Arts and Crafts

Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil

The Yanomami, a group of people who live in the rainforests of Brazil, use colorful bird feathers to make headdresses and armbands.

Feather headdress

Materials needed:

Posterboard
Crepe paper (can be rolls of streamers)
Scissors
Glue
Tape
String or yarn
Stapler

Cut out 10 crepe paper feathers, each about 8" long. They can be all one color, or several colors. Cut 10 feather shafts out of posterboard. Make them 10" long, about 1/4" wide at the bottom, and narrowed to a point on top. Glue the shaft to one side of the feather.

Cut a 1" strip of posterboard to fit around your head. Glue the feather shafts to it. Wind string or yarn around the head band, making an X around each feather shaft.

Overlap ends of band and adjust to fit. Staple together headdress and it is ready to wear!