Revisting Our Diwali Diva Lamp

Last night when Little man was put to bed lady P started discussing Diwali which they had been talking about at school. So with half an hour till her bed time we made some pink salt dough and and got making a diva.
 
The salt dough recipe is simply
1 cup of salt
1 cup of flour
1/2 a cup of water
1 tea spoon of food colouring

Once mixed together P took a handful of the salt dough and pushed the candle into the dough. P then decorated it before it was left to dry out.
Lady P loved poking in the beads and sequins and we then left it to dry over night.
 

This five day festival honours Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. Diwali is perhaps the most well-known of the Hindu festivals. The word Diwali means 'rows of lighted lamps'. Diwali is known as the 'festival of lights' because houses, shops and public places are decorated with small earthenware oil lamps called diyas