Dashain & Tihar Coloring Pages & Worksheets
Free printable festival activity sheets. Color tika plates, fly paper kites, count the swings, and celebrate Nepal\u2019s biggest festivals through play.
Learning the festivals through play
Dashain (दशैँ) and Tihar are the heart of the Nepali festival calendar, fifteen days of Dashain followed by five days of Tihar\u2019s lights. For young children, these festivals are a swirl of wonderful things: red tika on foreheads, green jamara behind ears, kites tugging at strings, bamboo swings flying high, and houses glowing with diyo lamps and marigold garlands.
These worksheets turn that excitement into learning. Coloring a tika plate teaches what goes on it and why. A kite tracing sheet practises pencil control with something children actually care about. Counting swings sneaks math into festival week. Each sheet is a small doorway into the traditions. Perfect for Nepali families at home and abroad, and for classrooms celebrating the festivals.
What\u2019s in the pack
- Coloring pages. Happy Dashain scenes, tika blessings, marigold garlands, and children on the traditional Dashain swing.
- Tracing. Fly-the-kite trace-and-color sheets that build pencil control.
- Counting. How-many-on-the-swing counting practice with a festival twist.
- Matching & sequencing. Tika plate matching and jamara growth sequencing in Nepali.
- Shapes. Find the diamond kites, a shape hunt in the Dashain sky.
How to use them during the festivals
Print a few sheets in the week before Dashain begins and let the festival build slowly. Color the kite page while talking about why people fly kites, and do the jamara sequencing sheet when the barley shoots start growing at home. During Tihar, the marigold garland coloring page pairs beautifully with making a real garland together.
For families outside Nepal, these sheets are a gentle way to keep the festivals alive. A Dashain swing coloring page on the fridge goes a long way when the real ping is an ocean away.
Dashain & Tihar activity sheets
Frequently asked questions
- What is Dashain?
- Dashain (दशैँ) is the biggest festival in Nepal, celebrated for 15 days. Families gather, elders put tika (a mix of rice, yoghurt, and red powder) on younger ones’ foreheads, and children receive jamara (barley shoots) and dakshina (blessing money). Kite flying and bamboo swings are the classic Dashain pastimes.
- What is Tihar?
- Tihar, the festival of lights, comes right after Dashain and lasts five days. Each day honours something different. Crows, dogs, cows, oxen, and the fourth day celebrates brothers and sisters. Homes glow with diyo (oil lamps) and marigold garlands.
- What ages are these festival worksheets for?
- Ages 3–8. Coloring pages suit the youngest, while the tracing, counting, and matching sheets work well for ages 5–8. Every sheet shows its suggested age, but treat it as a guide. Print whatever your child enjoys.
- Can I use these in a classroom?
- Yes. All sheets are free for home and classroom use. They work well as festival-week activities: color the tika plate while you talk about Dashain traditions, or count the kites while learning about the season.
- Are these worksheets really free?
- Yes. Every sheet is free to download and print, with no account and no limits.
More Nepali learning: browse the Nepali worksheets collection or read the Nepali alphabet guide for parents.