Lotus Flower Totem Fan Crochet Kit

If you’re looking for a project that feels as meditative as it is beautiful, the Lotus Flower Totem Fan Crochet Kit from HiCrochet is something truly special. With its delicate fan shape and blooming lotus motif, this piece brings calm, artistry, and intention to your crochet time. It’s the kind of make that goes beyond “just another pattern”—it’s decorative, symbolic, and surprisingly doable, even if you’re not a seasoned lace-crochet pro. Whether you’re channeling boho energy, spiritual symbolism, or just want a stunning handmade piece for your wall, this kit checks all the boxes.

What I love most about this kit is how it turns your time with yarn into something deeper—almost like a ritual. The flow of the stitches, the soft curves of the fan, and the blooming lotus all come together into a piece that’s just as meaningful as it is beautiful. Hang it in your creative space, gift it to someone who needs a little peace, or keep it by your meditation corner—it’s a project that leaves you with more than just pretty stitches. Let me know if you try it—I’d love to see your finished totem fan!

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It might seem weird to feature a book about protest movements around the Fourth of July, but as Rise Up! Powerful Protests in American History reminds us, protest is patriotic and part of the very fabric of American life from the beginning.

This picture book, written by history teacher Rachel C. Katz and illustrated by Sophie Bass, tells a rhyming story of how Americans have stood up throughout the nation’s history to protest and spread the word about injustice and unsafe conditions. From the Boston Tea Party to modern movements like the Standing Rock pipeline protests and the Obergefell case, it touches on women’s rights, environmental activism, civil rights, Pride, access for disabled people and more.

The illustrations, often based on historic protest signs and artwork, help tell the stories, while a timeline, map, and overview of each event for further discussion. Readers will learn about Silent Spring and The Jungle, the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike, the Seneca Falls convention, Robert Smalls, the Delano Grape Strike and the movement to un-dam the Klamath River, to name a few.

Each event includes a few bullet points to provide context about what happened, why and what the result was. The book reminds readers that protests are not always effective, or don’t always get the people involved what they want right away (since it took women 72 years to get the right to vote after Seneca Falls, for example).

This book is a great way to introduce kids to the long and proud history of protest movements in the United States and could prompt discussions about current events and things happening that they might want to see changed. It could also be used to start kids researching different protests discussed in the book for further learning. You can talk about how art can educate people and encourage kids to make their own art pieces to educate others about something important to them.

Rise Up! is a great starting point for learning about the history of protest and the effects it has had on American history. The publisher’s website has more resources for teaching with this book at the link below.

About the book: 48 pages, hardcover. Published 2025 by Barefoot Books. Suggested retail price $17.99.

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