A couple of weeks ago I posted about reading the book "Becoming Naomi Leon." In the story, the main character loves to make soap carvings. Carving is a talent that runs in this character's family.
For art, we tried our own hands at soap carvings.
Image credit: Author's own
My classmates and I learned about Noche de Rabanos (The Night of the Radishes) which takes place in Oaxaca, Mexico through Naomi. This is a festival that we had not heard of before. For this festival, the residents of Oaxaca carve beautiful figures out of very large radishes.
Image credit: Flickr
While the students in a typical class would not be able to carve the radishes (particularly with the amount of detail seen at Noche de Rabanos), the bars of soap could be a good alternative. Plastic knives make the carving a little more challenging, but it can still be done. What a fun little project!
Until Next Time,
Ms. K
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