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Make a traditional kinara for Kwanzaa this year with just a paper plate, craft sticks and simple step-by-step directions.

Gather Tools and Materials

 
Paper Plate
Markers
Craft Sticks
Construction Paper
Craft Glue
Scissors
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Read along as one child discovers Kwanzaa for the first time.


Let's Get Started!

 

1
Decorate a plate.

Use you markers to color a red, black and green pattern around the edge of the paper plate.
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2
Write on plate.

Write “Happy Kwanzaa” on one half of the plate.
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3
Fold paper plate.

Fold the plate in half so that “Happy Kwanzaa” is on one side and the other is blank.
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4
Cut slits.

Cut seven small slits on the fold.
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5
Color with red.

Color three craft sticks red.
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6
Color with green.

Color three crafts sticks green.
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7
Color with blacks.

Color one craft stick black.
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8
Cut out flames.

Cut out seven flames from a piece of yellow construction paper.
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9
Glue flames.

Glue a flame onto each of the craft sticks.
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10
Add sticks.

Insert a craft stick into each slit in this pattern: red, red, red, black, green, green, green.
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