Kwanzaa Mat Weave

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Kwanzaa mat weave.

People in western africa wear clothes from a cloth made of thin strips of fabric woven together. Students get a lesson in weave making with this simple kwanzaa craft made from materials you likely already have in your classroom. Mark off 1 from both ends of the 12 x 18 craft foam sheet and cut a lengthwise slit every inch being careful to end slits at the 1 mark. Comments are turned off.

Help your preschooler make his own mkeka the woven mat on which other kwanzaa symbols rest. Trish kuffner author of the preschooler s busy book. The mkeka a woven mat is the kwanzaa symbol of history. Use glue or a stapler to secure the strips in place along the edge of the.

Fold the card in half lengthways. You can now use your place mat at your kwanzaa celebration table. When you re done weaving secure each strip of woven paper using glue or tape. Aruna s gallery 2 020 279 views.

Draw men and women wearing historically authentic clothing and fabric designs. Create a bulletin board showing how black americans celebrate this modern holiday. To weave a mkeka cut parallel lines in a piece of black construction paper. Students weave a kwanzaa mat and explain the significance of their project.

A sheet of red card green and black paper. Category howto style. Red black and green tacky glue or glue dots scissors. Research traditional dress in specific african countries.

Black red and green 8 1 2 by 11 inch construction paper one sheet of each color per student. Find other kwanzaa symbols to make. Cut the lines starting 1 inch from the bottom edge to 1 inch from the top edge. You might also have to trim the woven edges a bit to make the edges of the place mat even.

Show your child how to weave the red and green strips over and under the cuts in the frame. A traditional straw or woven textile mat called a mkeka is one of the seven symbols of kwanzaa those who celebrate kwanzaa view the mkeka as the base for the other six symbols of kwanzaa representing the idea that nothing can be built without having a foundation upon which to rest. 12 x 18 piece of yellow craft foam 9 x 12 craft foam. Celebrate this kwanzaa tradition with your child or acquaint them with a new and unexplored cultural.