This Holi, we did something different
We decided to set up an Art Installation. We built every bit of it. From scratch. With waste and other household items.
Let me tell you what our Holi looked like this year.
Old cardboard boxes became the backbone of an art installation.
Waste plastic turned into structures the kids could paint on and destroy with colour.
A floater, some ropes, and a bit of stubbornness gave us a swing that had the girls (and honestly, the adults too) grinning from ear to ear.
Nothing was ordered online. Nothing came in shiny packaging. And that was the whole point.
The Essence of Any Celebration is Creation
Somewhere along the way, we started confusing celebrations with shopping lists. Buy the decorations. Order the outfits. Get the matching tableware. Done.
But here’s the thing. The celebrations you actually remember, they weren’t the ones where everything was perfectly bought and arranged. They were the ones where someone put thought into making something. Where the house felt alive because people built it together, not because someone clicked “Add to Cart.”
That’s what we wanted our Holi to feel like.
So, we got our hands dirty. We set up the table ourselves. Filled up balloons.
Rigged the house with installations. Because creating something with your own hands changes how you experience it.
Process, Not Outcome
If you’ve been following us for a while, you know this is at the core of everything we do at Life of PI Square. We don’t obsess over how it looks. We care about how it felt getting there.
The art installation wasn’t Pinterest-perfect. The swing wobbled a bit. The colour table had more mess than method. And that’s exactly what made it special.
Tara and Tashi didn’t care that the boxes were recycled. They cared that they could splash paint on something massive. They cared that there was a swing they hadn’t seen before. They cared that the house felt different, exciting, like something was happening.
That’s what kids remember. Not the decor. The energy.
It’s About Being Together
We invited families over. We played with colours. We ate together. The kids went wild. The parents actually got to sit, talk and also be a child again.
No agenda. No structured activity timeline. Just people being together, celebrating in a space that was set up with intention.
And the funny part? The preparation was half the fun.
Gearing up the house, figuring out how to turn a pile of waste material into something the kids would love. That’s not the boring part before the party. That IS the party.
Joy Multiplies When You Share It with the Right People
Here’s something we’ve realized over time. You can do all of this alone as a family and it’ll still be beautiful. But when you share it with people who get it? It hits different.
The families who came over didn’t walk in and ask “why didn’t you just order decorations from Amazon?” They walked in and said “wait, you made all of this?”
And then they wanted to know how. And then their kids jumped right in alongside Tara and Tashi like it was the most natural thing in the world.
That’s what happens when you surround yourself with people who share your values. There’s no explaining. No defending your choices. No sideways looks when your kid is elbow-deep in paint on a cardboard box instead of playing with a store-bought toy.
Just people who look at your recycled-box art installation and think “this is brilliant” instead of “this is weird.”
We’ve been building this community slowly. Through our weekend SGNP walks, through home visits, through conversations that start with “we also don’t do it the conventional way.”
And every time we come together, the joy compounds. The kids feed off each other’s energy. The parents exhale a little because they’re not the odd ones out for once.
Holi could have been just playing with colours.
Instead, it became a house full of families who believe that childhood should be messy, creative, and free. And that made it ten times more memorable.
What Holi Taught Us (Again)
Every celebration is a chance to show your kids what matters to you.
If you outsource everything, they learn that celebrations are things you buy. If you create together, they learn that celebrations are things you build.
That you can take what’s lying around, put some thought and effort into it, and turn an ordinary Tuesday into something the family talks about for weeks.
That’s what we want Tara and Tashi to grow up with. Not the memory of a perfectly decorated house. The memory of a home that came alive because everyone pitched in.
Parenting is easy when you stop trying to make everything perfect and start making it real.
Happy Holi from our family to yours.
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The PI Square Way
At Life of PI Square, we believe that the best environment for a child isn’t one where learning is scheduled. It’s one where learning is natural. Where curiosity is celebrated, not managed. Where children are trusted to explore, to question, to fail, and to try again.
We built this for our daughters. And now we’re sharing it with families who feel like something is off about the default path but don’t quite know what the alternative looks like.
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