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Crafting In The USA: Folklore

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2 hexagonal maracas in the shape of turtles with brightly colored designs on their shells. 2 strings adorned with feathers and beads hang from the base of the maracas. Caption. You can see I've decorated it with beads and feathers.

Learn to make five easy crafts that represent some of the folklore and tall-tale heroes of the United States. Lists the supplies and tools needed for each craft, demonstrates how to make each one, and shows the finished project. Make a Paul Bunyan puppet theater, turtle maracas, Pecos Bill tornado eraser, Buffalo Bill vest, and a Johnny Appleseed towel. Some crafts require adult supervision. Patterns and directions for these crafts are available through the CMP online lesson guide.

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Runtime: 26 minutes 46 seconds

Topic: Arts, Literature
Subtopic: Crafts, Folklore
Grade/Interest Level: 5 - 12
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Release Year: 2003
Producer/Distributor: KS, Inc.
Series: Crafting In The USA
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Hands on tabletop arrange wood sticks in a square frame shape, creating a rush weaving frame. Caption. Glue them in place, and then set them aside to dry.

Closeup of a person holding a blue disc with open center over a craft table with a pile of small seashells and a few popsicle sticks. Caption. And I've drilled 2 small holes in the top.

2 hexagonal maracas in the shape of turtles with brightly colored designs on their shells. 2 strings adorned with feathers and beads hang from the base of the maracas. Caption. You can see I've decorated it with beads and feathers.

Hands press a circular handmade stamp onto fabric. Another inked stamp in green and blue is next to its fabric design. Caption. So you're just going to press that into the center here.

A piggy bank tube with Abraham Lincoln's face, beard, ears, clothes, and stovepipe hat made from paper and pasted onto the tube. Caption. And finish putting some of Abe's face together.

Person working on a tabletop strings beads onto leather lace. Caption. When I get all of them laced on.

Homemade pizza board game with toppings as game pieces. A paper spinner with topping shapes sits near the game board. Caption. And Joann and I are going to play the pizza game.

Hands press down on braided cord, shaping it into a small circular rug-like shape. Caption. This last piece, secure that with a little tape behind it.

Hand presses down on folded white paper with corrugated cardboard cover and twine sticking out from the center. Other hand pinches a small object. Caption. Glue it in place with your craft glue.

Orange clay held in 1 hand as a person attaches a small green triangle to it. Caption. And I'm actually pushing the green up against the orange.