African art projects

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Another successful lesson I did with Year 1 & 2 exploring art from different cultures (World Culture Art) was this paper weaving with added shapes and lines to represent to colourfully patterned cloth woven in Ghana, Africa. This idea is not original, I have seen it on many websites and there is a great video

Great resources to teach kids about Ghanian kente cloth, plus instructions to make your own version with paint and paper weaving!

African Patterns As you will have seen when we looked at Tingatinga art, there are lots of repetitive patterns included in African and other tribal art. In our drawing workshop today we are going to have a go at making some different patterns. I did find this tutorial below, which you may want to follow, but if you aren't keen…

3rd Grade students enjoyed making their own versions of African Mud Cloths. They viewed a powerpoint with many examples and learned the history and traditional methods of their creation. Of course …

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The children looked at the patterns and imagery adorning West African tribal masks, before creating their own striking examples. Each child was given a mask shape cut out from brown paper, which th…

These traditional African crafts for kids teach us about the rich and colorful heritage of the African continent! Play games, create art and have fun!