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Birchbark Projects Make a Birchbark Canoe Make a miniature
canoe that really floats. It is fast and easy and is a great recycleable project. Parental supervision is recommended.
This project is rated VERY EASY to do. What You Need
How To Make It
You can also make a canoe from paper, but it won't be waterproof. Birch Bark Basket Many Native
peoples make baskets using the bark from the birch tree. These are used to do everything from carry water to carry
babies!! Do not strip real birch bark from trees as it will kill the tree. Wet heavy weight water color paper with a wide brush. Make sure all the paper is wet.
Lay pieces of toilet paper across the paper. The water will make it crinkle up and stick to the paper. When the
entire piece of paper is covered, and while still wet, paint small areas with a light rust and gray color. Let
dry and use a small brush with black paint to draw fine lines across the paper. (Look at some real trees for the
color patterns.) Let dry and you are now ready to cut the paper for whatever project you desire. NativeTech: Birchbark Building a Birchbark Canoe Birch Trees
You can make your own baskets using any kind of paper. A recipe for making realistic looking birch bark out of
watercolor paper is given at the bottom of this page. Natives use spruce root and sweet grass to decorate and sew
their baskets, but you can use yarn, twine, or even a shoe lace.
Directions:
Make your own birch bark:
Cut out with scissors. Punch holes with a hole punch where indicated. Use glue to glue the leather strip or brown
twine along the top of the basket.
http://www.nativetech.org/brchbark/index.html
http://www.squeedunk.com/building.htm
http://ftnelson.sd81.bc.ca/~fnap/trees/treesbirch2.html
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