Aim: To create holiday greetings using non-traditional materials.
Materials: An assortment of craft and found materials but not including paper (for example, wood pieces, beads, yarn, wire, paint and paintbrushes, glue, cardboard)
Procedure:
1. Have students examine the work of art below. Discuss its unique features and its function as a Jewish New Year's greeting.
2. Ask students what holidays they celebrate. List the answers and discuss the various ways these holidays are celebrated. Ask each student to choose one holiday for which to make a special holiday greeting. But, like The Jewish Museum's New Year's greeting, the students' greetings will not be made from paper. Students will experiment with alternative materials to create their greetings.
3. Make available a wide range of supplies and give students enough time to explore them. Have students consider what colors, textures, patterns, and symbols relate best to the mood and themes of the holiday. What are they trying to convey through their greetings? Encourage students to make their cards in interesting shapes using unusual materials.
Attributed to Happy Jack (Native American, c. 1870-1918)
- Walrus tusk: engraved; gold inset
- Height: 10 in. (25.4 cm) Diameter: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
- The Jewish Museum, New York
- Gift of the Kanofsky Family in memory of Minnie Kanofsky, 1984-71
New Year Greeting
New Year Greeting
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