Coconut Ice Clay Lamp / Diya

This Diwali was definitely a quieter one than most years so I really wanted to think of ways to make it fun for my 5 yr old.

Colorful coconut ice clay lamp / diya

I was brainstorming with my talented BFF, Nishika, and she suggested simply pressing the coconut ice into a clay lamp as a mold. So using a plastic wrap on the top of the clay lamp, my 5 yr old pressed in the coconut ice (I helped smooth it out) and it produced these beautiful coconut ice lamps.

My 5 year old posing with his creation

Diwali kids craft ides

I used this recipe (click here to jump to recipe) from Kitchen Sanctuary to figure out the ratio of condensed milk, powdered sugar and desiccated coconut. I then divided all the ingredients by 4 (depending how many colors you want to make) and colored each bowl of condensed milk with the food coloring. Once the condensed milk was the desired color, I added the necessary ratio of coconut and powdered sugar.

It worked great and was delicious! My son had fun making it and it also looked so good in pics.

Clay lamp layered with cling wrap and then coconut ice pressed in

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