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International Day of Peace Kids’ Crafts

Celebrate International Day of Peace with your child! How? With a few fun-filled peace sign activities. Try these easy art activities that will help your child to get creative while learning about peace. Painted Peace Symbol Reuse a large piece of cardboard, turning it into a mega drawing pad. The side of an old appliance or electric box will work well. Your child can draw an over-sized peace sign onto the cardboard. Give your child a rainbow of tempera paints to finger paint onto the drawing. Peace Symbol Prints Draw a peace sign onto a piece of thin Styrofoam with...

Activities for International Day of Peace

September 21st is the International Day of Peace. While every day should be peaceful, the United Nations General Assembly declared this ‘day’ as special in 1981. In 2001 the General Assembly added that this ‘peaceful holiday’ should also be a day of cease-fire and non-violence. How can you celebrate “Peace Day” with your family? Be a Do-Gooder Spend the day helping out others and take the kids to volunteer at a homeless shelter, food pantry or other similar organization. If you don’t have the whole day to spare (or your children aren’t old enough to volunteer), do something simple. Ask...