Remember Krishna and celebrate His wonderful Appearance with your family!
My daughter has been stuck at home sick all week, but we have had such a nice time because of this craft!
In between woe and tissues, she’s loved lavishing attention and detail on the special names of Krishna and accompanying meaning of Krsna’s name on each Advent card.
These beautiful cards are created for this year – 2019 – and have 24 names of Krishna with their special meanings!
There is a version for AUSTRALIA and INDIA and one for USA and Other timezones!
Download the pdf and all instructions are set up for you.
DOWNLOAD the 24 Day Krishna Janmastami Advent calendar
You will need – 1 large sheet of craft card A2 size (light coloured or white)OR a large cork board instead glue stick watercolour paints or pencils or lead pencils and fine brushes larger brush for back ground watercolour washes jute string hole punch blue tack for extra hanging support (as the card starts to warp in)print out of all the name cards and title of calendar on a 170 gsm weight white printing card (or heavier weight)
Use watercolour paints or pencils to colour all the numbers and words. You can paint your large A2 size backing card as well with a water colour wash. You can colour each card with a water colour wash also leave to dry then paint the words and numbers, or just leave the background white.
Cut and fold all the name /number cards -these hang on the ‘line’ 4 cards per line.
If you are using a large card background measure 10 cm down from the top of your backing card then start mark holes for tying the string through. You can make each hole 9 cm apart if using the same paper size we used. Use a single hole puncher to punch out all the holes then cut 6 lengths of jute to make the lines. Punch 2 holes out of the top for a hanging string.
Calender will look like this, as every day you uncover a new name of Krishna!
Calendar example after 24 days! All names are now on display!
It’s a good idea to show the kids the concept, so they can visualise what their calender will look like and how to decorate the paper with Krishna’s beautiful names on it.
Advent Calender 2019 – Krishna Janmastami FREE PDF
Download this FREE pdf for Krishna Janmastami – the advent calender is created just for you to set up an exciting count down until Krishna’s birthday!
This free advent calender PRINTABLE PDF was graciously prepared by Kalindi dasi Head, from Australia!
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Krishna deity stands with beautiful three fold bending form holding flute dressed in fuschia pink and turquoise outfit with skirt, vest and shawl
Dear Friends!
When your mind begins to become attracted to Krishna, a wonderful world opens up! The world of Love. Placing our love at the lotus feet of the Lord, where it is most lovingly received AND reciprocated, is so very perfect.
I have a 10yr old daughter, Ishvara dasi, and we are heading in to the Aussie school holidays. This time the Easter break is a 3 week break! Lots of time to fill up.
We are planning to do a special girls camp. My sister and I are hosting it, and we are co-ordinating the 2 day camping sleepover. It’s going to be last minute, because that’s just how life happens, so you’ll probably hear about it AFTER and not before.
So we are putting together a really full program for our group of girls, and we decided that the THEME of our camp is “Making Krishna your Valentine”. I can’t deny, this is probably because of Krishna’s special Valentines day outfit, and all our girls are at that nubile young age where they have not been paired off with a partner, and starting to have girlish longings for a beloved, arise in their hearts. Don’t we all?! I do!
Krishna Krishna you are mine, and I am yours!
Please let me always remember you, and never forget you!
Ok on to what I wanted to share!
We are going to do a series of creative crafting with the girls, and one thing we will do is a class about arotik – the paraphernalia that we use on the arotik and how it’s offered as well as the meaning and intentions.
Lucky for us – and for you – we have this excellent resource available to us – a series on HOME DEITY WORSHIP as well as specifically on Arotik.
So we plan to play this excellent video & follow it up with a ghee-wick making hands on activity, and then later we will also do a super fun activity where we will use handkerchief (the cloth offered) and experiment with 3 ways to dye it! We plan to do shibori, tie-dye, and batik!
I’m so excited about this section I can’t tell you!
Our schedule is tightly packed with activities/ games/ story telling and kirtan.
We are going to tell the story of Krishna rescuing Rukmini (another incredible one you can listen to Devaki Nandana dasi telling on YouTube at your convenience! So amazing!
You will love to listen and watch this storytelling by the famous Krishna storyteller Devaki Nandana dasi! Follow her channel too.
I am so excited to share these stories with you, and for the actual camp, it’s going to be so much fun and I’m so excited about doing it!
We had found and bought this gorgeous little girls dress with the specific intention of dismantling it and reconstructing as an outfit for KRISHNA!
My sister Radha dasi worships this most exquisite Krishna, and it is my pleasure to be Krishna’s personal tailor. So Radha & Sita adventures in dressing Krishna commence with such fun ambition!
raw materials extremely sparkly!
add extra decoration to the pink pants for Krishna
Extreme decoration at Krsna ankles
The pattern allows for slipping down between his legs and over the joined leg section on Krishna murti
When I first stitched on this section it was a bit unattractive with blue net. I used gold sequins to cover and stitch down the net
embelleshed with gold sequins
A shawl, a vest, a skirt!
The final PANTS with the overskirt and shawl and vest!
Using a lightweight shantung silk of a nearly perfect matching color (it took close to an hour to decide from my fabric silks which match was the best of 3!) I made pants.
The pants I added on the beautiful decorations and fresh gold sequins.
The little cap sleeves of the dress made perfect vest! You can see it in the pictures.
Using the net overskirt, I made a shawl and also the overskirt for Krsna – adding on extra embelishments and a special piece at the waist.
The outfit was looking beautiful! I was going to end it there! and I shared pictures with Radha and she said… what about a turban. HAHAH
Well she sent some inspiration – this princely picture of a turban, and it is what I was hugely inspired by.
