This is the second design in our series of simple rangoli designs with dots, and this design is based on a 7×4 dot pattern. Even if you have no prior experience of making a rangoli design, you will indeed find these rangoli designs very easy to make.
Rangoli Name: Rangoli with Dots (Design #1) (7-4 dots)
Decide the Surface: Floor of the entrance/Sidewalks of the house/Corners of the house.
Materials required: To make the outline of the rangoli, you can use rice flour, chalk powder, or white rangoli powder. Using white for outlining the rangoli is considered sacred because white signifies purity, innocence, peace, and simplicity. You can make your rangoli freehand by taking the rangoli material between your thumb and forefingers and letting it flow freehand. If you are not comfortable freehand use a mehndi cone or a tube. You can use various rangoli colours, flowers, petals, various colour rangoli powder, diyas, grains, pulses, cereals, candles, pot-lanterns to decorate the rangoli depending upon the occasion or your choice.
Steps 1 to 7
Steps 1 to 7 of the drawing this simple rangoli design deals with creating the rangoli’s 7 to 4 dot grid. This rangoli grid is going to assist you in making this rangoli design. Go ahead and make this grid on the surface, as shown in the images below.
So now you are ready with a 7 to 4 dot rangoli grid. How easy was that? Well, time now to start drawing the rangoli design around these dots. Let’s start with Step 8.
Steps 8 to 17
All you need to do it is following the steps as shown in the images. Keep joining the dots as shown below.
Hope you are enjoying the making of this rangoli design.
Steps 18 to 27
Congratulations! Now you at the halfway mark of making rangoli with the help of dots. You can see your design is taking shape now. Without much ado, let’s proceed with the final steps.
Steps 28 to 49
I hope you are enjoying making this special 7 to 4 dot rangoli design with us. Now, as you enter the final stages, there is nothing different you have to do; all you have to do is follow steps 28 to 49.
Final Design – Final Step
You have already completed your rangoli design in Step 49. It is time now to decorate your rangoli design with various colours of your choice.
Simple Rangoli Designs with Dots
Here is your final design of rangoli design. You can take pride in making this design by showing it to your house members. Let your creative and innovative juices flow and think of some out-of-the-box ideas to decorate it. For Diwali rangoli design, you can surround it with diyas, pot-lanterns, or even candles. A few flower petals and leaves can make this rangoli design even more bright and attractive.
How to make rangoli coloured powder?
You can either buy readymade rangoli powder from the market or you can make it on your own. Traditionally women used household items from the kitchen to make rangoli/muggulu/kolam designs. Using household items, such as rice flour powder, haldi, Kumkum, gulal, spices, grains, for rangoli designing is considered auspicious.
You can use either the rice flour or salt to make the rangoli coloured powder. Take rice flour or salt in a container with lid. Add food colour and vinegar to it. Cover the container with lid and shake it well until the blend gets mixed up well. Finally spread the mixture on a clean cloth or a newspaper and let it dry.
