Category: minimal
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Craft: DIY Diyas for Diwali
Craft: DIY Diyas for Diwali Many people light special candles called diyas during Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Traditional diyas are made from clay and are hand-painted. For this craft, use acrylic paint markers and shiny gems to transform a recycled CD and a tea light into your own radiant diya to take home! Supplies…
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Scavenger Hunt: Diwali
Scavenger Hunt: Diwali In this self-directed scavenger hunt, participants locate hidden signs that feature children celebrating Diwali around the world. As each piece is found, participants identify the child’s face and place a matching sticker on the answer sheet, a world map. Supplies Directions Assets scavenger hunt clues (hide these)print and fold pdf on double-sided…
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Creation Station: Create-a-Crown
Creation Station: Create-a-Crown Craft and create with us! We’ll provide an idea and supplies — you create your own masterpiece. Make wearable crowns inspired by the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Supplies and setup Assets printable 11″ x 17″ instructions | copy & edit images in Canva
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Tote-ally Terrific Batik
Tote-ally Terrific: DIY Batik Bags First, learn a little bit about the history of batik around the world with a scratch-off map. Then make your own “batik”-style canvas bag or tote using a glue resist technique with acrylic paint. This project was given out as a craft kit during the pandemic, but it could be…
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Craft: Customize your own gonggi set
Craft: Customize your own gonggi set 공기 (“gone-gee”) is a game that is sometimes played in Korea that is similar to jacks. We made this craft during a Lunar New Year program, but it could be done any time of the year. Supplies Assets 8.5″ x 11″ instructions | pdf tag for drawstring bag |…
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Gather and Play: Juneteenth
Family program: Gather and Play for Juneteenth This open-house style, super adaptable family event held at a local park was created to provide a kid-friendly, low-inertia way to remember Juneteenth. There was no educational content portion of the event, so we gave a picture book and craft kit to each family. Full program description Let’s…
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Scavenger Hunt: Indigenous Inventions
Scavenger Hunt: Indigenous Inventions In this self-directed scavenger hunt, participants locate hidden signs (clues) that feature a few inventions by various Indigenous people groups in North and South America. As each piece is found, participants place a matching sticker on the answer sheet, a map. Supplies Directions Assets scavenger hunt clues (hide these throughout your…
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Scavenger Hunt: In Living Color
Scavenger Hunt: In Living Color See human skin color as just another one of nature’s amazing ways of creating conditions for survival! Full Program Description In this scavenger hunt, kids encounter different ways that animals use color to survive, including humans. Framing skin color as an adaptation that we can look at just like all…
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Craft: Fireworks Dance Wand for Lunar New Year
Craft: Fireworks Dance Wand for Lunar New Year Create a simple dance wand – then head to the dance floor and get your groove on! Happy Lunar New Year everyone! Supplies Assets instructions | pdf | copy & edit in Canva
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Scavenger Hunt: Lunar New Year
Scavenger Hunt: Lunar New Year Around the World In this self-directed scavenger hunt, participants locate hidden signs that feature children celebrating Lunar New Year around the world. As each piece is found, participants identify the child’s face and place a matching sticker on the answer sheet, a world map. Supplies Directions Assets scavenger hunt (this…
