Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
The inside box of a standard matchbox, chart paper, one refill with the metal end cut off, four matchsticks and glue.
1. Join two matchsticks at their tail ends with glue as indicated in the picture. You should have two similar pairs.
2. Take a piece of rectangular chart paper, slightly bigger than the inside box of a matchbox, and fold along the dotted lines as seen in the picture. This is the base of the jhula.
3. Now, attach the heads of the two pairs of matchsticks to the four corners of the base with glue as seen in the picture.
4. Make two hanging loops with the chart paper and stick the ends to the inside box.
5. Pass the refill through the loops and hang the jhula onto the matchsticks as seen in the picture.
6. Your jhula is ready to rock!
Dimdima is the Sanskrit word for ‘drumbeat’. In olden days, victory in battle was heralded by the beat of drums or any important news to be conveyed to the people used to be accompanied with drumbeats.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
K. M Munshi Marg,
Chowpatty, Mumbai - 400 007
email : editor@dimdima.com
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
505, Sane Guruji Marg,
Tardeo, Mumbai - 400 034
email : promo@dimdima.com
Dimdima.com, the Children's Website of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan launched in 2000 and came out with a Printed version of Dimdima Magazine in 2004. At present the Printed Version have more than 35,000 subscribers from India and Abroad.