Kwanzaa
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Kwanzaa Gift - An important part of the celebration of Kwanzaa is giving gifts that are handmade. Give children the opportunity to create a gift to give to someone they love for Kwanzaa!
Cardboard Candles - Let children spread glue on the outside of the tubes with a paintbrush or q-tip. Have them roll it in a cardboard box that has gliter in it (less mess). After they have dried, glue a yellow construction paper flame to the inside lip of the newly constructed candle! The candles can then be placed ina ...
Mkeka Mats - The mkeka is a mat, usually made of straw, displayed on the family's table at Kwaanza time. This project is a paper weaving. To prepare the background mat for weaving, fold the paper in half. Next, using a paper cutter, make long, vertical slits starting at the fold of the paper and ending at least ...
Benne Cakes for Kwanzaa - Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly oil the cookie sheet. Mix together the brown sugar and butter or margarine, beat until creamy. Stir in the egg, vanilla extract and lemon juice until blended. Add flour, baking powder, salt and sesame seeds, stir until blended. Drop by rounded teaspoon onto ...
Corn Necklace - Munhindi means corn. The corn represents the children of a family. Make your mom a necklace with one ear of corn for each child in your family. 1. Cut a corn shape from tagboard for each ear of corn on your necklace. Choose the number of ears of corn by how many children the mother has. 2. Twist ...
Mkeka (place mat) - take your black, red, green material cut with scissors into strips interweave the strips using one colour at a time fold over the end edges and hot glue gun them to stay in place. You can also use construction paper instead of material. This makes a wonderful mkeka (place mat) for the kwanzaa celabration... ...
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