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Diwali, the festival of lights and happiness, is a special occasion to celebrate with loved ones. Everyone celebrates this festival together. Many types of delicious dishes are prepared. The preparation for which is started long in advance. People decorate their houses with lights and many other things. But after this, a lot of stuff is often left like lamps, candles, sparkler boxes, gift wrapping paper, sweet boxes, decorative lights, flowers, torans and empty crackers boxes.
Now most people consider it useless and throw it away. But you can reuse this leftover material with creative thinking. This not only protects the environment. Moreover, many types of things can be made from it for decoration. Let’s know about it
use of lamps
After Diwali, earthen lamps and candles are left, which can be reused. If we talk about lamps, then first wash and dry them. If you want, you can decorate them with different types of paint and glitter and use them for home decor. Apart from this, add a few drops of wax and essential oil in the lamps, add a wick and let it set. Diyas can be painted in different ways and placed on balconies and windows.
Creative use of lamps (Credit: Pexels)
flowers and arches
You can also use flowers and Toran to decorate your house on Diwali. For this, you can make incense sticks or incense sticks by drying the dried flowers used for puja or Toran and mixing them with camphor and sandalwood. Purinee flowers can be dried to make diy greeting cards or photo frames. Apart from this, you can also use dried flowers for gardening. Cut dried flowers and leaves into small pieces. After this, they can be used as a special solution by mixing them in the soil of the plant.
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Use of checkpoint
Chowki is used for Diwali puja. You can use it again. You can use it for home decor. It can be used by decorating Buddha idol and lamps. You can keep it in a corner of the house and place a big vase on top of it and add artificial flowers in it. It will look very attractive if kept in a corner of the house.
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