In India, temple or mandir is a place where we keep statues of Gods and pray/worship. In my apartment in USA, I wanted to dedicate a place for pooja related stuff. Here, ready made wooden/metal temples cost a fortune. So I decided to make a customized temple at home.
Being a DIY freak, I started searching for materials. I had various cartons (from shopping :P) out of which I selected a sturdy rectangular box. Also, I had some rolls left after using paper towels. I bought some adhesive shelf liners and stickers from dollar tree (where everything costs $1). To make Gopuram, I bought wooden structures from Michaels store. Cut, paint, stick and viola! A beautiful temple was ready.
Below are the list of materials and step by step procedure to make pooja mandir (temple) at home:
Materials required to make DIY Temple:
- Cardboard box (from walmart/amazon etc)
- 2 White foam boards
- Adhesive shelf liner (Brown)
- Paper towel rolls
- Scissor
- Wooden accessories
- Adhesive Stickers
- 3-LED light
Procedure to make DIY Temple :
- Take a cardboard box of size suitable for your need.
- Leave one horizontal flap and cut the rest.
- Measure all the sides. Cut the adhesive paper accordingly and keep aside.
- Now straighten the flap and cut the foam board as per the dimensions.
- Paint the wooden accessories matching with the paper and keep aside for drying.
- Stick the adhesive papers to all the sides and foam board.
- Stick the foam board at the bottom using hot glue gun or fevicol.
- Now measure and cut the rolls to fit in the box. Stick adhesive paper to it.
- Decide the placement of rolls and stick with the hot glue gun or fevicol.
- Now place the colored wooden accessories on top of the box.
- Decorate the temple with the stickers.
- Stick the LED inside.
- Beautiful temple is now ready.
Tips :
- The materials used are easily available in any craft store.
- Size and height of the Mandir can be customized by using the carton as per your requirement.
- It is easy to transport, if moving to a new place.
Share your thoughts and feedback 🙂
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Thank you so much Aai 🙂
Where did you get the wooden accessories?
Hi Richa,
I got the wooden accessories from Michaels store.
Where did you get the small and big stickers from?
Hi Archana, I bought the stickers from dollar tree.
Hi , can you share a link or name for wooden accessories you bought from Micheals? Actually I am not able to find one!
Thank you
Hi Rutu, Thank you for checking the post.
I bought these pieces 4 years ago from the store and don’t have the name with me. I checked recently too and couldn’t find but will keep looking and let you know if I find anything similar.