Peace Crafts for Children

Teach Peace with Crafts

Peace crafts and art themes are popular in all cultures throughout the world. Children, tweens, teens, adults and seniors alike appreciate the symbols of peace and wear clothing, jewelry and badges adorned with peace symbols. Teaching peace helps all and harms none. We can use these arts and crafts to supplement the lessons of living a peaceful life.

Political campaigns and world leaders promote action and encourage people to work together for a common cause. Sharing the quest and hope for world peace is universal. I firmly believe that today more than ever we must teach the world's children that living without violence is essential.

Make Peace Not War. Teach Peace.

How to Fold the Origami Peace Crane

Craft Pinwheels for Peace

Pinwheels for Peace says: imagine... whirled peace!

In today's world, p e a c e must become more than just a word and you can be part of it through The Pinwheels for Peace Project.

Pinwheel template used under terms of publication rules: "You may print and distribute this template freely as long as you keep our website information intact and use the template for the Pinwheels for Peace Project."

Pinwheels for Peace - Print, decorate and assemble your own pinwheel for Peace Day

Peace Flags - Show your colors!

Flags are fun and meaningful for any seaon or reason. Fly a flag for peace - with the colors, symbols or other decorations that celebrate peaceful living and happiness.

Peace Arts & Crafts - Crafts with PEACE Themes

Crafts with a peace theme for children and adults. Use these peace arts and crafts projects as part of a peace day learning activity or group project.

My biggest peace craft project is a five-foot diameter holiday wreath that forms a peace sign with lights - we hang this giant peace sign on the outside of our home and light it up every night for the Advent season.

• Origami Peace Crane - How to Fold
  Excellent animation shows in 3D how to make origami peace crane.
• Another Poster for Peace
  Graphic designers nationwide are organizing to create high impact anti-war art that's free and downloadable online.
• IKC Peace Lantern
  Simple paper peace lanterns for children to make.
• Recycled Fabric Peace Dove
  Simple cut, stitch and stuff dove ornament made with felt.
• How to Make Your Own Peace Pole
  This page tells how to turn a wooden post into a peace pole from scrap 2x4 lumber or 4x4 lumber.
• Peace Mala Bracelet
  Peace Mala is a symbolic bracelet that promotes friendship, respect and peace between the faiths and all people in our world. The word "mala" is Sanskrit and means garland of flowers. In the East, a mala is a string of beads which may be used in medi
• Preschool Peace Arts and Crafts
  Our Preschool Peace Arts and Crafts contains the most complete Early Childhood Education Peace Arts and Crafts Ideas on the internet.
• Hands Out for World Peace Lesson Plan - Crayola OFFICIAL Site
  Hands Out for World Peace Focus on international harmony and world with a simple handprint art project that teaches about world peace.

Holiday Peace Craft for Children

Imagine ... Peace

All We Are Saying Is Give Peace a Chance

John Lennon and Yoko Ono campaigned for peace and human rights, using art as the medium to communicate their message. John's lyrics (poetry) often included peace messages:

Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try

No people below us, above it's only sky

Imagine all the people living for today

Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do

No need to kill or die for and no religions, too

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Imagine all the people living life in peace ...

Imagine was recorded and performed live numerous times, as was another famous Lennon anti-war song, Give Peace a Chance.

The Peace Sign

Peace symbols and icons

Peace symbols are universal glyphs and images - peace icons - made easily recognizable through the antiwar movement or pop culture. Many different symbols for ending conflict are recognized around the world. The most familiar universal icons are a dove, an olive branch, a broken weapon and the graphic used originally by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ("the round peace symbol").

Although 40 years have passed since the 1969 march on Washington, DC, the peace symbol remains a popular icon in world cultures. The round graphic and the fingers displayed in a "V" shape have the same meaning no matter what the language.

The most well known symbol from the 1960s has become pop culture favorite that remains a favorite in the 21st century.

Read more about universal symbols for peace at wikipedia.org

Peace Coloring Pages

• Peace Words Coloring Poster
  Printable lettered coloring page, peace poster features peace in all over design reading backward and forward.
• Rainbow Peace Sign Colouring Sheet
  Printable drawing of a rainbow, peace symbol, and fingers vwith Give Peace a Chance message for children to color for World Peace Day.
• Adult Coloring: Peace Poster
  Adult coloring page, peace poster features peace lettering in all over design, a printable to color or use for craft designs.

Symbols of Peace Video

A video montage of peace images with The Beatles Give Peace a Chance for soundtrack.

