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Have you entered all our giveaways?

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SKIL OMT

On CraftGossip, at the moment, we are running lots of giveaways for some fabulous prizes. Look at what all you can win:

— A copy of Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Business edition

— A stunning Nino Bossi Top Zip Hippo Bag

— An Allure salad bowl in white pearl

— SKIL’s new oscillating multi tasker tool

— 3 month subscription to the Cricut Magazine and Cricut Book idea series

— Baby Chick Designs fine art tutu

And a couple more. Make sure you check them all out and get your entry in before they expire!

Comments

  7. I would love to have Skils oscillating multi tasker tool. I have been drooling over one ever time I go to a home improvement store. All the giveaways are super though.

  8. I always check out the tools section of any store that carries them. I’ve been looking at the multitasking tool for awhile

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.