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Colored Pencils
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Utilize your craft time by talking with children
about the key concepts you're teaching!
Learning about the Inuit tribes is exciting for children!  The living
conditions are so extreme that children are amazed at the
differences and similarities in daily life!
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Inuit Crafts
(Eskimo Crafts)
Children love to learn about animals!  
Learning about animals of the arctic
is especially fun because of their
adaptations to such a harsh
habitat.  The recommended book "My
Arctic 123" includes the names of
the animals in traditional Inukitut.
Step 1
Help children choose an animal from
their reading that is interesting to
them.
  • Speak with your children about the
    severe habitat of the Arctic.  What do
    they notice about the animals? (color,
    markings, fur ect...)  How are they
    different from similar animals you'd find
    in a forest habitat?
  • Look at the way each animals name is
    written in Inukitut.  Talk with your
    children about how the missionaries
    who came to the Arctic helped the Inuit
    develop a written form of their language.
  • Encourage children to think about why
    a written language would be helpful to
    Inuit culture.....and to the missionaries
    who are bringing God's word.
Step 2
Help children look for the different
colors and shapes within their
chosen picture.  How will they draw
fur of a white animal?  
Step 5
Many of the illustrations in this book
have dramatic sky to express the
cool conditions of the arctic habitat.
Step 4
Once the animals are complete, use
water color to fill in the background.
Step 3
Use colored pencils or pastels to fill
in your picture.  Leave the
background colors blank for
watercolor.
All Done!

These paintings make great cover art
for lapbooks and notebooks.
Step 6
Look at the bottom of the page for
how to write the name of your
animal in Inukitut.