love to celebrate spring!

  9. Rebekah says

    March 12, 2012 at 9:23 pm

    Ahhh, thanks so much for including our chalk play in your Holi post. It looks like you had a fabulous celebration!! It looks like the kids had a blast!

    So cute your husband replied on your blog. I'm still waiting for my first comment from mine. 😉

  10. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    March 12, 2012 at 7:21 pm

    The first time my husband actually responds on my blog…YEAH! However he didn't realize our laptop remembers me LOL. Thanks for the kind words and lots of adventures with our children! Our Kindergartner can't wait to wear her Holi shirt and show off her fun with colors. SHOW N TELL this week here she comes!

  11. Kim @ The Educators Spin On It says

    March 12, 2012 at 6:32 pm

    Good Blog Hun !!! Nice Explanation to this wonderful and colorful festival of Holi. Bright colors, water balloons, lavish gujiyas and melodious songs are the ingredients to perfect Holi. Holi indeed is a festival submerged in the spirit of unity and harmony. Festivals like Holi bring true meaning to a close knit community.

    Also By the way, – Thanks for making it more personal by making HOLI T- Shirts for kids. They look really cute in these T Shirts.

  12. Roopa Shri says

    March 12, 2012 at 2:25 pm

    Aaah such lovely and colorful photos!! Glad to see you and your family enjoyed this colorful festival. Loved the Holi T shirt:)
    Thanks for the links.

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