An adult and child weaving a paper mat with candles and a plant behind them.

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Making a Paper Mat for Kwanzaa

An adult and a child weave broad paper strips at a table; a small candle holder and a plant sit behind them. Alternate two colors in the paper strips to show the woven pattern.

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Red tops above a white paper weave

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Digital example: Two people in red tops weaving white paper beneath colorful candles.

1. Brown — faces and hands
2. Charcoal — hair and candleholder
3. Red — tops, bands and left candles
4. Green — leaves and right candles
5. Yellow — heart and small accents
6. White — weave and surroundings

Add warm brown to both faces and hands.
Use charcoal on hair, the center candle and its holder.
Color the tops, headbands and three left candles red.
Color plant leaves and three right candles green.
Use yellow on the heart, flames and visible earring.
Leave paper strips, furniture, pot, trousers, feet and shoes white.

The hands remain distinct from the white weave, and the heart stands out on the red top.

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