15 Ganpati Crafts for Kids: Steps, Materials and Age Guide | Rooftop

Fifteen Ganpati crafts, sorted so you can pick by your child's age and the time you have. Every idea lists its materials and steps on this page, so you will not need to open a video halfway through. Most use things already in the house: clay, paper, old CDs, lentils, rice.

At a glance

#	Craft	Age	Time	Difficulty
1	Clay Ganesha idol	7+	60 min	Medium
2	Modaks	6+ (with adult)	45 min	Medium
3	Origami Ganesha	8+	30 min	Hard
4	Decorated pedestal	4+	30 min	Easy
5	Paper umbrella (chhatra)	5+	30 min	Easy
6	Aarti thali	4+	20 min	Easy
7	Besan ladoos	6+ (with adult)	40 min	Medium
8	Lentil Ganesha collage	4+	30 min	Easy
9	Rangoli	5+	30 min	Easy
10	CD wall hanging	6+	25 min	Easy
11	Paper-fold Ganesha	7+	30 min	Medium
12	Elephant corner bookmark	4+	15 min	Easy
13	Origami flowers	6+	20 min	Easy
14	Ganesha drawing	5+	20 min	Easy
15	Leaf and flower torans	5+	30 min	Easy

Every kid waits for this day to participate in the celebration to bring their favourite Bappa home. So if you're looking for ideas to keep your little one occupied this year, look no further!

Rooftop has gathered 15 Ganpati art and craft ideas that are simple and enjoyable for all ages. Get creative; celebrate this Ganeshotsav with pomp and grandeur.

1. Make a clay Ganesha

You need a fist-sized ball of shaadu or modelling clay, a toothpick and a damp cloth.

• Roll a large ball for the belly and a smaller one for the head, and press them together.
• Roll a sausage for the trunk and curl it to one side.
• Add flat ear discs, four small arms and a modak in one hand.
• Smooth the joins with a wet finger and dry it in shade for a day.

2. Make Modaks

An adult cooks the filling: grated coconut and jaggery, stirred five minutes on low heat. Children flatten rice-flour dough into a cup, spoon in the filling and pinch pleats to a point. Steam for 10–12 minutes.

3. Fold an origami Ganesha

Use a 15 cm square of paper and follow the eight photographed folds.

4. Decorate A Platform For The Idol

If you have already carved an organic idol, you will need a platform to place it to worship. Let your kids don their creative hats and decorate the pedestal for the idol. The kids will enjoy this process of DIYing the entire Ganeshotsav this year.

5. Make a paper umbrella (chhatra)

Cut a circle from coloured card and make one cut to the centre. Overlap the edges into a shallow cone and glue them. Fix it to a straw or skewer, then fringe the edge with paper strips.

6. Decorate an aarti thali

Use a steel or brass plate, or a paper plate. Glue rice dyed with turmeric and kumkum, or stick on dried flower petals.

7. Make besan ladoos

An adult roasts besan in ghee until it smells nutty, then lets it cool. Children mix in powdered sugar and cardamom and roll the mixture into balls while it is still warm.

8. Make a lentil Ganesha collage

Draw a simple Ganesha outline on card. Spread glue one section at a time and press in moong for the body, masoor for the ears and rajma for the eyes.

9. Draw a rangoli.

Mark a grid of dots with chalk. Join the dots into a modak or lotus shape and fill it with coloured rice or powder.

10. Make a CD wall hanging.

Cover an old CD with coloured paper. Draw or stick a Ganesha face in the centre, thread a ribbon through the hole and hang it.

11. Make a paper-fold Ganesha

12. Make an elephant corner bookmark

13. Fold origami flowers

Fold squares of coloured paper into simple petals and glue five petals around a paper centre. String the flowers into a garland for the pandal.

14. Draw Ganesha

Start with a circle for the head and a large oval for the belly. Add a curling trunk, fan-shaped ears and a modak in one hand, then colour it in.

15. Make leaf and flower torans

String mango or ashoka leaves and marigolds onto thread. Tie the toran across the doorway. If your child enjoyed the drawing, Rooftop's Artventures books turn one Indian art form at a time into activity pages for kids.

[Ship this by 24 July 2027, six weeks before Ganesh Chaturthi on 4 September 2027.]