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Eleanor Ford.

If I had to introduce myself in one word, I would say I am a maker.

I grew up in a house where we made things. We learnt to sew and to knit; to saw, hammer and build. My Mum baked bread every day and we grew vegetables. We learnt to fix broken things. We were resourceful. All of these skills made me who I am and ignited my love for craft. This passion for making is something I would like to pass on to my children and to others; it is the reason for creating

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Mini Niches

We love an art project that uses up-cycled materials. For this project we collected small fish tins and various lids to create our mini niches or frames.

In Mexico, a niche is a traditional, small, hand-made devotional shadow box or shrine, usually crafted from tin or wood to honor saints or loved ones. Popular in folk art, these dioramas often feature vibrant colors, paper flowers, sequins, and scenes for Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead).

MATERIALS:

Small fish tins or jar lids
Hot glue
Colourful paper
Items to decorate like ribbons, beads, sequins, pom poms or paper flowers.
Frida Kahlo printable activity sheets

HOW TO:

Make sure your tins and lids are properly cleaned and dry. Begin by lining the tins or lids with colourful paper using hot glue to secure the paper in place.

Add decorations around the edges of your mini niches using pom poms, ribbon, cord, beads, sequins, paper flowers; anything that is colourful and decorative will do. You can attach the items to the tins or lids using hot glue.

Now it's time to make some artwork to go inside your frames. You could use photos of loved ones, drawings or use images from our Frida Kahlo printable activity sheets.

We coloured in a portrait of Frida, Dia de Muertos skulls and flowers to put in our frames.

Add a loop of cord or ribbon at the top so you can hang up your niches.

Happy crafting friends!

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