How do you make a paper plate necklace?

DIY Paper Plate Necklace

  1. Supplies: Paper plates, paint, paint brushes, and scissors.
  2. Cut a “v” shape out of the top of the plate. Then cut along the inside circle.
  3. Paint the plate in bright and fun African colors and designs.
  4. Wear the necklace proudly! Maybe dance to some African music!

What does the African necklace represent?

The Significance of African Beads Large and colorful beads symbolize wealth and social status, and blue beads are thought to enhance fertility. Red beads are reserved for ceremonies like tribal festivals, funerals, circumcisions of young boys and harvest dances.

What are African jewelleries?

African jewelry has customarily been created from organic materials like hide, porcupine quill, bone, animal teeth, animal hair, seeds, nuts, husks, sea and land shells, egg shell, wood, ivory and carved stone. Ostrich shells have been discovered in disc shaped form in Palaeolithic and Neolithic sites.

What is a Maasai necklace?

A Maasai necklace is a traditional east African necklace, worn by the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania. They are the most common type of African necklaces and are especially worn along with custom Maasai attire such as decorated dresses, beaded bracelets, beaded earrings, and decorated sandals.

What do Maasai beads mean?

There are a number of different colors used in Maasai beadwork, and each one holds a special meaning: red signifies blood, bravery, and unity. White represents health, peace, and purity. Blue is the color of the sky and represents energy, and green is the color of grass, which signifies the land and production.

What is Maasai jewelry made of?

In the late 19th century trade with the Europeans made glass beads available across the trade routes in Africa. The Maasai started using these glass beads to make their necklaces, bracelets, and other jewelry. Today glass is still the main material used by the tribe for their beads.