Celebrate Kwanzaa With Paper Crafts

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your own paper kinara pop-up card! The kinara, mkeka (the mat used in Kwanzaa celebrations), and ear of corn are important symbols of Kwanzaa. Follow storyteller Randel McGee as he explores Kwanzaa in CELEBRATE KWANZAA WITH PAPER CRAFTS. Learn to make a lion, standing Kwanzaa figures, a African-style hat, and more!

Do your readers want to make their own paper kinara pop-up card? The kinara is an important part of Kwanzaa. Readers follow storyteller Randel McGee as he explores Kwanzaa. Readers will learn to make a lion, a mkeka (the mat used in Kwanzaa celebrations), and more.

"Explains the significance of Kwanzaa and how to make Kwanzaa-themed crafts out of paper"--Provided by publisher.

Symbols of the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa—including harvest fruits and vegetables, the Kwanzaa cup and candles, and the mkeka mat—are the basis of many of the twenty projects in this unique book. Guided by colorful illustrations and using materials that are readily available, even young children will be able to make these easy crafts for a Kwanzaa celebration that is truly special.

“Defines each day with the principle, its candle color, symbol, a descriptive story of poem, and a bunch of make-it-now crafts...Recipes, too, are easy to imitate, from banana bread as a gift to rice and black-eyed peas eaten on New Year’s Day for good luck. Illustrations, including photographs, capture the spirit.”—Booklist. “Full of stories, crafts and recipes.”—Publishers Weekly.

The family Kwanzaa celebration can be made even more special when children contribute to the festive air. Youngsters can enhance their family's Kwanzaa celebration with a "Light the Candles" Kwanzaa Card, a Nguzo Saba Favor, or a Bendera Notepad all made from easy-to-find houshold materials. Among the twenty-two easy-to-make crafts are some projects that can be used to decorate for and celebrate the holiday and others that emphasize the meaning of Kwanzaa.

The Big Book of Holiday Paper Crafts, -Life's fun days are the focus of more than 450 cards, gift bags, boxes, albums, frames, party accents, and more from Paper Crafts magazine.

In this book, African American literature is illuminated through a project-based curriculum that incorporates national curriculum standards. It is important that the school curriculae be representative of the diversity of the American student population. Integrating African American Literature in the Library and Classroom is designed to help teachers and librarians achieve that goal. The book recommends and annotates more than 200 titles that touch on African American life from slavery through the present time, most of them by black authors, and many of them winners of the Coretta Scott King, Caldecott, and/or Newbery awards. This guide offers cross-curricular lesson plans for grades K–12. Each chapter identifies areas in which instructional attention is most needed to help students develop a greater appreciation for diversity, perseverance, and ethnicity. Examples and ideas for activities are offered to reinforce related concepts. With this book, teachers and librarians will be better able to motivate and inform, helping students discover the richness of African American culture now and through time.