Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
A sheet of white card paper, measuring 10 cm square; compass; pencil; ruler; empty plastic ballpen refill; two long strips of coloured chart paper, one broader than the other; paints; paintbrush; scissors and glue.
1. On the square of the white card paper draw a circle measuring 7 cm in diameter. Divide the circle into 8 segments by drawing dotted lines. Join the lines with arcs as shown.
2. Cut out the shaded portions (the arcs) and the eighth segment using the illustration as a guide. Fold gently along the dotted lines till the ends come toegther. Glue the open ends together. Colour the inside and outside of the umbrella in bright colours.
3. Roll the two strips of coloured chart paper tightly around the refill as shown — the broad strip on the open end of the refill, which will form the handle of the umbrella, and the narrow strip just below the pointed end of the refill.
4. Push the refill’s pointed end through the centre of the umbrella you have made. Now, holding the handle, twirl your colourful creation around!
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.