Mexican yarn art

My 1st grade students are studying Weather and I thought this would be a fun lesson to link to their Weather Unit. The Huichol People of Mexico create wonderful art using wooden boards coated with a layer of beeswax. They push yarn into the coating of wax to create their designs. The Sun and the Moon are prevalent in their designs. I am going to use linoleum tile with an adhesive coating on the back instead of the traditional materials. I divided the one square foot of tile (purchased at a…

Kids will love making these Cinco de Mayo crafts, perfect for a Mexican theme party! It is a fun way to learn about their Latin heritage

This easy tutorial will teach you how to yarn paint. If you can glue curved & straight lines, you can yarn paint! This is how I teach my elementary students to yarn paint. Anyone can learn! Yarn painting is a good way to integrate art into your classroom...discuss the impact of the Huichol people on Mexican art for social studies/Art integration! The option are limitless as how to visualize what you have learned! #huichol #easyart #yarnpaint #yarnpainting

Learn how to use scraps of yarn and contact paper to make your very own landscape inspired by the Huichol people of Mexico.

Image via WikipediaHere's a "cultural art" lesson my students recently completed.....it's called "Yarn Painting". This lesson idea came from a textbook called ARTTALK by Rosalind Ragans. The Huichol people live in Central Mexico and are known for their bright colorful yarn art. When creating their yarn paintings they cover a board with hot melted wax, then adhere the yarn before it dries. Sometimes they also use tree sap instead of wax for adhering the yarn. Needless to say we didn't have…

DIY Fun Yarn Art: I bought yarns to learn how to crochet and knit but it didn't work that way! I think I'm too lazy for crocheting and knitting. But the yarns had to be useful so I though of doing some yarn art. I've seen fiber art, yarn art before but didn't know mu…

Give your fine motor skills a workout with brightly colored yarn paintings inspired by Huichol folk art of Mexico. Manipulate colorful lines into cactus, plants, and flowers on a wooden panel. $5 off...

Traditional Huichol bead art. Most recently, 5th grade finished up these Huichol inspired yarn paintings. The Huichol are native Americ...