IOU coupons
Grab some paper and make a little coupon booklet that has no expiry date. Include a few coupons for things like cups of tea, helping with homework, or lending a few rupees. You could even make a coupon to help get your brother or sister out of trouble with the parents! Make a coupon for anything you know your sibling often tries to bribe you into doing. Draw a few pictures, color-code the coupons and - voila! - a lovely gift for your sibling!
Scrapbook
Whether you are close to your brother/sister or not, you are bound to have cute pictures and a plethora of memories. Get an old photo album and find those adorable bathtub snaps as well as birthday photos and of course that one picture you´re going to show to lovers and spouses! Get a book with empty pages or construction paper and with the help of glue, glitter the pages by sticking pictures, ribbon, colored papers, and any crafty items you can find around the house. Put together a book that your sibling can flip through that shows how much you love them.
Clean
No doubt you´ve had gotten an earful from your mother about the tornado that´s hit your room, this Tihar is saving your sibling from the lecture by cleaning their room for them. If they´re already a neat-freak, go the extra distance by sweeping or vacuuming the floor and leaving the room without a speck of dust. If that´s not needed, offer to help prepare for winter by packing away those summer clothes and dusting the mothballs off the jackets and coats. Or, you could even help them redecorate - paint the room, rearrange the room, organize books or find better pictures and posters for the walls.
Massage
Ever get tired of your brother or sister whining for a head or back massage? Save yourself the pain of hearing them beg. During Tihar, give your sibling the full treatment. Heat some oil to give them a head massage (that also doubles as hair therapy) and offer to spend an hour of your day working all those knots out of their back or even give their feet a rub. You´ll get your sibling to be a lot more relaxed and who knows, they might be so thankful; they´ll return the favor!
Slave for a day
Be willing to fall under the tyranny of your sibling - be their slave for a day. Allow them to boss you around and make you do all the chores. Primp and pamper them and do all the work with a song in your heart and a smile on your face because at the end of the day, you´re going to come out as the best sibling ever!
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