Making Cultural Crafts
Travel Around The World
With These Making Challenges
Springtime brings celebrations and festivals all over the world. To name a few, you may be familiar with Cinco de Mayo, Golden Week in Japan, Equinox celebrations, or Asian Pacific Heritage Month (May) all happening in the spring season. Over the years we have worked to learn about and emulate cultural crafts in our Makerspaces using our making equipment, and wanted to share with you here some of the many you can try during Remote Learning using materials and simple tools found around your home. We encourage you to find an idea that inspires you below, read a bit about the history behind that particular cultural celebration or craft, and share your making photos with us so we can all travel around the world together!
Papel Picado are beautiful tissue paper or fabric decorations hung in the streets during Festivals in Mexico.
Alebrijes originated in Mexico in 1936 by the artist Pedro Linares. He first made them out of papier mache, but modern alebrijes are made of wood. These brightly painted figures are meant to be "spirit guides."
Practice using calligraphy brush strokes to create nature scenes or animal paintings of springtime in this Chinese Art style.
A meditative craft for all ages. Create these beautiful ancient symbols for yourself or to give to friends. These crafts were originally made by the Huichol Indians of Mexico and the Aymara Indians of Bolivia.
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