– in fact better – if the collage extends a little beyond the traced hand. Glue the five fingers first, then palm, and ‘fill in’ with small shapes Have children choose at large shape for palm, five ‘finger’ shaped and various small shapes. Trace hand on black paper using white pencil It is also identified as the Hand of Miriam. Talk about other Moroccan designs, show examples. The hamsa hand has a wide variety of different spellings which include hamesh, hamsa, chamsa, and khamsa. matte medium – if you choose to apply hands to another surface.glitter/glitter glue, sequins, foil star stickers, colored paper reinforcements ( “O” shaped sticker-backed item found at office stores etc) leave some “O’s” whole and cut some in half for variety.large circles, or squares – for palm of hand long ‘wedge’ shapes – for fingers various small shapes for added interest Fashion, textile and decorating magazines work best for this project. pre-cut (kids can cut their own if time permits) magazine shapes.white pencils for tracing hand print on paper.Students will learn and use design elements in creating their hand print.Students will learn the collage/decoupage technique.The traditional Khamsas are often made out of precious metals. Khamsa – or Moroccan Good Luck Hand – means ‘five’ in arabic. Students will learn about the use of symbolism in cultural art.The Children’s hands were decoupaged to the box, and the box was also embellished with Moroccan inspired drawing.

2021 Makrooh Tanzeehi on the other hand (in spite of being disliked and. This project was done with a K-1 class and was part of an art exhibit were the “artwork” was anything that could be mailed to the gallery. This is one of the five categories ( al-ahkam al-khamsa) in Islamic law. Students will learn about the use of symbolism in cultural art as they learn and use design elements in creating Khamsa hand prints.īy Susan Kimes-Demboski This lesson was adapted from a project first seen at Archaeology states that the Hamsa hand originated with the Phoenicians who adopted it as a protective symbol for a primeval Goddess from the Middle East.

Khamsa closed hands