{"id":78582,"date":"2025-08-11T13:39:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/?p=78582"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:25:54","slug":"diwali-pom-pom-garland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/diwali-pom-pom-garland\/","title":{"rendered":"Diwali Pom Pom Garland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Diwali is the festival of lights, celebrated with colour, joy, and glowing diyas. This bright <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-supplies\/craft-essentials\/pom-poms\">pom pom<\/a> garland, finished with a cheerful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/art-supplies\/paper-and-card\/paper-and-card-packs\">paper<\/a> diya candle, is a fun way for any crafter to decorate and learn about the traditions of this special celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diwali is the festival of lights, celebrated with colour, joy, and glowing diyas. This bright pom pom garland, finished with a cheerful paper diya candle, is a fun way for any crafter to decorate and learn about the traditions of this special celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,233,235,227,234],"tags":[611],"class_list":["post-78582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kids","category-activity","category-diwali-occasions","category-occasions","category-papercraft","tag-diwali"],"acf":{"age":["6-9","10+","Adult"],"skill-level":["Intermediate"],"time-to-make":["30 mins"],"idea-type":["Art Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"K2006","time":"","skill_level":"","how_to_make":"","shopping_list":"<ul>\r\n<li>Pencil<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","shopping_list_2":"","top_tip":"Using lots of colour helps to represent and enhance the festivals symbolic meaning! ","image_01":78630,"step_instruction_01":"Start by threading a plastic needle with the elastic, then poke through and thread on, the coloured pom poms. (Making sure to space them evenly apart).","image_02":78631,"step_instruction_02":"Cut the end of the pom pom garland leaving about a 4-inch tail. Create a loop at this end with a knot and snip away the excess. ","image_03":78632,"step_instruction_03":"Cut out all the shapes using the templates and coloured paper. ","image_04":78633,"step_instruction_04":"Fold 1 cm wide strips into your rectangle, flipping over each time create a concertina effect. ","image_05":78634,"step_instruction_05":"Fold the finished concertina in half and glue in place. If any of the flaps start unfolding add a small blob of glue inside and secure down. ","image_06":78635,"step_instruction_06":"Finish your garland by gluing all the flame shapes together and glue that onto the diya. Finally glue the flame to the end of your garland elastic! ","template":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/media\/patticrafts\/Diwali%20Garland%20Template.pdf","related_projects":"65545,32989,33037,33009,78557","latest_idea_content":"most-recent","show_date":false,"adult_supervision_needed":"Yes","youtube_video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q5wNokRVo-w","products":"ET1501,FE794,FE483,AW366,EF892,FC968,FX839,E3486","fbt_products":"","recommendation_products":""},"view_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78582"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82176,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78582\/revisions\/82176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}