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Hello friends.

For all those of you who are celebrating New Year, I pray we all have a blessed, peaceful and creative New Year.

I am a Muslim and we follow the Lunar calendar hence our New Year is 1st of Hijri. However, for our day to day practical purposes we refer to the Gregorian calendar.

An occasion or holiday that gives us a chance to be together is cherished.

So, How did you welcome the New Year ?

We are blessed to live in the City that houses the worlds tallest tower, so where best to be at, but The Burj Khalifa !!

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The fireworks were phenomenal, infact, Burj Khalifa also set the record for the longest LED light display on New Years eve. Ho boy !! It was brilliant.

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Ofcourse, entry on Sheikh Zayed road and Financial center road, closed from 10:30 pm.

new year in dubai 1 new year in dubai 5 Cars were double parked on Al Khail road. But around 11:00 pm we realized, the authorities were moving people out from parking on the side-path of highway so we drove towards a construction site on the opposite side and had a fabulous view from there.

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Needless to say we were not the only smart ones there !!

People had come prepared with flood lights, carpets, tents etc.

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We had carried our tables, chairs, blankets and pizzas.

What absolute bliss.

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Any occasion is an opportunity to share some special moments with the people who matter the most to you, tolerate you the most and appreciate you the most.

Good health, sound mind and the bliss of a happy family – How can anything be more precious ?

Different people celebrate in different ways. How did you welcome the New Year ?

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Hope you have a bright and happy day.

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December 2nd is the National Day of United Arab Emirates.

UAE is a diverse country. It is the central hub for people to meet, work together and develop relationships. This country offers a sense of freedom, security and respect for all beliefs and cultures.

Expats as well as the locals live in perfect harmony here, hence the expats are equally excited and participate in the celebrations, with little children dressed in flag colors and balloons and stickers, badges and sweets being distributed.

From record gathering of flags to breathtaking phenomenal fireworks to fancy luxury cars embossed in national flag colors and bling .. we will be seeing it all !!

While the country is all set for the National day celebration with full pomp and show, I decided to teach my students how to decorate with regular household items to make lovely celebratory decoration and accessories.

We used regular plastic bottles and cut out the base in the shape of a flower. We later applied acrylic paints in the colors of red, green, black and white. These were then tied up and hung as decoration.

Younger students made these simple trees with various shapes. The theme centered around the colors used.

We also rolled up newspaper and made these large flowers to stick on the walls.

We bought ribbons of the flag color and cut out “bangles” out of plastic bottle and wrapped it all around the plastic bottle – making a bangle with the flag colors.

We also used nail polish to color “washers” and tied it to these thin ribbons. The kids love accessorizing themselves with these.

How we decorated for National day. — These displayed handicrafts are a part of the UAE culture. In the olden days, people relied on the resilient Palm tree to provide everything from shade to food to shelter material. The branches of the palm tree were used to make these baskets, hand fans, bread serving dishes, food mats etc.

The red siting area is just recreated here to show how, in the olden days, they would preferably sit on these hard cushions which can still be found in most homes.
*Actually they are quite comfortable*.

We wanted to make several more items for the National Day, but felt, slightly limited since all our projects had to have recycled material usage as well as be decorative in nature.

How do you decorate your home, office or school for your National day ? Do you get your kids involved in the decoration ?

Please drop in a line to tell me if and how, you liked these easy and fun creations.

Recycled objects :-