Diorama-Kerala,India

Diorama Trivandrum Kerala

 I was quite busy the past week as I had to prepare my daughter for her "Just a Minute Competition" where she had to talk about a City in India from a tourism point of view. The talk had to be supported with a chart or model.

I am from Kerala State in India and Kerala is popularly called " Gods own country" as it is so beautiful. We chose the city Trivandrum ,the capital of Kerala and here is the diorama we made.

Kerala means the land of coconut trees and we have so many coconut trees and beaches abound!

Here we made the coconut trees from chart paper and card stock.My little one stuck all the leaves and the coconuts.You can see her art work on the trunk of the coconut tree too!

Diorama Trivandrum Kerala

Here are the majestic Indian elephants all decked up for the temple festivals.These are wooden elephants available in most handicraft stores in India and are symbolic of Kerala where they are an essential part of temple festivities.

Diorama Trivandrum Kerala

Let me play my part in Kerala tourism too!The background scene is the famous Kovalam beach in Trivandrum which is very popular with the tourists.My little one enjoyed making the paper lighthouse.

Diorama Trivandrum Kerala

This is a paper boat we made and my 5 year old painted and embellished.If you get a chance to visit Kerala dont miss a chance to stay in a houseboat--its an unforgettable experience!

Paper Boat

The photograph below shows a Kathakali dancer.Kathakali is a classical dance form from Kerala which often tells a mythological tale.The Kathakali dancers convey sentences and emotions so eloquently with their facial expressions and a visit to Kerala is incomplete without experiencing a Kathakali performance--it is spellbinding!

Kathakali

Sorry If I got a bit carried away with the tourism promotion-- all week I had been coaching my daughter about the tourism high points of Trivandrum !

Diorama Trivandrum Kerala

Since I dont have a cutting machine we hand cut everything. It was fun but time consuming.Corrugated paper adds a lot to the 3D effect and I used it to create the beach and the waves in the water.We also made a paper lotus from Punched flowers.Lotus flowers are abundant in the backwaters of Kerala.

Paper Lotus Flower

I find it much easier to do her school projects nowadays as she helps tremendously in the painting,sticking and cutting bits.Its becoming more enjoyable day by day-- so young mothers out there take heart- it only gets easier!

Diorama Trivandrum Kerala

Our whole family chipped in to help my daughter make this project-Her Grandaunt gave ideas for the talk,her grandma got the elephants and the wooden boat when she went to Trivandrum,her Grandpa helped collect the photos for the flipchart I made for her to present and also the shells and the Kathakali and her Dad helped to tie up the elephants securely to the Diorama base.My daughter had her JAM competition yesterday and I am thrilled to share with you that she got selected! Hooray!