Wigwam craft for kids

The girls finally got to make their wigwams. We followed the directions in the MFW teacher manual and they came out so realistic. They used cut-up cereal boxes for the frame and brown construction paper for the "shingles." After gluing on the shingles, we covered the entire outside with white glue. When they dried the girls cut smoke holes in the top. They looked and felt much like real bark and are very sturdy. Both of the girls added their own accessories. Emily made hers from clay and…

In talking about the North American Indians, we made a little wigwam. First take a 1 inch by 12 inch strip of construction paper. They said to use brown, but all we had was black. So that's what we've got here. :) Put some glue on one end and make a circle with the strip. Then cut 4 more strips at 1/2inch x 7inches. Glue the edges and form an arch from the circle base as shown below with all four strips. Rip pieces of paper and layer over the "beams". Make sure to cover the holes. Once you…

asy kids' wigwam craft! This Native American craft for kids would be a great Thanksgiving craft or would pair nicely in a unit about early American history.

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I'm sharing how to make a wigwam craft for a fun Native American Study. This wigwam craft is simple and can be done mostly independently by your preschooler or kindergartener. But this craft will give them an understanding of how the house was built and what it looked like. And learn a bit about the Powhatan Tribe of Eastern Virginia. Some of the other tribes which built wigwams were the Winnebago, Kickapoo, Wampanoag, Pequot, Sauk, Fox, Abenaki, Shawnee, Ojibwe and Oto.

Crafts, like these Native American crafts for kids, are a simple way to get kids interested in learning more about different cultures. Pair these kids American Indian crafts with a history lesson or book.

We've been reading Charlotte and David Yue's The Wigwam and the Longhouse this week, and it's been spawning quite a bit of creative play - fire pits... ...and Indian camps in the backyard, and that sort of thing. The Yue's, while leaning pretty heavily in the direction of the "noble savage" in their depiction of the eastern Native American tribes, do a fantastic job presenting the details of their daily life gone by in a way that makes it seem very real, and appealing. We will definitely be…

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