Taking cue from this picture, I decided on a side mount of the remaining pieces of bling! I also used some more net, to do an extended long turban section, inspired by the above. Net fans and braid fans as well as some gorgeous accessories from India of peacock and fuschia jewels with peacock feathers were inserted.
I haven’t set up any pant tutorials for you yet, but when I do, and when I have the turban tutorial, I will update this post with links for you.
Krishna deity stands with beautiful three fold bending form holding flute dressed in fuschia pink and turquoise outfit with skirt, vest and shawl
In the meantime, enjoy admiring sweet Sri Krishna in His Valentines day outfit!
rocking cradle for Krsna dolls painted blue with daisy and blueberry folk art style and blue flowery bedding wooden cradle on pink background
Baby krsna doll blue boy krsna tucked into a wooden rocking cradle painted red with folkstyle art flowers in gold on the sides of the cot and a pink sheet
Baby krsna doll blue boy krsna tucked into a wooden rocking cradle painted red with folkstyle art flowers in gold on the sides of the cot and a pink sheet
Offer Ornaments for His sweet head with a Crown – Various styles of mukut available for His Size!
opulent and princely, this crown has the shape of a turban and unique falling fringe of studded gemstones.
Adorn Radha & Krsna in this sweet pair of custom Mukut pink crowns. Perfect for your Remember Krishna dolls
Srimate Radharani - Radhika! She who brings pleasure to Sri Krishna What could be sweeter than Radha to play with Krishna?!
Lord Balaram – the protective elder brother of Sri Krishna
Give Krishna butterpot!
Butterpots of all shapes and colors suit sweet Krishna
These adorable butter pots are perfect for offerings, whether you add tiny foodstuffs, flowers or other things for sweet Krishna, they will give so much fun to your playtime.
There are multiple throne options which suit this beautiful Krsna – have a browse through Krishna’s Accessories category to see which one you like, as well as nice decorated cloths and cushions or swings.
Animal friends! What is sweeter than playing with Krishna and His friends?
After all, Krishna is never alone! Add more friends to your collection of Krishna toys.
Radharani and Rangini
peacock friend of Krishna
Darling Deer suits larger Krsna and Radha dolls
baby monkey from the front with big eyes cute ears and curling tail
There were a number of things that made this time wonderfully exciting for me, and I have SO MANY pictures I feel I could do at least 6 blog posts to cover them all! Only- I don’t think I will, so I might just tell you all about how KRISHNA CAME- CONQUERED – LEFT!
He first arrived to visit in January 2018, and due to a series of unexpected events (all of exciting nature – like, the Hawaiian floods, then volcanoes, then unexpected disappearances in the family, and great moves across the continent!) He ended up staying with me for 8 glorious months of dedicated sewing time, having Him RIGHT HERE for fittings, sitting at my table and available to be closely measured and doted on.
Instagram was full of my different WIP clothes for Krishna, and every weekend was a speed sewing fest. I think I’ve been too busy to focus on anything else! Actually, I lured my sister into leaving Krishna with me, when she dashed home in March, by promising 10 complete outfits with turbans, and not to do anything else until they were done! It was tricky, I had a few distractions, but I MADE IT! 10 beautiful outfits for Krsna, in 3 weeks. Ok maybe more like in 8 months, but by now I have capped the Krishna wardrobe collection, running on to more like… 16? I have to count!
We had a lot of fun naming the outfits creatively! This is His outfit list:
Lotus (definately one of the favorite outfits!)
Mango Lion;
this one was made thinking about Lord Nrsringadev, with more of a shako style turban for Krishna. It’s an interesting and functional outfit where you can remove that floaty orange silk overskirt, and style it more simply with just the vest, pants and shawl.
This outfit, such a hit! The purple is one of her favorite colors, and purple and gold = sensational. The Blue and the Purple are almost the same in style, with the puffy pant and the overskirt, top, topped with big turban.
They’re both super majestic and formal and a bit dancey.
One of my earlier efforts, before I went all out lavish after a bit more direction from my sister toward “mathura prince Krishna style”.
It’s still got that glorious dhoti, and the nice useful vest which will probably be great in the changing seasons weather, like the Autumn coolness or unpredictability of Spring.
Majestic Prince (the turban for this outfit is my sisters favorite turban – it’s also the biggest and most full on ornamented!)
Honestly I struggled a LOT with this outfit! I made the maroon velvet top, which I think veers towards luscious velvet bathrobe. And pairing it with YELLOW was such a hard choice but it’s so INDIAN I think, and super authentic. The Turban just kept getting bigger and bigger! Still, it’s one of my sisters favorites, she confided.
so cute, this coat is made from heavy braid, and topped with a soft silk shirt and a fair bit of braid. The braid was donated by MadyaLila from Ashraya! It’s the extra’s for one of her Ashraya outfits, so as she told me delightfully, she’s so happy to be twinning with Krishna!
Balaram Lustre outfit started out with this pristine white velvet, and the concept of a rolled side turban with that higher on one side Rajput Princely style element. It came out REALLY NICELY, I felt, but I did warm up all the white with some blue vest.
I’m particularly keen on the pearl drop elements at His beautiful waist.
This beautiful outfit has the best set of pants, they’re the final product after 4 attempts at pants, I think I finally made the best type for Him.
They are made from a blue shantung silk, and the outfit has a matching oriental green skirt, with a green silk fitted top. I have also paired it with a high waist belt, as you sometimes see in ancient Indian paintings and sculptures. LOVE IT!
Fresh forest flowers – this one is a rejected outfit… I made it, I like it, but it’s not been popular due to the large flowery print, and so it’s one I’m keeping here to model off SIZES. To me it’s very Rajput. And I love it.
