Huichol Yarn Paintings

Fourth Graders have been working tirelessly for 6 weeks on these amazing yarn paintings. Students learned that yarn paintings are traditionally created by the Huichol people who live in mountainous regions of Mexico. Students learned that yarn paintings are tradionally created to offer to their gods for good luck with hunting and also for other ceremonial purposes. More recently these yarn paintings have been created to sell to tourists. Most yarn paintings feature bright colors and many feature animals. In Mexico, these paintings are created by pressing yarn into beeswax that has been spread on a board. We used glue and yarn on tagboard. Some students were able to cover their entire painting with yarn, while some focused on completing their animal.