How Do You Make A Kente Cloth Design Paper Quilt?
Create a Kente cloth design paper quilt with children in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. day or Black History month in February. Kente cloth is a woven cloth of bright colors and geometric designs. For this reason, recreating Kente Cloth in paper makes a wonderful children’s art project. Kente cloth originally comes from Ghana. At one time, it was only worn by royals. In some parts of Africa, Kente cloth is still held in high esteem even though it is much more common today. Kente cloth is woven in long strips of bright colors and geometric designs. The individual strips are then attached to one another to make clothing and other articles such as table or bed linen. Kente cloth’s designs traditionally held certain meanings to Africans. However, it is the color meaning that many people associate with Kente cloth. Children enjoy learning the meaning of the colors, then creating their own designs and sharing what their meaning is. Here are the most common color meanings used to teach chil
