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Hands on Crafts
Resource summary
- Appropriate grades: 3–8
- Subjects: arts (crafts, folk art), social studies (North Carolina)
- Provider: Mint Museum of Charlotte
- Special requirements: Macromedia Shockwave / Flash Plug-in is needed. Quicktime is needed to view the video portions of the site.
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- More websites with resources on crafts, folk art and North Carolina.
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Hands on Crafts is an interactive online studio sponsored by The Mint Museum, The Mint Museum of Craft + Design in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Its mission is "to open the world of NC crafts to children and families in an interactive, fun, and engaging way." The website encourages children to learn about pottery, weaving, quilting, and basketry techniques and traditions by "playing around" in online studios.
Online Studio One provides opportunities to "get your hands dirty" with pottery. Try the Virtual Pot Throw from clay to glaze, or participate as The Secrets of the Coil Pot are Revealed. Studio Two focuses on quilting, basketry and weaving. In the Fiber Studio, you can play a matching memory game with the history of different styles of baskets explained, or Cut Loose and Make a Quilt.