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Click below to see step by step instructions to create a mola using construction paper.

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Click below to see examples of molas

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The native people living on the San Blas islands are the Kuna indians. They are a small but proud community of around 300,000 people in total. About 50,000 Kuna’s live on the 49 major islands of San Blas and are controlled by their own community leader called a Sahila. The eldest leaders of the Kuna live on the island Acuadup, this means Rock Island in the Kuna Language. The leaders on this island make all the main decisions for the other island and they help in trades and marriages with other Kuna communities. The Kuna mainly survive by fishing and harvesting fruits, especially coconuts. The Kuna’s also create art on their bodies and clothes that they call Molas. The main language spoken by the Kuna’s is Kuna but they also tend to speak Spanish and some of them which have been in contact with tourist speak English.

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The native people living on the San Blas islands are the Kuna indians. They are a small but proud community of around 300,000 people in total. About 50,000 Kuna’s live on the 49 major islands of San Blas and are controlled by their own community leader called a Sahila. The eldest leaders of the Kuna live on the island Acuadup, this means Rock Island in the Kuna Language. The leaders on this island make all the main decisions for the other island and they help in trades and marriages with other Kuna communities. The Kuna mainly survive by fishing and harvesting fruits, especially coconuts. The Kuna’s also create art on their bodies and clothes that they call Molas. The main language spoken by the Kuna’s is Kuna but they also tend to speak Spanish and some of them which have been in contact with tourist speak English.

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Background Pattern
use contrasting, warm and cool colors for the background (or negative space).
Once you have 3-4 different colored borders around the animal,  glue the animal down to a background piece of paper.
Overlap the background shapes/patterns using the same technique you used with
the animal.
Cut a ¼ border around the shape. Repeat as many times as needed.
Repeat for each shape in the pattern.

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Animal Details
Students add details to their animals using
layered pieces of construction paper. If a detail is
very small, you can use extra fine permanent
markers for details

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Draw, Cut, Glue. Repeat.
Look at animal photographs as
motivation.  Draw an animal on colored
construction paper.  Cut out the
animal, and glue it to a second sheet of colored
construction paper.  Cut a ¼ inch border
around the animal. Then they  glue it to a 3rd
sheet of paper. Repeat however many times they
want. (Option: have students use pencil to draw
the ¼ border around the animal before they cut.)

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Today  we’re doing a molas lesson, a fabric appliqué folk art from Panama. The Kuna people on the San Blas Islands cut and sew these bright and colorful panels and stitch them to the front and back of their clothes.Molas are made with a technique called appliqué. Each color in a mola is one layer of fabric. Rather than cutting all the shapes and sewing them together along the edges, the layers are stacked and stitched together to make the design. Take a closer look of a mola here.                                                                                                                                                                                            

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Today  we’re doing a molas lesson, a fabric appliqué folk art from Panama. The Kuna people on the San Blas Islands cut and sew these bright and colorful panels and stitch them to the front and back of their clothes.Molas are made with a technique called appliqué. Each color in a mola is one layer of fabric. Rather than cutting all the shapes and sewing them together along the edges, the layers are stacked and stitched together to make the design. Take a closer look of a mola here.                                                                                                                                                                                            

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Visit us at: http://www.molaartandcraft.com/index.php http://www.slide.com/r/9L1CwgUj5j-e3IdfsHU-DUsnYaK8Kwp0?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original http://www.slide.com/r/4hERunAt1D9FLZaDUbI6CfWD_HcHvZrn?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original "Live Art, Give Art and invite one of these pieces into your home today" Molas are the most beautiful and exquisite piece of art that you can own and treasure for the years to come. They are a unique piece of art, no-one will have just you.

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Mola is the word for "clothing" in the Kuna language of the Kuna people living off the northern coast of Panama on the San Blas islands. It is the most famous form of art produced in Panama. Molas are incorporated into a woman’s clothing, usually with one panel on the front of the blouse and a matching or related one on the back.