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Mahavir Jayanti 2026: STEM Projects, Healthy Recipes, and Language Puzzles

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Celebrate Mahavir Jayanti with Fun, Food & Learning!

By Tina Khatri | March 31, 2026

This March 31, as we celebrate Mahavir Jayanti, it’s the perfect time to embrace values of simplicity, curiosity, and creativity. What better way to spend the weekend than by blending hands-on learning, delicious cooking, and brain-teasing fun?

Rubber Band Powered Car

Recycled Materials Race Car DIY

This weekend, students will dive into the exciting world of physics, engineering, and math by building and testing a simple rubber-band-powered car.

Materials:

  • 2 Ice cream sticks
  • 4 Bottle caps (wheels)
  • 2 Toothpicks (axles)
  • 1 Rubber band
  • Glue, Tape, Pin

The Build:

  1. Base: Place sticks parallel with 1 cm gap.
  2. Axles: Pierce caps, attach to toothpicks across sticks.
  3. Motor: Hook rubber band to back axle; stretch to front.

Observe: How does the number of winds affect distance? (Math: distance vs. tension).

Paneer & Herb Pizza Pockets

Homemade Paneer Pizza Pockets

Alongside the DIY fun, enjoy making tasty Paneer & Herb Pizza Pockets—a perfect mix of health and flavour for Mahavir Jayanti.

Steps:

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F).
  2. Mix 200g crumbled paneer, ½ cup spinach, herbs, salt, and pepper.
  3. Roll pizza dough, cut into circles, spoon filling, and seal edges.
  4. Bake for 12–15 min until golden.

Antonyms Crossword

Educational Antonyms Crossword Puzzle

Challenge your mind! Find the opposite of each word and write it in the grid.

Across: Sick, Asleep, True, Bottom, Leave, Teach, Worse, More, Old, Off, Skinny, Under, Messy, Absent, Full, Soft, Cry, Rude, Sink, Dry, Subtract.
Down: Lose, First, Open, Before, West, Short, Work, Different, Girl, False, Sweet, Rough, Hot, Sink, South, Sad, Odd, Truth, Student, Go, Begin, Beautiful, Wrong, Tame, Out.
🔓 Click to see the Answer Key
Across: Well, Awake, False, Top, Arrive, Learn, Better, Less, Young, On, Fat, Over, Neat, Present, Empty, Hard, Laugh, Polite, Float, Wet, Add.
Down: Win, Last, Closed, After, East, Tall/Long, Play, Same, Boy, True, Sour, Smooth, Cold, Float, North, Happy, Even, Lie, Teacher, Stay, End, Ugly, Right, Wild, In.

Blogger Indexing Brief: Educational activities for Mahavir Jayanti by Tina Khatri. Project based learning (PBL) focus on physics and linguistics.

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