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Rainbow Dream Catcher: Summer Camp Crafts and Lessons for Kids: KinderArt ®
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RAINBOW DREAM CATCHER
Written by: Amanda Formaro [Amanda is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. www.craftsbyamanda.com]
Grade: K-6
Age: 4-12
Summary:
Here are instructions on how to make a colorful dream catcher using paper wire, string, beads and feathers.
Make this dream catcher with plenty of different colors to give it a fabulous rainbow feel. What You Need:
- 2 pieces of 18 gauge paper stem wire OR supple twigs
- Rainbow string
- Pony beads in several colors
- 2 colorful feathers
What You Do:
- Bend the 2 paper stems into a circle, twist the ends together to combine them. If you are using twigs, look for supple twigs that are bendable. Use some string to tie the ends together.
- Cut off a length of string, about 2 arms lengths (both arms stretched out). Wrap the string around two fingers, this will keep it at a workable length as you wrap it around your wire/twig circle.
- Tie the end of the string to the circle. Stretch the string 1/4 of the way around the circle and wrap around twice. Stretch the string 1/4 of the way around the circle again, wrap around twice. Repeat two more times, you should end up where you started.
- Stretch the string across the length of the circle and tuck into the stretched string, wrapping it around once, then stretching across the circle again, repeating this process as many times as you like, criss-crossing in a pattern to your liking.
- When your web is almost complete, it’s time to add some beads. Unwrap the remaining wound up string, trim, leaving about 18” of string to work with. Thread on 2-3 colorful beads, stretch and wrap the string again. Add 2-3 more colorful beads, stretch and wrap, then tie off the string to the circle.
 
- Use about 20” of string, fold it in half to create a loop. Run the loop under the circle and thread the open ends of the string through the loop, pull it tight. Tie the loose ends into a knot. This is your hanger.
- Repeat this process two more times at the bottom of the circle. Thread 4-5 colorful beads onto each length of string, wrap the bottom end of the string around the end of a feather. Slide a bead down onto the feather end to secure.
  
Optional: Instead of string, you can also use yarn. Each dream catcher will be unique as there’s no particular pattern for wrapping the webs. Wrap as much or as little as you like.
Recommended Books/Videos:
 The Kids' Summer Handbook
This compendium of activities offers ideas galore for young vacationers. Six broad sections-Shoreside, Landside, After Dark, Hiking and Camping, Rainy Days, and Cottage Crafts-cover a wide range of nature investigations, water sports, arts and crafts, recipes, and safety information that varies greatly in both difficulty and age appropriateness. From crayfish trap to canoe strokes, raising monarch butterflies to building a tree fort, paper-folding to whittling, there is something for everyone here.
 Nature's Art Box
From t-shirts to twig baskets, 65 cool projects for crafty kids to make with natural materials you can find anywhere.
 Grandmother's Dreamcatcher
Kimmy is taken to stay with her Chippewa grandmother while her parents find a new place to live. Bad dreams and fear for her mother and father constantly disturb the child's sleep until Grandmother tells her the legend of the dreamcatcher, which is intended to capture bad dreams and allow good ones to make their way back to the dreamer. Kimmy is comforted after she and Grandmother construct a dreamcatcher from found materials.
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