Anitha Bennett

Rainbow colours streaming in through your window, tinkling chimes. Sounds good? Get your children excited about it, and work on making it happen. Moreover, working on a craft project for your home is great for family bonding.

Materials needed
• Cardboard —1 sheet
• Cellophane/metallic paper — 5 sheets in different colours
• Black chart paper —1 sheet
• A few tiny bells or the jingles found in anklets
• Scissors, punching machine, paints, brushes
• Thin satin ribbon, stapler, glue

How to make a circle
1. Cut two circles of 3 cm diameter from cardboard.
2. Carefully cut an inner circle of 2 cm diameter from each of the cardboard circles. You now have two cardboard circles resembling bangles.
3. You could use saucers and bangles to draw and cut the inner and outer circles.
4. Cut one circle of 3 cm diameter from cellophane paper.
5. Next, make a small paper cut-out of a heart or star from black chart paper.
6. Stick the heart to the centre of the cellophane.
7. Sandwich the cellophane paper between the two cardboard cut-outs using glue and stapler.
You now get a lovely circle with glass paper and a shape in the middle.

Assembling the glass chime
1. Make five circles using different colours of cellophane paper.
2. Paint cardboard circles in vibrant colours, preferably colours in contrast to the colour of the cellophane paper inside.
3. Punch holes in top and bottom of cardboard glass circle and attach the circles one below the other with bits of satin ribbon.
4. Loop a few tiny bells through the punched bottom hole of the last circle.
5. Loop a long satin ribbon through the punched top hole of the first circle and hang it near the sunniest window of the house.

Alternately, draw and cut curves in different colours, attach the edges with craft glue, and make a single rainbow like the one in the picture. Hang a few tiny bells so that they gently tap each other in the breeze. As sunlight streams through your glass chime, your room will have coloured light all around.