1-2-3 Come Do Some MKL Day Craftivities With Me

I know a lot of my visitors, also enjoy scrapbooking, so I wanted to design an easy craftivity for MLK Day using the simple pinwheel design.  If you don't celebrate MLK Day, these make wonderful Valentine's Day cards too. 

I chose a black and white theme to symbolize racial conflict, but you could use whatever colors you like. Simply pre-cut 2 large black squares + a variety of light and dark contrasting scrapbook paper.  Each student needs 4 light patterned pieces and 4 dark.

Using my photo tutorial, demonstrate how to glue the pieces down, so they look like a pinwheel.

Add the white writing prompt square to the back, or have students think of their own.

If you need MLK writing prompt ideas, I have a list of 60 they can choose from.  

For more pizzazz, students can choose another set of 4 different patterned-squares and glue them to the back, providing a border under their prompt.  A school photo adds the finishing touch.  

Punch a hole in the top point; make a yarn loop, and hang from the ceiling.   Click on the link to view/download the MLK Pinwheel Prompt Craftivity.

I have two more "danglers" to share with you today.  Since I had no problem filling up my monthly bulletin board, I needed some other ways to hang up my students' craftivities.  Because of this, I designed quite a few things that could "dangle" from the ceiling in the hallway. 

Both of these files were done before I had all of the software programs and fonts I use now, but I think you'll find the hand-drawn patterns easy to follow.

A very simple dangler that my Y5's enjoyed making was the MLK Letter "I Have A Dream" one.  It was a nice way to review letters and provided much-needed cutting practice to strengthen hand muscles and improve dexterity.

Turn it into a more in-depth writing prompt for older kiddo's, by skipping the heart on the back, and giving them a longer writing prompt for them to record on the back.  Click on the link to view/download the MLK Letter Dangler.

Finally, one of my personal favorites, was the "stained glass" dove of peace dangler.  

I pre- cut strips of colored construction paper. My Y5's snipped them into squares and glued them in whatever pattern they wanted.  More fine motor practice was achieved by having them accordion fold the dove's wings. 

To incorporate a bit of poetry and cover the "genre" standard, I ran off the Langston Hughes poem.   Click on the link to check out the background of this outstanding and prolific poet. 

You could also turn this into a writing prompt and have the poem be the cover that flips open to reveal your students' thoughts about peace and how to achieve it.  Click on the link to view/download the Martin Luther King Dove Of Peace Poem Dangler.  

Thanks for visiting today.  Feel free to PIN away.

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. " -Martin Luther King Jr.