Fall Handmade Cavalcade

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Start the season browsing the most unique locally made handmade goods the NY Metro and Hudson Valley have to offer, complete with goodie bags and tasty treats. Join the {NewNew} York Etsy Street Team in Beacon, NY on September 12 for the 2nd Annual Fall Handmade Cavalcade.

The Handmade Cavalcade has partnered with the Hudson Valley Etsy Street Team to bring you unique handcrafted jewelry, kitschy housewares, handmade soaps, one of a kind paper goods, children’s toys in all shapes and sizes, as well as fashion forward apparel and accessories. With over twenty vendors the show will be an intimate shopping experience where you are bound to find something for everyone. Make a day of it with your friends and family. Enjoy delicious snacks from The Groovy Baker and explore the inside and outside spaces brimming with unique handmade wares from the Brooklyn Bridge all the way up through the Hudson Valley.

Come early, the first 40 people will receive a limited edition silkscreened tote bag full of goodies!

The Fall Handmade Cavalcade
Saturday September 12 from 11am – 7pm
Corner of Main Street and North Cedar in Beacon, NY

As if Diwali weren’t colorful and fun enough, The Festival of Lights: A Lift-the-flap Diwali Celebration by Namita Moolani Mehra, illustrated by Darshika Varm, makes it even more fun to read about with flaps and things to lift and pull to see more information or details in the illustrations.

The book is a story about a family getting ready for Diwali and what happens on the different days of the five-day celebration. There’s cleaning, shopping, crafting, food preparation and getting the home altar ready for the big day.

It covers decorating the outside of the house with rangoli, diyas and lanterns, buying sweets to share with family and friends, the sights and scents of the mandir (home temple), getting dressed up in new fancy clothes, the story of Diwali and celebrations with relatives.

Flaps (there are more than 140 in all) give you vocabulary words for different foods and definitions, as well as fun things like what’s inside the shopping basket or where the cat is hanging out. They also help illuminate the story of Diwali, which is the triumph of good over evil as Lord Ram defeated the demon Ravana to save his wife, Sita.

This pretty and colorful book helps kids understand what Diwali is and how it is celebrated, regardless of whether they practice it at home. This would be a nice book to keep in a classroom (it’s rated for kids ages 3-7) or to have at home to teach kids about Diwali even if it’s not something you celebrate. Where I live there are a lot of people from India so we are probably exposed to Diwali more than some other regions of America, but it’s a nice holiday to know about wherever you live.

Combine with the book Diwali and check out some fun lantern crafts and printables for kids to round out your experience.

About the book: 24 pages, hardcover, published 2025 by Wide Eyed Editions. Suggested retail prices $22.99.

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