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Make Beijing Opera Masks: Crafts from China for Kids

kidworldcitizen — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 21:21:29 +0000

Last summer, we took a very special trip to China for adoptive families, with the China Ties program. The group is unique in that it offers cultural activities and visit to allow our kids who were born in China, to reconnect with their heritage culture. What an amazing trip!!! One of the activities we did...

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Bilingual Books by Texas Author, Pat Mora

kidworldcitizen — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 16:04:17 +0000

Pat Mora has always been one of my favorite children’s authors because she brings a diverse voice to stories that are loved by all children. Today I’ll share our favorite Pat Mora stories, and some activities to learn about the desert of the Southwest (US). Celebrate multicultural literature as you learn about west Texas’ landscape and...

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Glow-in-the-Dark Skull Bags for Day of the Dead!

kidworldcitizen — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:41:42 +0000

These skull bags for Day of the Dead are sponsored by . This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support! My 9 year old daughter has decided that she is growing out of her hard pumpkin trick-or-treat bag, so I thought we could upcycle a cloth grocery bag for her treats this year. We were sent some Tulip...

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Day of the Dead Face Paint!

kidworldcitizen — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:11:26 +0000

How cute is my little guy sporting Day of the Dead face paint as a “calavera” (skull)?? Here are some simple step-by-step instructions to create your own unique Day of the Dead face paint design! Whether you’re going for cute or creepy, it’s easy to complete your Day of the Dead or Halloween look. This post...

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Ghanaian Kente Cloth Kids Art Project

kidworldcitizen — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 21:55:10 +0000

Ghana has a rich history of incredible textiles (check out these adinkra prints!). Today we’ll look at kente cloth and create an awesome multicultural art project inspired by kente cloth. With multicultural art projects, I believe it is important for kids to make a connection between the original art and their own art: whether it’s...

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“African Sunset” DIY T-Shirt and Bracelet

kidworldcitizen — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 05:33:45 +0000

This post is sponsored by and Tulip Products. My kids are all about crafts and art projects, and love it even more if they can wear their art. Next week our school is having International Week, and my girls asked if we could make special t-shirts to wear- specifically something with animals. I was sent some One-Step...

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Make an Easy Skull for Day of the Dead

kidworldcitizen — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 04:55:56 +0000

We recently made a super-easy, Day of the Dead craft: Before beginning this craft, I recommend you read this article on why you’ll find so many skulls and skeletons in Day of the Dead in Mexico. First, we found some paper maché skulls (click here to order from amazon). We gathered all of our favorite...

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Australian Indigenous Art: Aboriginal Dot Painting

kidworldcitizen — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 21:21:19 +0000

Aboriginal Australians, also referred to as Aborigines, are people whose ancestors were indigenous to the Australian continent—that is, to mainland Australia or to the island of Tasmania. Traditional aboriginal art includes painting on natural items such as leaves, bark, and wood; using sand to “paint;” carving wood (shields, spears, boomerangs), rocks, emu egg, or shells;...

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Amate Mexican Folkart and Easy Ways to Celebrate 5 de Mayo

kidworldcitizen — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:04:11 +0000

Being married to a proud mexicano I am often asked what we do to celebrate 5 de mayo (May 5th, the commemoration of the Battle of Puebla, see more here). Honestly, my husband didn’t celebrate it en grande in his 24 years growing up in Mexico- mostly they learned the history of the war, La...

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Inukshuk: Arctic Art from the Inuit

kidworldcitizen — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:52:02 +0000

We do art projects from around the world, but we haven’t done any Arctic art projects yet! These Inukshuk painting are paired with global learning about the area. Imagine walking across the vast tundra, and coming across a human-sized stone structure. Inukshuk (plural: inuksuit) means “likeness of a person” in Inuktitut (the Inuit language), and...

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Monarch Butterfly Art for Kids

kidworldcitizen — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:36:47 +0000

Butterfly Art! It’s Monarch migration season- when 100 million monarch butterflies fly from Canada and the northern US south to Mexico for the winter. Learn more about monarch butterflies with these great resources. Kids: can you follow their migration path on a map? Why would butterflies (and some birds!) go south for the winter? When...

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Adinkra Fabric Printing from Ghana

kidworldcitizen — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:55:47 +0000

Adinkra is a printed or stamped traditional cloth made by the Ashanti people in Ghana, especially in the village of Ntonso. Adinkra (ah-DEENK-rah) symbols have been used in Ghana on clothes, walls, pottery and as logos since the early 1800’s, when King Adinkra was a king from the Ivory Coast. The symbols each had a...

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Make a Tropical Blue Morpho Butterfly Craft

kidworldcitizen — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:22:32 +0000

Kids love crafts, love glitter, and love butterflies! Making this butterfly craft is an easy afternoon activity that helps kids learn about an amazing creature from the rainforests of the Americas. Learn about the tropical morpho butterfly, and then make your own morpho butterfly craft! The blue morpho butterfly- named for its resplendent turquoise wings- lives...

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Mexican Folk Art: Amate Paintings

kidworldcitizen — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:13:57 +0000

As long as humans have existed, art has been an important part of social culture. Teaching children about the folk art of other cultures helps us to appreciate what people from around the world consider valuable and beautiful. It allows students to learn about new techniques and materials used in art, and displaying real examples...

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