Eco friendly Diwali Celebration Ideas for Parents

Safe and eco-friendly Diwali is the need of the hour. Every year, during the Diwali festival there is a sharp rise in pollution levels and health issues. The festival that begins with celebrations and gaiety, ends with adverse effects on the environment as well as on the lives of common people. 

However, kids wait for Diwali celebrations, crackers, meeting loved ones, and feasts. What can parents do to celebrate an eco-friendly Diwali that is safe too!!

Celebrate eco-friendly and safe Diwali!

Ways to Celebrate Safe and Eco-friendly Diwali for Parents

          

To keep the spirit and celebration alive even after Diwali, we need to take some measures that would ensure not just the safety of our loved ones but environmental safety too. Here are some effective measures that would only magnify the combined happiness on Diwali and minimize the adverse effects.

1. Invite neighbors/ friends/relatives at one common place for Diwali celebrations while maintaining social distancing norms. That way you can multiply the celebrations and reduce pollution as well as waste of essential resources. 

2. Together friends/neighbors can exchange greetings, and sweets, and enjoy a potluck meal. Moreover, such an event provides a positive atmosphere for families and kids to have a good time instead of celebrating in isolation.

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3. If a physical meeting is not possible, a virtual meeting is a great idea, thanks to Google Meet and similar mediums. Plan a contest or activity before the virtual meeting like a singing or dancing contest, showing a newly decorated home, or just doing prayers at the same time while being online.


4. Encourage kids to avoid firecrackers. If they insist then prefer eco-friendly, green, and certified crackers such as sparklers, chakris, etc., which produce noise without smoke.

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5. Replace cracker's time with activities like eco-friendly decorations with kids. Make DIY candles, diyas, and colorful lanterns at home, decorate with flower garlands, and several items you may create with old stuff.



                                     


6. Besides, another wonderful idea is to create a competition for the best rangoli or decorative pieces or cook a dish within your society or within your family. This would inspire kids to create new things during festival time and have some fun learning too.

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7. Kids love to showcase their creations. If your kid is an art lover, he may create art and craft pieces, showcase them to the world through social media, and even sell them online before the festival. Isn't this a fantastic idea?

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8. Instead of using electrical lights, use earthen pots and candles as these are eco-friendly and save precious electricity. It would also, support local vendors and promote the cause of #vocalforlocal


9. Avoid using chemical-based colors for decoration purposes like rangoli. Always use flowers, leaves, and eco-friendly colors. Flaunt your kid's rangoli creation to your friends and family too.

                      

Rangoli- Decorations with flowers on Diwali

10. To make the festival brighter for the underprivileged, share clothes, eatables, and other essential things with them. The smile on their faces would make you happier.

11. In fact, prepare a meal for them or buy a meal for them to make their festive time happier.

12. The festival of Diwali also means indulging in your favorite sweets and snacks. While you dig your teeth into sweets,  you may send a gift of joy to your friends living in a different state or country. 

Share happiness, sweets, and other things with not-so-privileged kids.

13. Enjoy the videos and pictures of the Diwali festival of yesteryear and share your favorite moment. Ask your kids what they remembered and loved the best moment of the festival.

14. Arrange Karaoke at home and sing endlessly with your kids and record that too. Share the same with friends and throw a Karaoke challenge to them.

15. Watch mythological movies or animated movies such as the Ramayana so that kids can understand the tradition/ culture behind the festival.

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16. Create greeting cards with kids for loved ones and send them with your message. Isn't it heart-warming to receive a lovely message from your close ones that too handwritten or handcrafted?

17. Buy cool gifts for nephews and nieces such as book subscriptions from a reputed website like this one-   Bookroo

18. The best way to celebrate an eco-friendly Diwali is to go organic on your purchases and gifting ideas. You can pick tons of organic gift items that suit the occasion. For example, you can select soaps, candles, creams, spices, handicrafts, and decorative pieces.

19. How about aromatic candles that fill the space with an intoxicating aroma? Or you can purchase ornamental plants that look adorable when placed indoors. You can pick the right pieces to pack into a gift hamper to please your loved ones and show them you care.

20.  If that is not enough, you want to gift more then you may choose cool sunglasses, accessories, toys, clothes, and so on for babies, toddlers, growing kids, men and women, and Shower Gifts as much as you want to and that too at great discounts!!

21. Interested in playing some games at home? Download printable games quickly and let the fun roll. Your kids would ask for more once they get started, right!!

22. Another sure-shot idea to upscale your Diwali celebrations is to cook with your family. The festival of lights is never complete without mouth-watering delicacies and melt-in-mouth delights. Here are some easy-to-cook recipes that you can try this year to celebrate safe and eco-friendly Diwali:

 

Celebrating Eco-friendly Diwali with Homemade sweets!

Instant Coconut Burfi on Diwali

It is an Indian version of Coconut Fudge prepared with desiccated coconut and condensed milk. You can prepare this instant, soft, chewy recipe in 15 minutes. 

Ingredients

●      1 cup desiccated coconut

●      ½ cup sweetened condensed milk

●      ½ cup milk

●      1-2 tbsp Ghee

●      Pinch of cardamom powder for flavor

●      Grated nuts for garnishing

 

Recipe

Heat ghee in a pan. Once the ghee melts, add desiccated coconut, milk, and condensed milk. Mix well and cook on low flame for 5 minutes. Switch to medium flame after 5 minutes and keep stirring until the mixture absorbs all moisture. Add a pinch of cardamom powder. Switch off the flame and transfer the mixture onto a greased pan. Spread evenly and garnish with grated nuts. Let it rest for a couple of hours. Once it cools, cut into desired pieces and enjoy delicious coconut burfi.

 

                                 

Easy Paan Laddoo for Diwali Celebrations

This delicious, classic pan laddoo recipe adds some fun to your celebrations. Let a perfect blend of desiccated coconut, rose petals, dry betel leaves, and nuts melt in your mouth to release hard-to-resist exotic flavors. 

Ingredients

●      A handful of cashews, pistachios, almonds, and sunflower seeds

●      1 cup desiccated coconut

●      ½ cup dates

●      ½ cup rose petal jam (Gulkand)

●      Fresh Beetal leaves

 

Recipe

Wash and dry the Beetal leaves. Cut them and place them in the microwave for a minute. Take them out, mix well, and put them again in the microwave for 45 seconds. Ensure there is no moisture left in the leaves. Let them cool and keep them aside. Next, take a pan and dry-roasted almonds, cashews, pistachio, and sunflower seeds. Add desiccated coconut. Fry for a minute and turn off the flame. 

Add dry leaves and nuts mixture into a blender. Blend into a crumbly mixture. Next, add chopped dates. Transfer the mixture onto a large plate and add rose petal jam. Mix well and make delicious laddoos. 

23. Last but not least, make Diwali prosperous for others too. Do not bargain with roadside vendors and small shopkeepers as this is the time they can earn well for their family and have a decent celebration. That way you would be making a small contribution towards the underprivileged. 

Have a bright, prosperous, and Eco-friendly Diwali!

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