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Globally-Inspired Crafts

Globally Inspired Crafts

DEED offers Family and Children’s Workshops up to KS1 based on Globally Inspired Crafts. These can be tailored to a specific country or technique.

Workshops are usually based on a country or location, or a theme:


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Ghana

  • Adinkra Printing
  • Kente Cloth Weaving
  • Recycled bead making
  • Tic Tac drum
  • Shaker making





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Australia

  • Australian Aboriginal Artwork, based round the story of Tiddalick the frog
  • Group artwork on a cloth that you can display
  • Individual decoration on a hanging mobile
  • Decorate a didgeridoo (paper version)







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India

  • Block printing
  • Making a small Krishna type drum from recycled materials
  • Mask Making - Animals of India
  • Using ‘the Elephant Dance’ and ‘the Animal Boogie’








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The theme of Identity or Myself

  • Using the ‘I Love My Hair' box
  • Make self-portraits using either paint, drawing, collage or chalks. Particularly good for family workshops.









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Make a Shaker

Using our musical shakers from around the world for ideas, make a shaker using recycled objects. Particularly good for Early Years or Reception Class with parents. We do the Shake Shake song at the end.