Catch a Falling Star

crayola supplies

Window Markers
Model Magic®
Twistables®
No-Run School Glue
Blunt-Tip Scissors
Construction Paper

household supplies

yarn
hole punch
vinyl sheets

Why

Catch delightful dreams with a starry craft! This traditional dream catcher features contemporary twists that make it irresistible.

Steps

1. Discovering traditions from other cultures enriches your life and helps you feel part of the global family. You’ll show your appreciation for the Ojibwe heritage when you make this dream catcher.
2. Design the web. With Crayola® Scissors, cut a circle from a clear vinyl sheet. Using Crayola Washable Window Markers, weave a spider’s web on one side of the sheet.
3. Decorate the web. Cut out two pie-shaped pieces of paper that fit around the circle. Colors have strong meanings in many Native American traditions. Red symbolizes life, blue the brilliant sky. Could yellow symbolize the sun, sustainer of life?
4. Color one triangle with a Crayola Twistables crayon. Make stars or other traditional symbols. Color another triangle using a different color.
5. Attach triangles with Crayola School Glue to the back of the vinyl sheet. Draw more stars on that side with Crayola Washable Window Markers.
6. Create feathers. With white Crayola Model Magic, form feathers to hang from the dream catcher. Air-dry the feathers.
7. Punch holes along the bottom edge of the circle for hanging the feathers. Punch another one at the top. Tie a loop of yarn through the top for hanging.
8. Color the feathers with your markers. Attach feathers to the dream catcher with yarn. Sweet dreams!

When & Where

"My son the skeptic did a test---sleeping with and without his dream catcher hung over his bed. It’s still hanging there!"
- Chuck W., dad of 8-year-old.

"By making this tradition their own, the variety of designs children used on their dream catchers was SO rich."
- Jarret J., religious educator.

Interesting Info

Today many Native American traditions hold that besides its role as bad-dream catcher, the dream catcher marks the road that you will travel throughout your life.

Safety Guidelines

Crayola Modeling Materials including Crayola Model Magic®, and Model Magic Fusion™, Crayola Air-Dry Clay, and Crayola Dough—

Keep away from open flames. Do not use to make candleholders, hot plates, trivets, or other similar objects that will be used or placed near fire and other heat sources.
Do not put in an oven, microwave, or kiln.
Do not make into vessels/containers that will hold unpackaged food.
The use of modeling material to make items that look like food is discouraged for children younger than age 5 to avoid their confusion with real food.
Unless sealed with a water-resistant glaze, do not make projects exposed to or immersed in water, such as boats or outdoor bird feeders. They would disintegrate when exposed to moisture.
Crayola Dough—contains gluten (wheat flour) as an ingredient.
Crayola Air-Dry Clay, Crayola Model Magic and Model Magic Fusion are gluten-free. However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does contain gluten. Although the machines are cleaned prior to the start of each production run, there is a slight possibility that trace amounts of gluten from Crayola Dough may be present in the other modeling compound products. For information regarding specific ingredients or allergic concerns, please call our Consumer Affairs department at 1-800-272-9652 weekdays between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.

String-Like Materials—Includes string, raffia, lacing, yarn, ribbon, and other similar material. Children 3 years and younger should not be given any string-like material that is longer than 12 inches. Close adult supervision is essential whenever children use string-like material. When crafts are to be worn around the necks of children 8 years and younger, attach the ends of the “string-like material” with clear adhesive tape, which allows easy release of the bond if the craft becomes entangled or caught on equipment. For children older than 8 years, the ends of the “string-like material” may be tied and knotted.