🪔 This is one of our Diwali crafts, back in the spotlight from Sunday, 18 October 2026 — but you can make it any time you like.

Egg-Box Marigold Toran

Captain A will help you learn: Children turn egg boxes and paper into a toran, a decorative garland of marigold flowers and mango leaves hung over the doorway at Diwali to welcome guests and bring good fortune. They practise cutting, painting and making a repeating colour pattern.

⚠️ An adult should make the holes in the egg-box flowers with a sharp pencil or skewer. Use child-safe scissors and supervise younger children. Make sure the hanging string is fixed out of reach of babies.

Steps

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Cut the cups out of the egg boxes and trim the edges into wavy petals.

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Paint half the cups orange and half yellow, then leave them to dry.

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Draw long, pointed mango-leaf shapes on the green paper and cut out about twelve.

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Ask an adult to poke a small hole through the middle of each egg-box flower.

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Thread the flowers onto the string, alternating orange and yellow.

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Fold the top of each leaf over the string and glue or staple it so the leaves hang down between the flowers.

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Space everything out evenly along the string.

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Hang your toran across the top of the front door to welcome guests for Diwali.

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Make it your own: Make a matching mini toran for a bedroom door and create a different repeating pattern, such as ABBA or ABC.

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