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A Colourful Canvas – Melted Crayon Art with Kids

by Shinta Simon | Feb 26, 2017 | Colour me bright!, DIY | 3 |

Create a colourful masterpiece for your child’s room with a few crayons, a hair-dryer and little hands to guide you!

Cupcake Liner Blossoms

by Maria de Conceicao | Feb 27, 2017 | Colour me bright!, DIY | 0 |

Learn to create cupcake liner blossoms in this easy step by step tutorial.

Imaginative art with Fingerprints

by Sharanya Mageshwaran | Feb 27, 2017 | Colour me bright!, DIY | 0 |

Finger painting is a fun and easy way to introduce your child to painting.

Fun colourful Button Craft with kids

by Manasa Mukka | Mar 29, 2017 | Colour me bright!, DIY | 0 |

Bring out your old and new buttons and paints. An ideal DIY to sit out and make in your garden or...

The Art of Terracotta Jewellery

by Guest Contributor | Apr 4, 2017 | Colour me bright!, DIY | 1 |

“Terracotta and baking are my passion,” says Surekha I moved to Europe in 2008 with my husband....

Easter Egg Display

by Shinta Simon | Apr 11, 2017 | Colour me bright!, DIY | 0 |

Brighten up your living room with an Easter-themed display which takes little effort and time, and...

Hot Cross Buns

by Maria de Conceicao | Apr 13, 2017 | Colour me bright!, DIY | 2 |

Hot-cross buns! Hot-cross buns! One a penny, two a penny, Hot-cross buns! If you have no...

DIY Stress Busters

by Aradhna Sethi | Apr 25, 2017 | Colour me bright!, DIY | 0 |

Watch this tutorial to make these super cute DIY Stress Busters by Aanya and Aakash Sethi.
These stress busters are easy to make, with things you have available at home. We hope you join them and have fun!

Summer Themed Preschool Activities

by Shinta Simon | Jun 8, 2017 | DIY, Sunshine in my Pocket | 1 |

Looking for ways to keep your preschooler occupied while indoors? Here are some fun activities...

DIY ‘Diya’ and ‘Agarbatti’ Holder for Diwali

by Guest Contributor | Oct 14, 2017 | DIY, Hues of Gold | 0 |

Make your own ‘diya’ and ‘agarbatti’ holder this Diwali. Sriprabha Kasthuri tells you how. With...

Dress up your string lights this Diwali!

by Manasa Mukka | Oct 16, 2017 | DIY, Hues of Gold | 0 |

String lights are part of most of our festive decorations. Make them look more colourful and...

Spooky or friendly – meet the Ghost!

by Aradhna Sethi | Oct 27, 2017 | DIY, Hues of Gold | 0 |

Bring out the artist in you – good, bad or ugly – this Halloween. Halloween is just around the...

Microgreens

by Guest Contributor | Oct 30, 2017 | DIY, Hues of Gold | 0 |

Have you been to a restaurant and ordered salads or starters and noticed mini colourful leaves...

DIY Bookmarks with your kids, make reading more fun!

by Chetana Parameswar | Nov 3, 2017 | DIY, Hues of Gold | 0 |

Bookmarks! We all as kids have had different kinds of bookmarks- A leaf from a tree which you...

Stone Art – A Memorable Keepsake

by Deepty Mundhra | Dec 8, 2017 | Christmas Stories, DIY, Ring in the New | 1 |

Create your own personalised Christmas decor and gifts. Deepty Mundhra tells us how. Recently,...

Mandala Magic

by Smita Swamy | Feb 15, 2018 | DIY, Ring in the New | 0 |

Bring out the artist in you by approaching art with a practical – almost mathematical twist....

Out with boring weekends!

by Guest Contributor | Mar 8, 2018 | Building Bonds, DIY | 0 |

Aanya Sethi tells her mother how she kept boredom at bay and decorated her school bag with ‘happy...

Spring up with a keepsake this Easter

by Deepty Mundhra | Mar 21, 2018 | Building Bonds, DIY | 0 |

This Easter, get your feet painted and get started to create art that can be kept over years… as a...

Blend, Mix and Create!

by Deepty Mundhra | Jul 11, 2018 | DIY, Summer Vibes | 0 |

Summer is here. And so is the time to bring the colour and warmth in and around your home. Mix...

Gran Canaria – a versatile island

by Smita Swamy | Jul 25, 2018 | DIY, Summer Vibes, Worldwide | 0 |

A second visit to the same island. I had mixed feelings. This could be boring. But, on the...

Leaf Print Clay Bowl

by Deepty Mundhra | Oct 17, 2018 | DIY, On Track Again! | 0 |

The Autumn holidays are here, and as the days get shorter and cooler, our contributor Deepty...

Decorate your candle holders this Diwali

by Jeyanthi Dravidamani | Nov 5, 2018 | DIY, On Track Again! | 0 |

Diwali is here! It’s time to celebrate the festival of lights decorating our homes with diyas,...

Slovenia through an artist’s eye

by Smita Swamy | Nov 14, 2018 | DIY, On Track Again!, Worldwide | 0 |

Smita Satish gives us a glimpse of Slovenia through her sketches, paintings, and doodles that she...

Easy DIY greeting cards

by Manasa Mukka | Dec 8, 2018 | Christmas Stories, DIY, Winter Stories | 0 |

It is the time of the year when there is celebration everywhere. Presents are exchanged with...

Christmas Craft: A wooly vase

by Jeyanthi Dravidamani | Dec 21, 2018 | Christmas Stories, DIY, Winter Stories | 0 |

Namaste Switzerland marks every festivity with creative DIY ideas – from greeting cards, to...

