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Create a beautiful crescent moon and stars mobile with this free printable. It’s the perfect Ramadan craft or as an art project if you’re learning about space.     Crescent moon and stars mobile Ramadan craft A crescent moon is a special symbol in Islamic art.  As the Muslim year follows a lunar (moon) calendar, the sighting of the crescent moon marks the beginning of a new month. This is especially significant at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, when the sighting of the crescent moon marks the end of the fasting period and the start of the celebration of Eid-al-Fitr. This easy crescent moon and stars craft is a beautiful Ramadan craft to make with children. I’ve made a free printable template that you can use to create your mobile. We created our moon mobile using a scrape painting technique, but you might also like to: :: use coloured pencils and pens :: finger paint the stars and moon – making a lovely Ramadan craft for babies and toddlers :: use watercolour paints :: try shaving foam marbling   How to do scrape painting If you would like to use a scrape painting technique to colour your moon and stars, place dots of paint by the side of each shape on the printable. We used traditional Islamic colours of shades of blue, and yellow. A metallic gold paint gives a shimmery element.     Use a thick piece of card to scrape the paint across the shape. Hold the card flat against the surface of the printable and pull it across, dragging the paint along.     Wipe off any excess paint from the small piece of card, and repeat the scraping as much as needed to fill each shape. Once the paint has dried, cut out each star and the crescent moon.   Fasten each star and the moon to a string or ribbon, using glue or sticky tape, and hang up your mobile.   You might like to repeat the process with a second copy of the printable to make a front and a back for each star and moon, so that your design is visible on both sides, as the mobile turns.

Art anywhere, at school or at home! Join us for our Virtual School Programs, happening daily, Monday to Friday via Zoom.  While we are not able to see you in person, we are excited to welcome you virtually. These programs are free of charge to you, thanks to the extraordinary support of The Michael Young Family Foundation. We invite students at home or in school to join us daily Monday - Friday for a live conversation with an AGO Art Educator. Understanding the distinct needs of various grade levels, three versions of each conversation are offered daily - one tailored specifically for students in JK to Grade 3, one for Grades 4 to 8 and another for Grades 9 to 12. These conversations are linked to the Ontario Curriculum. Each program is 30 minutes, and has an element of wellness and art woven into the session, as well as a small creative exercise, so please have pencils, pens or crayons and paper at the ready. We hope you will join us often! For our scheduled French programming, please note that our Art Educators will provide a bilingual experience to support our French-Language learners. Visit us daily or weekly for a new perspective on the AGO Collection. Looking for something more specific? Join us for our live and interactive sessions with an experienced Art Educator!

Learn to paint iconic Canadian pine trees to finish off a landscape with instructor Sam Paonessa.