Cat Hand Puppet - For Artsy Craftsy Challenge Mar 2010

I love puppets and puppet shows. I remember enjoying them so much when I was a kid. I do have two cute ready made hand puppets at home which I play with even now. :)

But I guess this is the first time I have made one by myself and I was happy with the outcome even thought it was in a total hurry. When this cute challenge was open by Mindful Meanderings(Shruti), I was just wondering if I could really make one and was actually too lazy to think of it too.

But you know, participation matters and winning the last challenge gave me enough motivation to go ahead with it in the last minute.

Here is my 'Kitty' the cat - hand puppet made with just few items and few minutes in hand. :)

Its absolutely easy and can be made and played by kids from the age of 1- n ;) Yup I enjoyed playing. :)

Was trying to dub for cat's voice and was talking to mom through Kitty. :) That was FUNNNN :)

Things you need - A square sheet of paper, a cat face drawn on a sheet or just a printout of a cat face, scissors and some glue.

How to do? - You all would have come across a paper folding called "4 cups" otherwise know as the "Fortune teller". Its a simple folding technique that results in a mouth like opening in the front and cute 4 cups connected to each other on the reverse.

If you know it, just make one with a square sheet. Else just follow the instructions in the below picture to make the folding. I bet its damn simple to make and any kid from the age of 4 could understand the folding technique easily.

Now stick the top two cups together with some glue and also stick the bottom two cups together. Now you will be able to see a mouth like opening in the front and 4 cups to insert your fingers at the back.

Once done, draw a cat face on a plain sheet of paper or just take a print of a cat face on a paper. Now cut out the face cleanly using a scissors, removing all the white portions of the paper.

The tricky part comes here. Slowly cut out the lower jaw of the cat out separately. Now your cat face would be in two halves with the major face portion on top and the bottom portion would have just the lower jaw.

Now stick the top portion of the face on the top 2 cups and the jaw portion in the bottom two cups.

Your puppet is almost done. Just cut off the remaining white portions of the cups leaving just the cat face.

Now you will be able to open the mouth of the cat by just holding your fingers in the 4 cups at the back.

Finally draw and color the tongue and mouth portion.

Your cat hand puppet is done :)

'Kitty' the cat (Front view)

(Back View)

I am really happy to send this as an entry to the Artsy Craftsy Challenge conducted by Mindful Meanderings. There is a lot to entertain your kid in her site. Do visit and have fun. :)

Sparrows - Pencil Sketch

I still remember the days when mom used to show me sparrows in the backyard to make me eat. I still remember the cute look of the little ones. I still remember their sweet voice.

But all that we could do is to remember them and keep their pics as mobile screen savers!!!!!

March 20, 2010 will be observed as World House Sparrow Day (WHSD) to focus on raising awareness about the decline of the common House Sparrow and to throw light on the problems faced by the House Sparrow in its daily fight for survival.



I am sending my sparrow pencil sketch for the "Cute Sparrow Crafts event '10" conducted by Shama Nagarajan of "My Handicrafts" blog.

A Little boy - Pencil Sketching

Innocence is to see a world in a grain of sand, a heaven in a wild flower, to hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.

I have always hesitated to draw humanbeing because it has a lot of details that need to look like what they are suppose to look like.. And that was a BIG difficulty for me.

But then something kept on telling me that practice makes one better and that instinct has been working on me for quite some time now. So here is my try on drawing a little boy. :)

Of course I always play safe. I don't know who he is and if he really exist or not. ;)



I am really excited to receive this Best Blog award from a super mom called Shruthi who owns the lovely site Mindful Meandering. If you are a mom and have not been to her space, do visit now. She has got loads of things to entertain your kids.

Thanks buddy for acknowledging my blog as the best blog. I am so honored and happy. :)

All is well ! - A pencil sketch

3 Idiots is one of the best movie that I saw lately. It left a great impact in me. Started loving Amir Khan for his amazing acting skills and stunning looks. He is a legend.

Here is my try on his pic. Yes I know I have not brought out his looks perfectly.. But all that I can say is "All is Well"!!!!. :) :) :)

Pencil Drawing - Little Village

Touching my pencils after a year. Its making me feel fresh and nice again. :)

This is a little village that came to my mind when I thought of sketching. Used Microtip pencil for the dark outlines and 6B pencil to do the light shadings. :)

Pongalo Pongal - Thai Thirunal Celebration! :)

Wish you all a very happy Pongal!!!! :)

Thai Thirunal Valzhtukkal!!


Miniature of traditional pongal setting that I did

Pongal is a very traditional and interesting festival that we love to celebrate. This year, just as ever we had a lot of fun.

The extra fun that I had this year was to decorate a miniature mockup of the ethnic pongal celebration. :) hey of course the pongal in it is true and edible. :)

The pic above is a set of small earthen pots that I got from Valluvar kotam. I pained it to make it look more special and ethnic. :) Loved making the sand base and miniature kolam too. :)

The entire scene setting is just within half feet measure. :)

It was hard to balance the sugarcanes that way. But I loved this pic :)

And yeah.. Kolam is one other thing that becomes mandatory for any traditional celebration. :)

Here is my first try on color kolam. I enjoyed doing it though it was a little time consuming. :) Yet to master the tricks of using color in kolam. :)

My Interview on webneetech.com :)

All smiles again!!!!

Little happenings add loads of josh to our life, that too I get all the more excited when it is on a weekend eve :) :) :)

I have been featured on webneetech.com.

One fine day, got a mail from the technical department of the site saying that they were really impressed with my blogs and they wanted to feature me in their site. I was of course very much excited about it. This interview was on a lighter side and I enjoyed answering their questions.

Take a peep into it :)

http://webneetech.com/2010/01/08/a-foodie-and-an-artist-blogger-nithya/



Wish you all a happy and leisure weekend :)



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