Pinwheels for Peace

Blowing Away the Violence

Ms. Papandrea’s Art Classes

On September 21…

• Students put up pin wheels in over 2,400 places in the world. They were all different sizes, designs, and shapes.

Making Pinwheels

• This project was made for peace to get blown into their life’s and violence to get blown away.

Setting Pinwheels Up

Setting up the pinwheels

Expressing their Feelings

• Lots of country’s do this such as The U.S.A , Great Britain, South America, Mexico, Australia, Canada The middle east, Africa and areas of Asia. We would love for you to join this experience next year.

Description

• On the back of the pin wheels, there is descriptive writing that expresses children’s feelings with everyday struggles such as poverty, war, peace, and tolerance. The front of the pinwheels have drawings that show what they wrote on the back.

Remember…

• On September 21st put up your pinwheels so that your students can express their feelings too.