Subhadrika Sen
Miniature Planters: If you have large single diyas, then clean and wipe them dry. Add a layer of soil and plants some seeds. You can grow herbs and everyday garnish plants easily on your window sill using diya as DIY planters.
Jewellery holders: Instead of spending a bomb on jewellery holders, clean old diyas and give them a colourful touch-up. Use them on your vanity to store jewellery and trinket pieces which you can grab in a hurry and wear.
Home Décor accents: If you have many diyas, you can clean and colour them to make framed diya art. You can also break them and create mosaic wall art. A storage placement mat / hooked storages with diyas can also be made to keep your everyday essentials.
Bird feeder: You would essentially need a single medium to large size diyas for this. Wash and clean it and hang it from your balcony with seeds for visiting birds.
DIY coffee table centerpiece: you can create a diya sculpture as a centre piece or just arrange different size diyas on a wooden board and create a platter for storage, keeping a potpourri, flowers, candles etc.
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