Golu @ Adithi's School

We went to visit the Golu @ Adithi's School yesterday! Every year her school celebrates one festival and this  year it happens to be Navarathri! They had requested every student in montessori section to bring one doll each based on  various themes, we gave a Navathania Ganesh as the theme we got was Ganesh in Various Forms! Adithi has school till today! Her vacation starts from tomorrow.

This color Rangoli greeted us warmly. Notice the pistachio shells as border decoration! i brought back nostalgic memories of me crafting with those shells during my school days!

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I liked this section the best, it had people from different trades in a market, cobber, dress maker, vegetable seller, flour maker etc.,

Park and Farm

Of course, the yummy pattani sundal! they made this golu to be as much eco-friendly as possible and the higher class students had made newspaper bags to give the thaamboolam! The idea which we took to immediately and gave our thaamboolams in hand  made bags made out of Magazine sheets (Loads of my femina and vogue for years, now have some good use!)

Loved this visit!

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Navarathri Day 1 Action Shots!

Day 1 - 

I can't believe how fast this day dawned and then ended! no idea how the hours flew, the morning session was into giving finishing touches to the Golu, by covering the sides of the Golu Steps, rechecking if all dolls had been decked up (they were decked up on Tuesday night , untill 11 pm, with our entire family hands on with the task and sweating it out!)

Early morning, Adithi was excited as it was Day 1 of Navarathri and time to wear new dress and do puja!

Adithi did puja before going to school (remember she has school this year for the first 4 days of navarathri!)
Came back excited at noon, as she knew we were going to set up the Golu Park, only after she is back!

Lost in her own world of thoughts as she strikes a reluctant pose!

We set up the park! When we arranged the serial lights on the golu steps with much effort and then tried to switch it on!! guess what they did not light up! so i tried doing some electrician job of fixing it and meddle with it for sometime and then tried switching them on again, guess what happened this time, there were sparks in the junction box of the serial lights, phew , i blew off its fuse! Then had to rush to electrical shop to get new pair of light strings this time LED ones! They had to be arranged on the steps yet again! Now the golu was glowing!

This year's golu had its first casualty , as Adithi did the honours by dropping off the father of the bride from the new "Kalyanan"(Marriage) Set purchased this year! wow! great start!

My best friend and her son were the first guests to arrive and little Nitheesh sang a beautiful song to start off the golu in style!

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Navarathri - 'Golu' Park Ready

Day after tomorrow is Navarathri, can you believe. I am running out of time....
there are 3 more dresses to finish, but there is also golu steps to be decorated, dolls to be taken out of 'Paranai' Loft and dusted;

Then they have to be arranged neatly.... need to prepare gifts for guests,

'Sundal' menu to be finalized (Sundal is dish offered to god and then to guests during all 9 days of navarathri; one day will have one variety of Sundal!)

Ah the park that my DD had been planning for over a month now, but today only we got a chance to sit down and work on it...here is the first look of it, though improvements will be added as when we feel like it! We still haven't added placards for each item in the park to make them recognizable.. the hill was entirely my DD's idea....

Empty thread spools are used as Tree bark and Polyfill coated in green poster color makes for the green on top.

Are you able to see yellow seesaw and the push-pin wheel cart holder being used as tent top for swing area....! all my emptied items in sewing stash have been upcycled...what say???

Fish fountain is very special to my DD as she loves the one in the Tower Park near my Aunt's place and wanted one in her golu park so here it is....

Then what else is there... ha yes, fire engine and ambulance being parked at entrance is also at my DD's behest as she feels any public place which is crowded should have access to these..... hmmm didn't even strike me once.... The entrance arch was made by DD using her building blocks...

The structure at center with 2 stairs and 2 ramps to access it from all 4 directions is supposed to be Tower, by which the Park is named so....

We also added a water world, see in our universe everything co exists even sharks swim sweetly next to Ducks! Yes my DD says no the shark would not eat them.... ha ha.... we used magic sand to give the sea effect... need to cover up the thermacol still...

I chose to link up this park here:

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