Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is celebrated for five days with various activities and food. This book explores the festival and the story behind it and features six simple origami projects for your own festive fun! The book shows how people around the world decorate their homes with lights and rangoli patterns, and how they end the Diwali celebration with a special day for brothers and sisters. Attractively designed, its simple text and wonderful full-colour photos make this an essential book for children celebrating or learning about the festival. The origami activities are accessible to all and are explained with step-by-step illustrations. Your fantastic creations can be used as decorations for the festival, for presents, to impress your teacher for a Diwali school project or simply to wow your friends!

The book is part of the Origami Festivals series, which bring religious festivals, including Divali, Easter, Christmas and Chinese New Year to life through origami art. Each festival is examined in detail, from its history to its significance today and the manner in which people worldwide celebrate it. Origami craft activities engage the reader in each festival and add a fun art and design element to the series. A religious and interactive craft series for children aged 9+.

This book is part of a book series called Origami Festivals .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Hachette Children's Group .

Robyn Hardyman is a highly experienced book author and editor. She has written a variety of titles for children and her subjects include outdoor adventure books, social sciences and literacy. Robyn is married with children and lives and works in Oxford.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: The Divali Story
• 1: Festival of Light
• 1: Diya Lamp Activity
• 1: Hanging Lantern Activity
• 1: A New Year
• 1: Sweet Box Activity
• 1: Coin Purse Activity
• 1: Decorating the House
• 1: Flower Activity
• 1: Flower Vase Activity
• 1: Celebrating Divali
• 1: Divali Dog Activity
• 1: Divali Candle Activity
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Further Reading
• 1: Index