The girls made these simple paper totem poles during our study of Native Americans.
We painted 12 x 18″ pieces of watercolor paper with brown paint. While the papers were drying, the girls colored animal totem pole images. {We used these, enlarged a bit.}
The girls glued their animals down the center of their brown paper, saving the wings to attach to the back.
We rolled the paper into a tube and secured with clear packing tape. The last step was taping the wings to the back. Cute and easy!
The girls also had a great time making up stories about the animals on their totem poles.
More totem pole craftiness:
Kid’s Totem Poles :: Bloesem Kids
Paper Towel Roll Totem Pole :: No Time for Flashcards
Tin Can Totem Poles :: Family Fun
Children’s Books:
How Raven Stole the Sun by Maria Williams
If You Lived with the Indians of the Northwest Coast by Anne Kamma
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott
Totem Tale: A Tall Story from Alaska by Deb Vanasse
I really want to make a big totem pole for our backyard – wouldn’t that be neat?
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I’ll have to do this with O. She received a Kaya doll (american girl) for Christmas, and she is VERY interested in Native Americans.
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