These are some Matariki kites I did with children as part of my work at the Parnell Library. I created a template and then used that as a basis for a drawing competition (decorate your own Matariki kite), a workshop in which children decorated carboard versions of the kites and attached feathers to them, and a display for the library. I modelled decorating the kite and it was interesting to see children using some of the elements of my model in their designs. We used the kite-making as a way of starting conversations about what we do at Matariki - make goals, remember important people in our lives, do planting, look at the stars...
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| The kites all decorated with feathers |
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| The Matariki kite template I drew |
I loved seeing the variety in the way the children have decorated their kites, and they have loved being able to point out their kites in the display to their friends and families.
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