DREAMCATCHERS
Grade: K-6
Age: 4-10
Submitted by: Patti Beckman
"Native Americans used these to keep bad dreams away.
The small hole left in the center of the dreamcatcher allows good dreams to come in!"
-Patti Beckman
What You Need:
- Small paper plates
- Yarn
- Feathers and Beads (opt)
- Hole puncher
What You Do:
- Cut out the center of the paper plate to make a ring.
- With the hole puncher, pop out 8 holes around the ring.
- Knot the yarn through each hole loosely. Begin weaving yarn through each stretch of yarn, continuing until you come to the center of the ring.
- Tie a knot here (in the center).
- Add several more shorter pieces of yarn to the bottoms or sides of the ring and attach (by knotting) feathers and beads.
- Add another loop of yarn to top to hang your dreamcatcher.
Recommended Books
Dreamcatcher
by Audrey Osofsky, Ed Young
While a sister uses a dreamcatcher to catch bad dreams and hold them until the sun destroys their power, an Ojibwa baby sleeps peacefully in a cradle nearby.
Grandmother's Dreamcatcher
by Becky Ray McCain, Stacey Schuett, Abby Levine
When Kimmy has bad dreams, Grandmother shows Kimmy a dreamcatcher, and with a twig, beads, feathers, and leather, they begin to make one just for Kimmy. Will it work? Instructions for making a dreamcatcher appear at the end of the book.
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