I frequently reference multicultural crafts here at The Multicultural Toybox, so I wanted to create a quick reference site that folks can browse at a glance. Consider this a mini-mall for multicultural arts and crafts. You might also check out the multicultural crafts category to locate posts about arts and crafts.
By the way, if [...]
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Multicultural crafts — books and supplies at a glance
Unique holiday gift idea #5: Multicultural crafts (part II)
This post is a continuation of my post on multicultural crafts supplies that would make thoughtful gifts. While the first post focused on helping children represent the full spectrum of human skin tones when they draw people, this post looks more closely at folk arts and crafts from a range of cultures.
African Textile Paper
Combine this [...]
Unique holiday gift idea #4: Multicultural arts and crafts supplies (part I)
When I was a kid, adults still frequently referred to the peach crayon as “flesh color.” Today, there’s no excuse for passing on to children such a narrow view of human diversity–both because we are in many ways more sensitive to issues of diversity and because there are some fabulous art supplies out there to [...]
Using puppets to communicate
I just came across a few videos that I thought do a fine job of explaining how kids, and in the case of the first video, especially biracial or multiracial children, can express themselves through puppets in liberating ways. Try to look past the low production values, as there’s some really good information here, [...]
Arts and Crafts necessity
I just found this Multicultural World Construction Paper on Amazon.com. It’s a pack of paper in a variety of flesh tones–50 pieces in all.
