--- title: 'Lotus Jhula for Laddu Gopal Ji at home | Janmashtmi Special' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=nCsHRaqZB-c' video_id: 'nCsHRaqZB-c' date: 2026-07-28 duration_sec: 506 channel: 'Mansi''s Handmade' --- # Lotus Jhula for Laddu Gopal Ji at home | Janmashtmi Special > Source: [Lotus Jhula for Laddu Gopal Ji at home | Janmashtmi Special](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nCsHRaqZB-c) ## Summary This DIY tutorial shows how to create a decorative lotus swing for Laddu Gopal Ji, perfect for Janmashtami. Using wood, thermocol, paper pulp, resin, and fabric, the creator guides viewers through building a nature-inspired swing with a rock base and water effect. ### Key Points - **Wooden Structure** [00:23] — Cut two equal pieces for sides and one for the top. Father helped join the wood to form a strong frame. - **Attaching Hanging Points** [01:05] — Bent paper pins into U-shape and attached to the bottom of the structure using silicone glue and clay from It's Bits. - **Adding Rock Texture** [01:48] — Applied thermocol in random shapes onto the wooden base, then covered with a mixture of glue and newspaper pulp. - **Painting the Rocks** [02:49] — Used chalk paints from It's Bits: dark gray for base, light gray for highlights, and wax for realistic sheen. Sealed with varnish. - **Creating Water Effect** [03:50] — Mixed resin and hardener in 1:2 ratio, added teal color, and poured over the lower part to simulate water. Added natural stones and shells. - **Making Lotus Flower** [04:49] — Cut cloth into 16 petal shapes, glued onto a foam circle covered with pink fabric. Attached petals around the edge to form a lotus seat. - **Assembling the Swing** [06:46] — Braided jute rope with green thread, attached to the lotus seat and connected to the jump rings on the main structure. ### Conclusion The lotus swing is a unique, handmade decoration that brings a personal touch to Janmashtami celebrations. The creator emphasizes the joy of DIY and the impossibility of finding such a piece in stores. ## Transcript mountains, stones, greenery, a lotus seat and Lord Krishna is swinging on it in your dreams. Yes friend, it is just a dream but let's in your dreams. Yes friend, it is just a dream but let's make it a reality. We make swings every time but this time I am thinking that we will make something new, something inspired by nature. I know it will happen like every time. If it happens like every time then change my name. Well, forget this Mannu, I can't do anything about it. But let's start making our own swing. Some wooden work was done in my house and some wood was left in it, so I am using that and I will cut it first. I have cut two equal pieces which I have to put on the sides and one piece which I have to put on the top. Now the joining work is not going to be done by me friend, so I told my father to join it. Will you do something yourself or will I get everything done by father? At least father helps, he is not like you who just comes in the video and talks nonsense. not like you who just comes in the video and talks nonsense. and pasted it here. Now on this wooden base, I am applying some clay. Why I have applied it on the sides, you will know later. And on the lower part also, I have pasted thermocol here, but thermocol alone will not suffice, we will have to cover it. So to cover it, glue and I have added newspaper pulp in it. Pulp means you tear the newspaper into small pieces and soak it in water, then add it in this mixture and we will apply it on this entire structure. Oh, what is this mess? You only saw the mess and did not see my hard work. What hard work is there in this? Anyone can do this, friend. I am fed up with this Manu, but what can I do? Where can I drive my soul away from it? So, after applying this coating, our structure has dried up and has also become quite strong. So now we will start painting on it. So, I am here I'm using chalk paints from It's Bits. I didn't have any gray, so I mixed black and white to make a dark gray. Wherever there are rocks, I'll paint them with gray. It won't just be gray; we'll add a little more detail later. Now, I'm taking this light gray and using it to I'm applying this light gray to the raised areas. Look, it's starting to look a little more like rock. And now, we're making the bottom part look like water. I had two or three shades of blue for water. I'll paint them here with a little shading, etc. So, I'm going to apply all my painting skills to this. wax and lightly applying it to the rocks to make them look more realistic. And finally, we'll seal everything with varnish. So now I am taking this resin, we have to mix resin and hardener in the ratio of 1:2 and in this I am adding a little teal color, if you have blue color then add that, if you don't have any color then don't add anything, just pour the resin, so what will happen with the resin is that the effect of water will be exactly like water, natural stones, you can find them somewhere outside the house, so bring them, and after this there are these sea shells which I got from Tussy Bits, and there are some other small stones, I will add those too, so mostly all the materials are from Tussy Bits, and if you don't have any of these then you can skip that part as well, you can get normal can skip that part as well, you can get normal stones from outside and apply them, 2000 letters, so after waiting for ages finally our resin has dried, friend how much time will it take, it would be better to get it from the market, go ahead and get see you can get it from the market But first of all, what we make at home is absolutely unique, you wo n't find it anywhere else in the world, and secondly, the joy of making things yourself is something else; it will never be found in a commercial product. So, now we are going to make a lotus flower, so our flower should be a little bigger so that it has space to sit in the middle. That's why I have taken a cloth here and cut it into many pieces. I have taken a total of 16 pieces and we made petals from it. [Music] which has a total of 16 sides. You can also cut a normal circle, so I have cut it. And similarly, I have also cut a foam piece. If you don't have foam, that's okay, you can use normal cardboard. And now I am using a pink colored cloth on top of it and we will cover it properly. Now we will stick the petals that we made on this foam, so we made a total of 16 sides, right? So that's 16. We need to glue 16 petals on the sides. If you've cut a round piece, you can glue them in any way you like. can glue them in any way you like. [Music] So now both our pieces are ready. Now, I had this jute rope with some kind of Now, I had this jute rope with some kind of leaf attached to it. So, I took it out because I wanted it completely green. So, I'm braiding it again with a green thread, like a braid. You can use the regular jute rope, but I want it to be exactly the way I envisioned it. So, I made it green. to the swing and then attach the swing to our main structure, the rock. You might remember that in the beginning, we attached a paper clip to the bottom of the rock. So, we'll attach this jump ring there. n't control myself. I'm really excited to see what its final look will be. But let's do one thing in the end. This is the swinging part. I have attached the blank shell, so our swing is ready, now let's see its final look [Music] [Music] Do let me not, like the ones I make every year, do tell me that and the rest you know what to do, like, share, subscribe, do whatever you can and I keep bringing short videos, so let's meet again let's meet again [Music]