What are your glass goals for 2010?

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The question of the day…end of year contemplation. No resolutions. Resolutions are meant to be broken. Goals are things we work to achieve. So what are your glass goals for 2010? Learn a new skill. Or a new technique? Go to a conference? How about a glass cruise? Yeah, they exist. I want to hear from you. The first 5 comments will receive my world famous micro dichros. I like to make small beads. Really small beads. Some of you may have received micro Auraes or Tritons from me. Well, I love dichroic glass so that’s what I’m sharing for this end of year giveaway.

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You may wonder what my glass goals are for 2010. My glass studio is my main goal. A facility for glass and glass fun and learning and hanging out. I want to learn more about glass fusing and am hoping for a trip to Portland to take some classes at Bullseye. I want to develop my line of glass tiles…I also want to attend the GAS conference in Louisville. And, um…

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.

Have you read?