What Are The Easy DIY Pooja Thali Ideas To Make At Home?

Are you looking for an easy-to-adorn pooja thali? Making your own pooja thali is a great way to save money and add a personal touch to your religious rituals. If you want your prayers and aartis in front of the deity to have the most spiritual effect, you should use a beautiful DIY Pooja thali. 

In this article, we will show you how to make your own DIY Pooja thali out of cardboard for a cheap and easy project. The results of this simple DIY decorative thali project will astound you. Furthermore, we’ll also understand the pros and cons of the different materials of DIY pooja thali. 

So, without further ado, let's take a look at the cardboard pooja thali base and see what kind of creative possibilities it offers. 

Cardboard DIY decorative thali

You can make your own pooja thali with little more than a cardboard sheet or discarded cardboard box from the local grocery store. Create the foundation that provides the most exciting Do It Yourself options for any form of visual art. You can make a stunning DIY Pooja thali for your next religious ceremony without spending a fortune on the materials.

Materials you'll need:

• Cardboard box or cardboard sheet
• Scissor
• Glue
• Acrylic colors: Red, blue, chrome yellow, and green
• Regular serving plate
• Red, green, and yellow round stones.

Methods to proceed:

• Shape the Cardboard.

Take the cardboard sheet and mark the size of the plate using any of your regular serving plate. Cut 3 inches circle and draw the small semi circle design in the edges of the round plate design. Now cut the plate and decor wings separately. 

Cut the 15 inches long and one inch broad cardboard strip using a scissor.

With the help of glue, stick the cardboard sheet in the standing position to the plate size cardboard sheet. Now, fix the pre cutted designs on the edges of the MDF decorative pooja thali.

• Paint the entire cardboard thali using white acrylic colour. 

Once everything looks equivalent to you, start painting the inner base with chrome yellow acrylic colour and floral wings with green Acrylic colours.

• Use the craft elements

Use the 3D outliner to make the fine mandala art on the floral edges of the plate. Before the colors dries, start sticking the red, and yellow stones along the designs on the plate.

Make the dotted design in the inner circle of the plate and adorn it with green stones. Let everything dry completely.

Now, make the white stone string and fix them on the edges of the DIY decorative thali.

Your cardboard sheet decorative thali is now ready to enrich your pooja ceremony. Adorn the pooja thali with crafty bowls and pooja essentials.

Which is much better? Cardboard, stainless steel, or MDF Pooja thali bases 

Both the bases have their own pros and cones. Let us understand the detailed advantages to choose the cardboard sheet and MDF Pooja Thali bases.

Cardboard

Pros

• They're simple to cut and shape.
• The base is ideal for acrylic and oil colors.  
• The base is adaptable and you can mould it in any shape, size, and way you want.
• Perfect for any craft project.
• They are easily accessible at home, so no additional investment is required.

Cons

• They are not very durable because the cardboard cannot withstand water.
• Heavy pooja items, like a coconut, are too much for them to handle.

Stainless steel plates 

Pros

• They are lightweight and provide a sturdy foundation for the pooja essentials.
• Acrylic/oil colors and spray paint work well with the base.
• Using a glue gun, you can easily secure the craft essentials to the base. 
• Perfect for any craft project.
• They are much more durable because the stainless steel plate is water resistant.
• They are easily accessible at home, so no additional investment is required.
• They are capable of lifting heavy pooja items such as coconut.

Cons

• The base is not adaptable, and you cannot shape it in any shape, size, or manner you desire.
• Not all arts, such as decoupage, resin art, and posca marker art, are appropriate for the base.

MDF Pooja thali base

Pros

• MDF decorative thali are lightweight and provide a strong and stable foundation for the pooja essentials.
• The base is ideal for all types of artwork, such as acrylic/oil colors, spray paint decoupage, resin art, and posca marker art, among others.
• Using a glue gun, you can easily secure the craft essentials to the base. 
• Perfect for all art and craft projects.
• They are much more durable because they can withstand water and have a smooth and glossy finish.
• They are capable of lifting heavy pooja items such as coconut.

Cons

• The base is not adaptable, and you cannot shape it in any shape, size, or manner you desire.
• The MDF thali cut outs require a small investment. 

Make your Own DIY Pooja Thali at Home!

Each material has its own set of benefits and drawbacks. Depending on the purpose of your pooja rituals, you can use cardboard stainless steel or MDF Thali cut outs. If you want to buy Aarti Thali online, look no further than Hobby India's exclusive collection. Crafty MDF Pooja Thali bases. We have recently added unique and craft date well painted and adorable places that will surely win your heart.