Peru crafts

Information, activities, crafts, recipes, resources, and more for learning about Peru for elementary students and homeschoolers

Learn about Latin American cultures by making fun crafts for kids. They will have a blast making these Hispanic Heritage Month crafts

Create your own siku and, along the way, discover that instruments and music are all around you. You can improvise, dance, and play — the Peruvian and Carmen…

Don’t miss my first guest post at www.multiculturalblogs.com! I wrote about raising kids who love and appreciate their Hispanic Heritage, and included a printable All About Peru Mini-Book as well, in Spanish and English. There are tons of wonderful resources at MKB– make sure to stop by and take a look around.

One of the first things that came to my mind when I thought of Peru - after Machu Picchu - is beautiful and colorful textiles, like these: ...

Stella Landeo is a Peruvian lifestyle blogger, and I was just thrilled when she offered to introduce my littles and I to Peruvian culture. Her posts on her blog and videos on her YouTube channel ar…

This project was inspired by a friend's recent amazing trip to Macchu Picchu. Truly a bucket list moment! Since the chances of me making the trek there anytime soon are nonexistent, the consolation prize was to do an art lesson based on the Peruvian llamas. There are over 7 million llamas in South America. They are highly intelligent animals that are easily trained. They are raised for their wool, to carry loads and pull carts. And since they are in the camel family, they can survive weeks…

There's just something about a fun, colorful llama that makes you feel good! If you feel this way too, you are going to love this Llama Valentine Craft we are sharing with you today. In

During this month little one, and I have been discovering Peru. We learned about the ocarina musical instrument, played with hand-made finger puppets, and even cooked a tasty pollo a la brasa, and lomo saltado. Today, we're sharing with you an easy Peruvian Bird Gourd Craft for kids! My go-to reference book is A Kid's Guide to Latino History: More than 50 Activities (A Kid's Guide series) (affiliate link). In this book you can find many activities to do with your children. One of the…