Children's Activities
Arts and Crafts | Mela Singing Sensation | Peace Mural | East/West FacePainting & Henna | Games | Art Contest
These are all free activities with mela entry fees. Your child will have a wonderful time exploring various activities. Not to be a missed event if you have a child at home.Card Making
The holiday seasons are here. Make your own organic cards with lentils, dried flowers/leaves, etc.
Flower Making
Making fancy flowers with crepe paper or cupcake holders with supervision.
Masquerade Masks
Making an elaborate masquerade mask with supervision.
Puppet Making
Who does not love puppets? Your child will make a seasonal puppet with our helpful suggestions.
Does your child love to sing or do you love to hear your child sing? Have your child record songs with various instruments as a group and you can take home a demo CD.
Peace Mural with local Artist, Taina Vargas
Taina will work with children on making a peace mural that will be completed by the end of the mela.
Taina is a visual artist, photographer, dancer and community arts teacher
in the Boston area.
(Taina's website). She will be assisted by Karen Stein,
another community artist.
East/West Face Painting & Henna
East Facepainting: Inspired by elaborate sandalwood facepainting done during Bengali wedding.
West Facepainting: various themes that are currently popular.
Henna will also be available.
There will be various games which can engage your child individually or as part of a group.
- Environmental Snakes and Ladder
- Make a Jenga tower
- Mela Bond 009 - A detective game
- Musical Chairs
- Pictionary, Carrom
Board and Charades
and more...