February is Black History Month in the USA

Black History Month is celebrated in various countries at different times of the year. In the USA, February is the month designated as Black History Month. In schools across the USA, children learn about Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, the battle for Civil Rights and the resulting Civil Rights acts, and about the roots of Black America; the slave trade. But often there aren't crafts projects for young children to make at home with their parents in honor of Black History Month.

My kids made this Unity Wreath a number of years ago, and we still hang it on our door during February as a reminder to all our visitors that not only is this Black History Month, but that unity amongst all of the peoples of the world is important to us. Here's how to make this wreath.

Materials:

Paint in various skin-tone colors. If you have brown, yellow, red and white you can mix your own colors. Children enjoy experimenting with mixing colors. Try these combinations

small amount of red + small amount of yellow yellow + white

brown + white

yellow + small amount of brown
Heavy Paper or Foam Board
Scissors
Glue

Instructions:

Make between 9 and 12 handprints in various skin tone colors by dipping hand in paint and stamping it on the paper.
Let dry
DOVE: Trace your hand with the thumb extended and 4 fingers close together onto the center of a piece of white paper.
Glue on a beak from orange construction paper or draw one on with orange marker.
Draw on a wing and an eye with black pencil crayon or marker
Cut out the skin tone handprints and glue them together in a circle to form a wreath.
Glue the dove onto the back of the wreath (so the wreath acts like a picture frame). Trim the edges of the paper the dove is on as necessary.

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