Craft Gossip

Independent craft blog since 2007

Felted Mouse Booties with PrettyLittle

by

il_155x125_77413673  il_155x125_77337786  il_155x125_69532436

Here is a cute video tutorial on YouTube on how to felt baby booties.  Visit Lacey’s PrettyLittle’s ETSY shop and see all her wonderful felting. Lacey is 24, and lives in beautiful Portland, Oregon. She is a self taught crocheter and felter, inspired by all the adorable children she has cared for as a nanny and big sister.

She tries to be as nice to the world around her as possible: She does not drive, recycles religiously, eats natural foods, uses biodegradable products, energy efficient lighting, and powers her apartment with wind energy. So we can say that PrettyLittle is an eco-friendly business.

Have you read?

Book Review: The Festival of Lights

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.