How to make a Rakhi

Rakhi, a colorful piece of art, with silken threads designed with colorful items like Jari, Sitaras, beads. Design can vary person to person. Here we have provided a simple way to make a attractive Rakhi. Before make a Rakhi, you need to make sure that you have the following things. 1. Silk threads. ( Red preferred otherwise any color you like.) 2. A pair of scissors Cotton thread to tie knots Beads 3. Sitaras, golden threads and sponge to decorate 4. Good Glue 5. A toothbrush with hard bristles. 6. Any liquid Color if you like. Direction: 1. Take Approx. 30" long silk thread strands in a bunch. If you want to make different colored thread, take different colored thread and combine those together. 2. Tie a tight knot with a cotton thread on the one-fourth part of the thread bunch. The one-fourth part will be converted into a rakhi with the help of brash and decoration materials and the other three-fourth will be the string to tie around the wrist. Now cut both the end, the 1/4 and 3/4 side of the silk threads with a pair of scissors. Make sure the knot is really tight. 3. Now hold the knot by one hand while the smaller side ( 1/4 th) upward and take the brush. Rub slowly and gently on these threads. Repeat this step until the silk threads turns fluffy and soft. You make dip your brush in liquid color and brush it to make this more colorful. 4. Now we need to divide the other end into two string. At the end of the two strings tie a knot and brush the end. 5. Now this is the final step, you can decorate the top as you like. You can place small or medium size circular colored foil and decorate it with beads or sitaras. Stick them with glue. Or you can cut colored sponge in attractive shape and decorate it with beads or sitaras. Golden threads or color Jari can be can be applied to make it more gorgeous.