Global konst: Aktiviteter, projekt och uppfinningar från hela världen – Pocket

My kids fought over who got to pick the next activity, and the collage projects were perfect for a rainy afternoon. Everything uses supplies we already had around the house, which made it easy to just jump in.

The projects are laid out by continent, which made it so easy to tie an afternoon craft into whatever geography lesson we were doing. We started with a Maori weaving project and the paper-bead necklace from Africa, and both kept my seven-year-old engaged from start to finish.

My kids and I have been working through the construction and painting activities, and they’re perfect for rainy afternoons—each one takes about 20 minutes and uses stuff we already have around the house. The way it ties art to different cultures has sparked so many great questions from my 7-year-old