Learn How to Make Rangoli Designs the Easy Way

How to Make Rangoli?

Are you wondering where to begin or how to make rangoli designs? How to make rangoli powder at home? How to prepare rangoli rice? Or, how to draw sanskar bharti rangoli designs? If yes, then you have landed on the right page.

We are here to teach you how to make rangoli designs with dots and without dots. We will show you step by step tutorial of rangoli making. We hope after going through our tutorial most of you would be able to make simple and easy rangoli designs with confidence.

How to Make Rangoli Powder at HomeCourtesy of Neelam Bharti

You can use salt, sand, chalk powder or saw dust to prepare rangoli powder. Mix edible colors or gulaal (Holi color) in it. You can even mix turmeric (haldi) powder to get yellow color and vermilion (kumkum) to get red color.

How to Make Rangoli RiceCourtesy of Pinterest

First you need to color the rice. Take poster, acrylic or fabric paint in desired color and mix it into the rice. Spread the rice on a paper and leave it to dry. Make sure the rice is completely dry before you use it to make rangoli designs.

Here are some rangoli designs made of rice:Courtesy of Rani Bandewar

Courtesy of Rajneesh Patel‎

Courtesy of Shweta Rathore

Courtesy of Shweta Rathore

Courtesy of Shweta Rathore

Courtesy of Flickr

How to Make Rangoli Designs

Try to make rangoli designs on a paper. Practice it thoroughly before making it on the floor. Use chalk to make the rangoli design on the floor. Use white rangoli powder to make the outline. Then, fill the rangoli pattern with colored rangoli powder.

Courtesy of A M Rani Selvaraj

Courtesy of Kusum Jangid

Courtesy of Kusum Jangid

Courtesy of Kusum Jangid

Courtesy of Yashashri Chaudhari‎

Courtesy of Yashashri Chaudhari‎

How to Make Rangoli Designs Step by Step

Prepare a nice background and then draw whatever you feel like. You can draw scenery, flowers, portrait, birds, lord Ganesh and much more. Draw border around your rangoli once it is complete.

Take a look at this step by step tutorial and learn rangoli making: Courtesy of Shilpa Munolkar

How to Make Rangoli Designs with Dots

Rangoli making becomes easy when you use dots. Make the numbers of dot required and join them as per instruction and your dot rangoli designs are ready. You can use parallel or interlaced dots to draw rangoli designs with precision.

Go through some of our rangoli designs with dots: Courtesy of Dibs Creative World

Courtesy of Dibs Creative World

Courtesy of Ariti Roy

How to Make Sanskar Bharti Rangoli

To make sanskar bharti rangoli designs first prepare a base. Now add patterns using white rangoli powder on the base. Sanskar bharti rangoli designs are made in Maharashtra. There are some basic, typical patterns that are used to prepare these rangoli designs.

Here are a few examples of Sanskar bharti rangoli designs: Courtesy of Dhanshri Mohan Hansawar‎

Courtesy of Dhanshri Mohan Hansawar‎

Courtesy of Shrutika Khetade‎

Courtesy of Deepali Ramdasi Kulkarni‎

Courtesy of Harshali Tayade Sonawane