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•  Make your diyas look more beautiful by coloring them with different colors.

• Decorate your Diyas with some small decorative glass pieces and stick them on the edge of the diya. When you light the diya the scene of reflection of the flame in those small mirrors will look just amazing.
• Make dough out of wheat flour and water. Make diyas from this dough. With this dough you can make diyas of any shape and size of your choice. Also paint them to make them colorful.

For a festive look that’s easy to get buy broad-gauge ribbon that’s the   
same shade as your cushions.
Tie the ribbons around the cushions much as   
you would around a gift, with a generous bow on the front.
Snip off extra-long edges and arrange the cushions on your sofa.
You could also try using contrasting ribbons, the more ethnic dori or silver/golden gota borders instead.           

Encourage your children to make Di wali gifts.
Get earthen diyas and put them in water dry.
Let your children paint the diyas as creatively as possible - stick bindis, beeds, gotas, daals, silver and gold powder… (let their imagination run but have supplies beforehand).
Prepare candle-wicks by dipping pieces of plumber’s thread into hot wax and letting them dry.
Once done, help them out by pouring hot wax into the diya.
Insert wicks immediately and hold still till set.
Wrap up and go gifting.

For an attractive display, buy a tall, cylindrical transparent vase and line with coloured glass beads or stone chips. When half full, insert sturdy stems, choosing flowers that match the chips or beads.
Fill the vase to the brim with more beads and then carefully pour in water.
Or have the flowers embedded on a florist’s frog (a tablet with teeth to hold stems) placed at the bottom of the vase first, then fill.