Class Description: Medha Joshi and Vanaja Mulagada, natives of India, will demonstrate how to make colorful Diwali paper lanterns with step-by-step instruction. Students will start out with a simpler paper lantern design for practice. After completing the first lantern, a second more elaborate one will be created. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, will be celebrated in October this year in India and other parts of the world. By lighting ceramic oil lamps and hanging colorful paper lanterns in front of their homes, Indians welcome happiness and peace into their homes.
Instructors: Medha Joshi and Vanaja Mulagada
Dates: Wednesday, July 20
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Cost: $30
Class size: Minimum 3 / Maximum 6
Supply list: Provided in class
Ages: 8 to 12 years of age