The Love Bands

Friendship Band Rakhi

Made by Divya Suri Class V

Friendship Day

Friendship Day celebrations take place on the first Sunday of August every year. On this day, people spend time with their friends and express love for them. The exchange of Friendship Day gifts like flowers, cards, and Friendship bands is a popular tradition of this occasion. In 1935, the United States Congress proclaimed the 1st Sunday of August as National Friendship Day. Since then, celebration of National Friendship Day became an annual event.

Here’s a Tutorial showing How to Make an Ultimate Friendship band in

few minutes

Materials Needed-:1. Tape

2. Four different colors of embroidery

floss3. Scissors

4. Sewing needle 5. Measuring tape

6. Safety pin

1. Take a string and Measure it.

(approx 45 cm)2. Now gather all four

strings together then fold the strings in half.

3. The fold in the strings will form a loop at the top, knot the loop about one-inch from the top.

The first part of this pattern starts with the chevron. We will make five chevrons, starting

with red.

 4. Pick up the red and green strings first. Tie a basic onto the green string using the red

5. Now tie the red on to the white, then the blue Repeat the above steps on the left side bundle the end results

should resemble .6. Finally, tie the two red strings in a basic knot.

7. Take the two red strings in the middle and tie them together

8. Complete a green chevron The leading color this time will be green and in the

next round it will be blue and then red again and it will repeat as such throughout the bracelet!

White will never be the leading color, it will always be the innermost color of the pattern.

Keep repeating the main pattern until

you are satisfied with the length.

Just knot it off  and you're done!

Raksha Bhandhan is a festival in which a sister ties a silken tassel on the wrist of her brother and prays to God for his good health and happiness.In return brothers give chocolates to their sisters and take pledge to take care of them throughout their life. Everybody in India celebrates Rakshabandhan with great enthusiasm and enjoy the celebration very much.

Rakshabandhan

Here’s a Tutorial showing How to Make an Ultimate Rakhi in few minutes

Draw a circle on a sheet of colored handmade paper.

Cut out along the outline drawn.

Make fringes along the outline of the circle by making even cuts as shown. Fringing scissors can be used here.

Make such cuts with equal depth – the base of the rakhi is done.

Apply glue along the center of the circle as shown.

Place a string/thread on the glue applied and press so it sticks well.

Make a rosette (accordion flower style) using a strip of card stock

Glue the accordion flower on top of the circle base and press well. Allow the glue to dry.

Your rakhi is ready!!!