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By Kim Vij 4 Comments

DIY Stamps with Designs from India

DIY stamps inspired by India designs

The patterns and designs that come from India are eye catching. Here’s a fun way to teach your child about art and India. Create your own stamp!

Looking at a few Indian patterns and designs through items from India in our house we started to discover some reoccurring patterns. I had my daughter collect those items and start to make sketches on the designs.

We also explored websites that featured Indian items to make it easier to create.

Exploring Designs from India with Kids

In making her drawings we noticed a few reoccurring patterns. Have you ever noticed them?

Here’s a simple way to create DIY stamps from India for your child. 

  • Reused cardboard box
  • Hot glue gun and glue 
  • Marker
  • Paper
  • India clip art. 

Have your child create a design on the cardboard surface inspired by the Indian designs they’ve observed. For younger children have them show you the design they like and draw it for them on the cardboard.

Then the adults will trace the design with hot glue gun and allow to cool. Once cool cut out stamps to use for projects.

The India Design Stamps can be used for 

  • stamping with ink 
  • crayon rubbings
  • playing with playground or air clay 

To see how we used our stamps to create a Diya for Diwali visit my guest post on Little Passports this week {Click Here}

Check out their Little Passports Explorer Kits while you’re there too! Love traveling the world with their kits.

How to Make Your Own Diyas for Diwali

See how to create your Own Diya for Diwali.

For more ideas featuring Indian Art, you may also enjoy these…

Flower Rangoli for Diwali with Kids
Easy Diwali Crafts for school
Rangoli Craft with Kids for Diwali

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Filed Under: Arts, Cultural Education Tagged With: Bilingual Babies, Creative Crafting, Diwali, India, Kim

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. Amanda Boyarshinov says

    October 21, 2014 at 6:54 am

    Kim, these are absolutely stunning. I look forward to trying to make some and using them with my kids.

    Reply
  2. Kim Vij says

    October 21, 2014 at 9:11 am

    We've had a lot of fun finding the repetitive patterns in Indian items around our house. If you look up Henna designs that would be a great place to start for inspiration too.

    Reply
  3. Natasha Johnson says

    October 22, 2014 at 4:53 pm

    These are beautiful. Going to try these tonight without the kids.

    Reply

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