CRAFT

Floral tiaras are pretty easy to make. It is one of the most beautiful DIY (do it yourself ) crafts I learnt to make in this summer holiday. You may try making one too and craft your stress away.

Materials required

• 1mm craft wire

• Knitting needle

• Green coloured floral tape

• Scrapbook paper or crepe paper

• Scissors

• Hot glue gun

• Glue stick

• Pencil

• Ribbons

Procedure

First of all, we need to get the roses ready for the tiara. We need to carve and cut out petals from the crepe paper. We will need one tear drop-shaped petal for the centre and then about five rounded heart-shaped petals. And then take a small knitting needle and roll the tear drop-shaped petal to make the centre of our rose.

Now we need to take the heart-shaped petals and pinch the base around a large knitting needle. Then with a small knitting needle, we need to curl the top of our petals backwards. We have to curl all of the petals in this manner.

Finally, to assemble our rose we have to start by gluing the tear drop shaped petals into the centre of one of our petals. Then continue to create our rose in this way by adding petals diagonally opposite. We need to make at least six or seven roses.

Now, we need to cut a piece of wire and then bend it into a horseshoe shape. Take the wire and wrap it around your head to find your best fit. Leave about a ½ inch of extra space and cut off the excess wire.

Make sure to secure the ends with green floral tape. Then slip the two ends of the horseshoe-shaped wire down through the centre of the flowers and cut the tape and press the edge down to seal it. Continue placing and taping the flowers.

We may as well fold several long pieces of ribbon in half and place them just behind the spot where the wires overlap and wrap the ribbon ends over the wire and down through the loop.

Our floral tiara is all ready!

Now wear your tiara, shine like a princess, keep your head held high and leave a little sparkle wherever you go!

Srijita Talukdar, 17 years,

Renaissance Co-operative Housing Society, AB Block, Action Area 1A, New Town

Lockdown days

During the lockdown, I have been studying at home. I wake up at 8.45am. Next I do my PE lessons. After that I have breakfast. Then there are online classes. First I do mathematics. Then I do English. After English, I focus on my science lessons. I watch the videos provided with all lessons during the day. I answer questions and send in all my work, which get checked by the teachers, marked and returned with comments. If we get stuck, the teachers are always there to help us. I read books online in the afternoon at Bug Club. I also go to the garden for exercise.

Still sometimes I get bored because I can’t talk to my friends for long or see them, leave alone going to school and playing with them. Our class teacher hosts online class meetings so we can see our friends and chat with them.

During my spare time, I play online multi-player games, chat with my friends, play board games, sing and take part in online programmes and competitions. I also do gardening and have grown some vegetables and flowers.

I hope this pandemic will end soon, so I can go back to school and play with my friends. I can’t wait to see them again!

Priyom Datta Purokayastha, 7 years,

AJ Block

Salute to Covid fight

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