Make a Peace Tree

Resources for symbols are linked to additional pages

Peace Tree Day is celebrated on June 1 - when you take part in an artistic project created in its honor by creating a 2- or 3-dimensional tree and have children decorate it with ornaments created from the following symbols:

AFRICAN SYMBOL FOR PEACEMAKING

BAHA'I, THE NINE POINTED STAR

BUDDHIST WHEEL

DREAMCATCHER

DIYA FROM DIWALI

DOVE

DREIDEL FOR HANNUKAH

EASTER EGG

ELEPHANT

HINDU OM

INUKSHUK, Aboriginal

JAIN HAND

KINARA AND THE MISHURNAA SABA

LATIN CROSS

MEHNDI HAND FOR EID

MENORAH

MOON and STAR from ISLAM

PEACE IN CHINESE

PEACE SIGN

STAR OF DAVID, Judaism

KHANDA, Sikhism

UNITY CUP of KWANZAA

YIN and YANG

ZOARASTRIAN ADAR

http://www.peacetreeday.com/peacetrees.htm

Peace in all Directions

Peace Clip Art

Peace signs of all sorts to use in your peace art, blogs, lenses and web posts.

• Peace Clip Art
  The peace sign and other symbols for peace in clip art graphics.

Fly a Flag for Peace - I fly a flag with red and white stripes with the famous symbol on a field of blue

Search for a flag to add to your home to show your support for world harmony.

Tibetan Prayer Flags Display - A Kinetic Sculpture to Spread Good Will to the Four Winds

Tibetan prayer flags are used to promote harmony, compassion, strength, and wisdom.Tibetans believe the flags help send prayers and mantras blown by the wind to spread good will and compassion to all.

Peace Doves in Art - Alexandra Nechita

Celebrate Peace One Day

September 21

Peace One Day strives to offer free education materials to every school on the planet. International Peace Day was established by the United Nations as a result of global awareness campaigns by this organization.

"It will not stop until we inform everyone on the planet that Peace Day exists."

Imagine ... - John Lennon, Imagine video

© 2009 Lee Hansen

Your Comments Are Welcome Here

Meagan Earls from Michigan on February 24, 2014:

This is a wonderful lens. Thank you for all the hard work you've obviously put into it. Peace & Love to you! :)

KonaGirl from New York on June 20, 2013:

I too am from the 60's peace generation. Thanks for all the link resources.

meganst on June 03, 2013:

You have done such an extensive work assembling this lens! There are so many ideas, I simply can't decide where to begin with!

CoolFool83 on February 02, 2013:

Beautiful lense.

WriterJanis2 on January 10, 2013:

This is outstanding. You have so much to do here.

Lee Hansen (author) from Vermont on September 22, 2012:

@shauna1934: Thank you for the Pinwheels for Peace suggestion! I've added the template and a link to the site.

shauna1934 on September 22, 2012:

Have you seen Pinwheels for Peace? We had an event here locally and it was fun! There's a template for kids to print off their own pinwheel, decorate it with peace messages and then take it to a local event. Might be a good addition to this lens!! Great lens, btw.

JoyfulPamela2 from Pennsylvania, USA on September 02, 2012:

Thanks for spreading peace with this beautiful items!

JoyfulReviewer on April 24, 2012:

Thanks for compiling such an extensive resource full of helpful resources and craft ideas. Another nicely designed lens. ~~Blessed~~

KabbalArt on February 24, 2012:

Very helpful links. Thankyou.

jimmyworldstar on February 03, 2012:

I like the shirt with the two fingers up. There's plenty of great uses for peace symbols on clothing or as art.

sponias lm on December 26, 2011:

This is a beautiful lens! Peace is indispensable if we want to find happiness in life. Blessed.

waldenthreenet on December 11, 2011:

I have a peace topic. India tomorrow. Different from your topic perhaps not as important.

waldenthreenet on December 02, 2011:

Great Topic. History suggest "war" has strong element of economics. America's Civil War was an economic war more than anything else. Why ? Could It have been prevented. You Choose ! Let's focus also on making poor able to survive as possible now with knowledge and spirit of friendship among different faith in America and the world. thanks.

Mary Norton from Ontario, Canada on November 22, 2011:

Just what we need.

Mary Norton from Ontario, Canada on November 22, 2011:

Just what we need.

Close2Art LM on November 11, 2011:

very positive page, blessed...:)rob

rangiiria on October 24, 2011:

Loved the peace flag. Great lens

anonymous on September 28, 2011:

really good lens, spent some time on this, really liked it.

Peggy Hazelwood from Desert Southwest, U.S.A. on September 07, 2011:

Great lens. I liked the list of peace symbols.

Heather Burns from Wexford, Ireland on September 07, 2011:

I'm going to add this wonderful lens to my Imagine, John Lennon's Masterpiece lens.

TapIn2U on September 07, 2011:

What a super fun way to promote peace! I enjoyed the video. Fantastic lens! Sundae ;-)

Angela F from Seattle, WA on September 07, 2011:

Beautiful lens and great ideas for promoting peace.

Angela F from Seattle, WA on September 07, 2011:

Beautiful lens and great ideas for promoting peace.

Patricia on August 15, 2011:

This is a great craft subject! Blessed on the school bus trip!

anonymous on July 28, 2011:

Great lens.

Jessi from United States on July 14, 2011: