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Handprint - Dove (Unity) Wreath

This wreath symbolizes cultural unity.  You can adjust the handprint colors for different occasions (for example, you may wish to use handprints in different shades of brown for Black History Month)

Materials:

bulletpaint in various skin-tone colors.  If you have brown, yellow, red and white you can mix your own colors.  Children enjoy experimenting with mixing colors.  Try these combinations
bulletsmall amount of red + small amount of yellow yellow + white
bulletbrown + white
bulletyellow + small amount of brown
  
bulletPaper
bulletScissors
bulletGlue

Instructions:

bulletMake between 9 and 12 handprints in various skin tone colors by dipping hand in paint and stamping it on the paper.
  
bulletLet dry
  
bulletDOVE:  Trace your hand with the thumb extended and 4 fingers close together onto the center of a piece of white paper.
  
bulletGlue on a beak from orange construction paper or draw one on with orange marker.
  
bulletDraw on a wing and an eye with black pencil crayon or marker
  
bulletCut out the skin tone handprints and glue them together in a circle to form a wreath.
  
bulletGlue the dove onto the back of the wreath (so the wreath acts like a picture frame).  Trim the edges of the paper the dove is on as necessary