An on-the-spot Work Experience item at Lower and Upper Primary in which a child makes a simple umbrella.
Umbrella making assembles a frame, ribs and cloth into a working or model umbrella.
In the Kerala School Sasthrolsavam Work Experience Fair (Pravrutthiparichayamela) it is an on-the-spot item for individual entrants, open to girls and boys at Lower Primary (classes 1-4) and Upper Primary (classes 5-7). Each child works alone for a fixed period at the venue, with the product then displayed for viewing at the district and state stages. It is an item for the primary years, so judges look for honest effort and a tidy, complete product rather than professional polish.
The child cuts the cloth into panels, stitches them, fits them to ribs and finishes the cover. Judges look at straight seams and a snug fit.
Every Work Experience item uses the fair’s single shared score sheet: the workload and the child’s own contribution carry 40 marks, skill and completeness 25, knowledge of raw materials and tools 20, and social utility, speciality and marketability 15. For umbrella making, that means making it yourself earns the workload marks, a neat, tight cover shows skill, knowing parts and fabric shows knowledge, and a usable umbrella earns the utility marks.
Where Umbrella Making is run
This item is part of the official Kerala School Sasthrolsavam Work Experience Fair (Pravrutthiparichayamela), one of the five fairs of the Kerala state school Sasthrolsavam, and is installed on eTalenter through the Work Experience Fair template built from the official item list and evaluation indicators. It runs at LP/UP level and moves from school and sub-district upward by grade. This page describes the Kerala format only.
- Kerala, India
Key facts
- Individual on-the-spot item, girls and boys.
- Offered at LP/UP.
- Workload and own contribution 40, skill and completeness 25, knowledge of materials and tools 20, social utility and marketability 15.
- Product: an umbrella or model umbrella.
- Seams and fit are observed.
- The finished product is displayed for public viewing at later stages.
On eTalenter, Umbrella Making is filed under Off Stage and typically scored with Marks. It appears in 1 ready-made event templates — each one can adjust its time limit, age-group assignment and scoring setup independently.
Across the templates that use it, Umbrella Making is most often entered as an Individual competition, typically scored out of 100.
What judges look at in Umbrella Making
What a Umbrella Making panel is actually weighing up, and where the marks are usually won or lost:
- Workload and the child’s own contribution (40): all stitching and assembly by the child.
- Skill and completeness (25): straight seams and a snug cover.
- Knowledge of raw materials and tools (20): knows the parts and fabrics.
- Social utility, speciality and marketability (15): a usable, attractive umbrella.
Treat these as the judging focus, not a fixed rubric: publish your own weighted criteria for Umbrella Making under Scoring Setup, or start from the judging and scoring software guide.
How to prepare for Umbrella Making
How entrants and their teachers usually get Umbrella Making right on the day:
- Learn the parts: handle, ribs, runner and cloth.
- Cut panels exactly.
- Stitch straight seams.
- Fit the cloth without wrinkles.
- Hem the edges.
- Practise opening and closing.
- Idea to try: a mini umbrella
- Idea to try: a coloured panel design
- Idea to try: a doll umbrella
Ready-made event templates that include Umbrella Making
Open any template to preview it in eTalenter and install it as a live, editable event.
| Template | Category | Score label | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerala School Sasthrolsavam – Work Experience Fair | Off Stage | Marks | 2 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Umbrella Making judged individually or as a team?
Across eTalenter’s templates it’s most often run as an Individual entry, though an organiser can set either participation type when assigning the item to an age group.
Which levels?
Lower and Upper Primary only.
Must it open?
A working one scores best.
Is Umbrella Making a team or individual item?
Individual. Each child makes their own product, and the fair’s rule is one item per participant.
How is Umbrella Making scored?
On the fair’s shared four-line sheet: workload and own contribution 40, skill and completeness 25, knowledge of materials and tools 20, social utility and marketability 15.
Want the full judging picture? Read the judging and scoring software guide, or browse every off stage competition item.
Try Umbrella Making in eTalenter
See every ready-made template that runs Umbrella Making, and install one as a live event — age groups, rules and scoring included.
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