The white pigeon is considered a sign of peace worldwide. Before Easter, one of the largest Christian festivals, all people in Europe would like nothing more than an soon end of the war in Ukraine. The parents face a difficult challenge: to explain the events of the past two weeks. But you can also do the topictake up by handicrafts. We explain how you can tinker a peace dust and hang on the windows. As a Peace symbol for Easter.
Tinker peace dust: Instructions (including template) for the Paper Sign of Paper
You only need a paper plate, white clay box and pipe cleaner in green and brown to make a dust of peace. In addition, you need the following accessories: scissors and adhesive for paper and cardboard. Alternatively, you can also use universal glue. This handicraft idea is well suited for children in children, as the cutting out and gluing together does not require any special skill. The pigeon is quickly finished and can be spiced up with painting colors as desired.
Print the templateout and transfer them to white clay box. Cut the body out of the sound cardboard and the wings - from a white one -way plate. Then put the pigeon together and glue the details together. The children can actively help. The pigeons are finished in less than an hour. Use the time to take up the topic of “war” and possibly answer the children's questions. Sometimes it is enough if you listen to you and just be there for you.
After you have put the deaf body together, you can continue with the handicrafts of the olive branch. Cut the brown and the green pipe cleaner and put together the olive branch. Now it only remains to stick the “branch” on the beak.
Tinker peace dust: Template to print out
Tinking with peace: “Origami” birds tinker with Easter
The next idea is for an origami pigeon who can make even children in daycare age. Print out the template, cut it and draw the beak and the eyes of the pigeon. Then fold a white A4 sheet fan-shaped. Cut two slots into the bird's body and guide the folded leaf through the slot.
Tinker peace dust: template
Of course, you can also make a similar template yourself and commission the children to cut the deaf body out. Or you can print out the template on colored paper. You can write a peace message on the pigeon and finally hang the decoration at the window. As a sign of peace and the hope of an early end of the war.
Painting peace dust: Instructions step by step step by step
If the children are already in primary school, then they can try to paint a dust of peace together. It is actually much easier than it looks. Of course, you can help the children and draw complicated details. The child can write a message on it. It is also a good way to talk about the war and tell the story about the pigeon with the olive branch.
If you are already with the children, oneTo make Easter decorations, then you can add the peace dust in the decoration. Tinker a cardboard door wreath and decorate it with the white peace pigeons. Alternatively, you can also turn a garland out of several pigeons yourself and hang up at the window above the fireplace or the dining table. You can also glue small magnets on the pigeons and thus make refrigerator magnets yourself. The possibilities are simply endless and there are no limits to your own imagination.