Blooming flower experiment

by Chetana Parameswar | Mar 8, 2019 | DIY, Spring into Spring | 0 |

Our contributor Chetana Parameswar brings us the perfect DIY welcoming spring. It’s fun. Try it...

Eco-friendly handmade soap

by Jeyanthi Dravidamani | Mar 8, 2019 | DIY, Spring into Spring | 0 |

Make your own biodegradable, eco-friendly soap with locally available ingredients. One of my goals...

Paper Tulips

by Kirti Sharma | Apr 8, 2019 | DIY, Nature Springs to Life | 0 |

Spring brings along colourful blossoms and joy. This is the season where colourful tulips raise...

The art of quilling

by Smita Swamy | Apr 8, 2019 | DIY, Nature Springs to Life | 0 |

Quilling is an art of rolling paper strips and creating different shapes. Use your imagination to...

A beginner’s guide to mosaic art

by Guest Contributor | May 8, 2019 | DIY, Summer on the Horizon | 0 |

Our guest contributor Rajani Batula is an Adliswil-artist based artist. For this issue, she shows...

Mixed media – let your imagination soar

by Smita Swamy | Jun 8, 2019 | DIY, Sunny beginnings | 0 |

“The sky’s the limit when it comes to mixed media,” says our art contributor and illustrator...

‘Sanjhi’ – an Indian art

by Jeyanthi Dravidamani | Jun 8, 2019 | DIY, Sunny beginnings | 0 |

Make paper stencils with the Indian art of paper cutting – ‘Sanjhi’. Jeyanthi Senthilrajan...

Make your own festive marigold wreath

by Chetana Parameswar | Oct 8, 2019 | DIY, Fall and Festivities | 0 |

With Diwali round the corner, making a flower wreath seemed to me the”must-make” activity this...

Spook up your window this Halloween!

by Manasa Mukka | Oct 8, 2019 | DIY, Fall and Festivities | 0 |

October’s here – and we look forward to festivals and celebration. The trend of celebrating...

DIY tea light holders

by Guest Contributor | Nov 8, 2019 | Children’s Special!, DIY | 0 |

Ishaan Parameswar, 8 years old I really look forward to Thursdays at school when we have our TTG...

DIY art with Shells

by Guest Contributor | Nov 8, 2019 | Children’s Special!, DIY, Holiday Reads | 0 |

Sanjana Senthilrajan, 6 years Sanjana Senthilrajan loves to play with colours: “It is always fun...

New year – 2020 Journal for kids

by Keerthana Nagarajan | Jan 8, 2020 | DIY, Stepping into 2020 | 0 |

We, at Namaste Switzerland wish you a very happy 2020! To welcome the new year for the kids and to...

Paper Weaving

by Chetana Parameswar | May 8, 2020 | DIY, Holiday Reads, Winds of Change | 0 |

For many of us, summer equals a holiday at the beach. However, since travel will be pretty...

Creativity in daily life

by Guest Contributor | Aug 8, 2020 | Brighten up your August, DIY | 0 |

Creativity is the act of turning imaginative ideas into reality, often leading to different...

Art with paper clippings

by Sharanya Mageshwaran | Sep 8, 2020 | DIY, Holiday Reads, Walking into Fall | 0 |

Most paper arts and crafts can be created in no time with simple home supplies. We’ve earlier...

Autumn inspired DIY art wall

by Chetana Parameswar | Oct 8, 2020 | Autumn Musings, DIY | 0 |

The season of Autumn, Fall or Herbst, as you may call it, brings with it a different colour...

Festive Pop Up Cards

by Smita Swamy | Dec 8, 2020 | Christmas Stories, DIY, Embracing the good times! | 0 |

Smita Swamy shares an easy and fun festive pop-up card tutorial with our readers. Make them and...

DIY Salt dough ornaments

by Chetana Parameswar | Dec 8, 2020 | Christmas Stories, DIY, Embracing the good times! | 0 |

Lit up and decorated Christmas trees in big street squares, shopping malls and markets have become...

Simple Christmas Nail-Art

by Samvidha Srinath | Dec 8, 2020 | Christmas Stories, DIY, Embracing the good times! | 0 |

The trend of nail art has existed since the 1980s. While Switzerland, like other countries, has...

Upcycled Twine Holder

by Deepty Mundhra | Jan 8, 2021 | DIY, Holiday Reads, Welcome 2021! | 0 |

Deepty Mundhra uses some basic and readily available materials to create a pretty and practical...

A tutorial on Digital Art

by Samvidha Srinath | Feb 8, 2021 | DIY, Show that you care!, The Month of Love | 0 |

Technology has changed and is rapidly and drastically changing our lives. This is especially true...

Garden or Balcony Decor – DIY Mosaic Mushroom

by Smita Swamy | Apr 8, 2021 | DIY, Spring Time | 0 |

Time to set up your garden area or balcony. Smita Swamy shares a DIY using cement clay and mosaic...

DIY – Garden gnomes

by Deepty Mundhra | Apr 8, 2021 | DIY, Spring Time | 0 |

The season of spring brings with it new life and growth. Deepthy Mundra brings us the...

Easy Home made Rakhis

by Kirti Sharma | Aug 8, 2021 | DIY, Summer Reset | 0 |

Indians and South Asian across the world will celebrate Rakshabandhan – the special bond...

DIY Home Decor – Warli Lamp Shade

by Smita Swamy | Oct 8, 2021 | Color me Autumn!, DIY | 0 |

Smita Swamy shares the perfect DIY art tutorial for this season. She shows you how to add the...

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