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World History Kids Crafts

Crafts on World Cultures

(All Eras) Africa, China, India, Israel, Japan

Most of our crafts are listed in chronological order, but not the ones here. These are projects based on a particular world culture, and not necessarily an historical time period.

Browse below for crafts on world cultures in general, and then Africa, China, India, Israel, and Japan.

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WORLD CULTURES

All World Cultures
Learning About Cultures by Teaching & Learning.

180 Days Around the World by Incentive Publications.

The World is Our Neighborhood by Evan-Moor.

World Civilizations and Cultures by Mark Twain Media.

Africa
Design your own African mask! Or print and color these pre-drawn masks.

China
Find several ideas for Chinese crafts here, including dragons and paper lanterns. Here is another site with Paper Lantern instructions.

Use crepe paper to make a dragon that you can swirl through the air! This Chinese dragon is slightly more complex, and looks great!

Make and fly a Dragon kite.

Print this Dragon boat to cut and color!

Use the instructions for a Chinese fan taken from this card designed by Canon!

Disney's Family Fun gives us lots of very nice resources to celebrate the Chinese New Year! Check out their attractive Chinese crafts, Chinese food, and Chinese printables for kids!

China Project for Kids For a simple project on China, cut ivory paper in half lengthwise. Have child glue a popsicle stick to the top & bottom of the strip to create a long scroll. Use guides for Writing Chinese Numbers to walk the child(ren) through each number. Have them use a brush and black paint, and draw their characters from top to bottom, then right to left.

India
This site has a variety of crafts on India in general, including Rangoli design crafts and crafts for the festival of Diwali.

Find some great ideas here for making Rangoli with kids using a variety of materials and some kid-friendly designs.

Israel
Weave a Star of David with string. This simple project has beautiful results!

Japan
Create one of these origami spinning tops from Canon Papercraft. For older students, try the Kumamoto Castle or the Shuri Castle.

Celebrate the Seasons within the Japanese culture from these papercraft models from Yamaha.

Make Japanese paper dolls out of posterboard and construction paper. These are really nice!

At this page from the San Diego Museum of Art, scroll down and click on the Kimono-Inspired Landscape Collage. This is for older elementary students up to junior high & high school.

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