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Kwanzaa List(30 ideas)
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A Brief History of Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is a seven day African-American celebration of culture and tradition. It is a ...
Type: Activity: 7009

Benne Cakes for Kwanzaa
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly oil the cookie sheet. Mix together the brown ...
Type: Recipe: 8289

Cardboard Candles
Let children spread glue on the outside of the tubes with a paintbrush or q-tip. Hav ...
Type: Craft: 7498



Circle time Kwanzaa
To introduce the concept of Kwanzaa, I like to teach the children a few simple words ...
Type: Activity: 7110

Corn Necklace
Munhindi means corn. The corn represents the children of a family. Make your mom a ...
Type: Craft: 7534

Corny Kwanza
Draw the letter K in block form, make it large enough so that the corn will roll over ...
Type: Activity: 7132

Felt Kinara
Glue felt reactangle onto oaktag. They should be same size, or oaktag can be slightly ...
Type: Craft: 7574

Found Treasures
A Special part of Kwanzaa is giving handmade gifts! Make gifts from narural items fou ...
Type: Activity: 7191

Fruit Salad
For our Kwanzaa celebration we ask each child to contribute one fruit to our snack th ...
Type: Recipe: 8363

Fruits of Kwaanza
Matuda ya kwanza means the first fruits, referring to the yearly harvest. Place suga ...
Type: Recipe: 8365

Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas song
Instead of singing the traditional We Wish You a Merry Christmas song, sing we wish y ...
Type: Music/Song: 8084

Harvest Table Runner
Lay the felt flat on a table so the short ends are at the top and bottom. Cut horizon ...
Type: Craft: 7643

Heggie Biscuit Fudge
heat butter and sugar together. When sugar is dissolved, stir in cocoa and egg, take ...
Type: Recipe: 8388

Karamu Community
Cook up a goodly amount of delightful and intriguing Jamacian Meat Pies. Take them i ...
Type: Recipe: 8398

Kwanzaa Designs
Dribble rubber cement over paper, allow to dry for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Paint over glue ...
Type: Activity: 7259

Kwanzaa Flash Cards
Create a set of flash cards to illustrate the seven lessons or nguzo saba of Kwanzaa, ...
Type: Activity: 7260

Kwanzaa Gift
An important part of the celebration of Kwanzaa is giving gifts that are handmade. G ...
Type: Activity: 7261

Kwanzaa Mat
Objective: To create a handmade Kwanzaa mat called a Mkeka (em-kay-kah) of thier own ...
Type: Craft: 7661

Kwanzaa Memory Book
The plastic bags will be the pages of your book. Stack them so that th bottoms of th ...
Type: Activity: 7262

Kwanzaa's Here
Tune: Three Blind Mice Red, green, black Red, green, black Kwanzaa is here Kwan ...
Type: Music/Song: 8091

Learn Swahili Words
Use African colors and harvest foods to decorate the cards or posters containing the ...
Type: Activity: 7270

Lentil Centerpiece
Set candle in center of plate. Line the plate with a single layer of cotton. Dampen ...
Type: Activity: 7273

Light the Kwanzaa Candles
Cover the toilet paper rolls with construction paper(3 red, 3 green and 1 black). Ma ...
Type: Activity: 7278

Mkeka (place mat)
take your black, red, green material cut with scissors into strips interweave the str ...
Type: Craft: 7682

Mkeka Mats
The mkeka is a mat, usually made of straw, displayed on the family's table at Kwaanza ...
Type: Craft: 7681

Mosiac Kinaras
The students will glue the red, green and black construction paper aquares on the can ...
Type: Activity: 7300

Seven Principles of Kwanzaa
Day 1 UMOJA (oo-MOH-ja) Unity Togetherness, we help each other Day 2 KUJICHAGULIA ...
Type: Activity: 7343

Seven Principles of Kwanzaa
Day 1 UMOJA (oo-MOH-ja) Unity Togetherness, we help each other Day 2 KUJICHAGULIA ...
Type: Other: 8222

Seven Principles of Kwanzaa
Day 1 UMOJA (oo-MOH-ja) Unity Togetherness, we help each other Day 2 KUJICHAGULIA ...
Type: Other: 8223

Seven Symbols of Kwanzaa
MAZAO (crops) Rewards for work we do MKEKE (straw mat) Our base or foundation K ...
Type: Activity: 7344
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