Adinkira Pins

MATERIALS:

 

-newsprint

-pin backs or safty pins

-clay in many colors that bake in

a conventional oven.

 

DIRECTIONS:

 

Choose an Adinkira symbol that you

want to make.

 

Get the color of clay you want to use

for this project.

 

Use newsprint paper when working

with clay, so your table doesn't

turn the color of the clay. Form the

clay into balls, coils, or long snakes

to form your design. Mold it into

the symbol using wild and wonderful

colors. On the back of the symbol,

be sure to leave an area large enough

to attach a pin after it is baked.

 

Bake your clay on aluminum foil

at 275 degrees F. for 20 minutes.

 

Attach a pin back to the back of the

Adinkira pin with art glue. Let it

dry completely.

 

Wear your pin with pride or give it

to a special friend or relative.

 

 

Westridge Young Writers Workshop, Kids Explore America's African American Heritage, New Mexico: John Muir Publications, 1996.

 

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