Eco-Ganesha Craft: Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Ganesh!

How to use this worksheet

Start by collecting a few peepal leaves of different sizes along with a bindi and some white paint, laying them out on a flat surface. Look at the example image together to see how the leaves form the Ganesha shape, like the head, ears, and trunk. Guide your child to arrange the leaves in that same layout, adjusting sizes and positions until the shape looks right. Once the arrangement is set, have your child add the bindi for the eyes and use the white paint to add fine detail lines, like those on the forehead.

Materials needed

• Peepal leaves
• Bindi for eyes
• White paint for forehead lines

Extension activities

• 1Collect leaves of different shapes and try arranging them into a different animal or figure.
• 2Take a short nature walk to gather and compare different types of leaves by shape, size, and texture.
• 3Talk about why using natural materials like leaves is kinder to the environment than plastic decorations.
• 4Press and dry a few leaves to preserve them and use them for a future craft project.
• 5Research or discuss one other eco-friendly craft tradition to try together.