Dreamcatchers were first made by the Ojibwe tribe of native American Indians hundreds of years ago. They believe that dreamcatchers can catch bad dreams in the "spiders web" but let good dreams through the central hole. They should be hung above a sleeping person.
See below for some ways to make a dreamcatcher in the class room.
Make a hoop (circle) with wire or cable, and tie with strong string. Use 3 metres of wool wound around a piece of card.
Neatly cover the hoop by winding tightly around the cable.
Neatly cover the hoop by winding tightly around the cable.Use wool or string to start the spider's web.
Loop the string or wool around the previous loops you made before. Work your way towards the centre. (I have also put red wool around the centre to show where the "good dreams" go.
Decorate the dreamcatcher with beads and feathers, or flowers.
Above is another hoop I have made using wicker twigs. You might also use palm leaf stalks or thin bamboo.
Decorate and hang above the bed!
SHIVA Charity (UK) puts these free educational pages on its web site in order to be used primarily in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Darjeeling, India, where lessons are mostly repetitive "chalk and talk" and curriculum restrained. We are involved in teachers' resources training there, and hope that schools in the UK and elsewhere will support SHIVA Charity's cause with funding. Please visit our main pages to see the work we do, and how we raise money for individual projects and for child sponsorship.
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Video of Nepalese school children making dreamcatchers
