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Kids Around the World Create!: The Best Crafts and Activities from Many Lands
Travel the Globe with These Fun and Easy Projects!
There's nothing like the thrill of finding out about faraway places. Now you can meet the people and share the customs of different countries by creating some of the things that keep their cultures alive.
You'll make a bookmark with a Guatemalan design using a cardboard loom, or an Egyptian bead necklace using dough or store-bought clay. Learn how prehistoric people told stories by making your own version of a cave painting, or make a good-luck charm in the form of a Tibetan goodwill message flag. Kids Around the World Create! is full of fun crafts and activities that will teach you about the customs of cultures around the world.
Every country has something special to offer, and all the activities in this book help you enjoy and explore this diversity. All the crafts are easy to do and the supplies are made up of simple household materials. Have fun as you journey to distant and exciting lands!
There's nothing like the thrill of finding out about faraway places. Now you can meet the people and share the customs of different countries by creating some of the things that keep their cultures alive.
You'll make a bookmark with a Guatemalan design using a cardboard loom, or an Egyptian bead necklace using dough or store-bought clay. Learn how prehistoric people told stories by making your own version of a cave painting, or make a good-luck charm in the form of a Tibetan goodwill message flag. Kids Around the World Create! is full of fun crafts and activities that will teach you about the customs of cultures around the world.
Every country has something special to offer, and all the activities in this book help you enjoy and explore this diversity. All the crafts are easy to do and the supplies are made up of simple household materials. Have fun as you journey to distant and exciting lands!
128 pages, Paperback
First published July 15, 1999
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July 30, 2018
Some of the crafts are really too easy, even for kids, but there are a lot of inspiration for librarians and instructors in terms of ways to make it easy for the little ones or the teenagers, going into great detail about the celebrations referenced, the cultural tie-in's to each activity/craft, and further ideas for more advanced creativity
January 21, 2017
This book is primarily a craft book, though each craft has an introduction that gives some cultural background and may mention other cultures with similar crafts. To put the craft in better cultural context, more research would be needed (there are a few books referenced for further reading in the appendix for getting started). No specific mention of appropriate ages, but my guess is elementary school, with some crafts adaptable to preschool age.
Some favorites for their uniqueness compared to other multicultural art books:
* Indian rangoli (welcome message)
* Incan quipu
* Zulu woven "oops" basket
* Sudanese face painting
When looking at multicultural craft books, I value authors who have personally traveled and experienced the cultures, as well as crafts that are examples of handiwork that is actually made in the culture (as opposed to representational, which could be misconstrued). To me, crafting like people do in other places is yet another way to experience another culture. Arlette N. Braman explains that she has a multicultural family background and has also traveled. In the author's forward, she mentions, "In many ways, we are alike and enjoy the same things. But it's our differences that I find so fascinating. We all have something special to offer each other." A good perspective to support curriculum on world diversity.
Some favorites for their uniqueness compared to other multicultural art books:
* Indian rangoli (welcome message)
* Incan quipu
* Zulu woven "oops" basket
* Sudanese face painting
When looking at multicultural craft books, I value authors who have personally traveled and experienced the cultures, as well as crafts that are examples of handiwork that is actually made in the culture (as opposed to representational, which could be misconstrued). To me, crafting like people do in other places is yet another way to experience another culture. Arlette N. Braman explains that she has a multicultural family background and has also traveled. In the author's forward, she mentions, "In many ways, we are alike and enjoy the same things. But it's our differences that I find so fascinating. We all have something special to offer each other." A good perspective to support curriculum on world diversity.
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