From The Readers' Digest Young Peoples Annual, 1963. Designer unknown.

I took these pictures after I made this feather headdress, I saw them a while back on Oracle Fox and Sandra from 5 Inch and Up and I had to have one. Finding that they were quite expensive (for something I would probably only wear once a year at a festival) I thought I would get creative and make one myself. The crochet dress is from South and the shoes are Jeffrey Campbell “So Much’s”. So here it goes : Ok so you will need feathers, a piece of thick material (I found some leather from a…

Make a Native American Cheif Hat (war Bonnet): This is an Instructable on how to make a war bonnet. A war bonnet is a traditional headdress worn by chiefs and skilled warriors. I've always wanted to make one and I had to make one for a project at school, so YAY! I also didn't see an Instructable…

There are many kinds of Native American headdresses traditionally used by the over 560 Native tribes, bands, nations, pueblos, Rancherias, communities, and Native villages in the United States. Some types of headdress have served as...

"Native American Head dress" Maybe instead of making crafts like this, you could take the same amount of time to teach your children about the truth about an actual tribe. Or learn it yourself.

I am not one for spending a lot, if any money on Halloween costumes. I usually go through my wardrobe and figure out what I can put together. This year I concocted a Native American get up using the contents of my closet with the exception of the headdress. For this I took the DIY approach. You can use whatever materials you would like, but these are what I used: - Assorted colored feathers - A strip of suede - 7/8" black grossgrain ribbon - turquoise beads - gold glitter puff paint - glue…

Teaching children about the real meaning of Thanksgiving is so important. This is a wonderful chance to talk about the Native Americans and the role they played in the first Thanksgiving. Enrich this lesson by creating a Native American Headdress as the one you see here. This head dress is perfect for little hands to craft and can be completed for just pennies. Take a look at how to get started.

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