Matchbox Shrines

Arizona State Museum

In this lesson, students will learn the significance of Matchbox Shrines and how in regions such as Mexico, shrines are made for family members who are alive and those who have passed. Students will get the opportunity to match Matchbox Shrines which are a fun and easy way to create art to honor someone or something special in your life. Matchbox Shrines are small and portable, allowing for students to make what they put on it up to their interpretation! Along with instructions to make the matchbox shrines, students will have the opportunity to extend the lesson and write a personal letter to put in their shrine or write about what their shrine represents.

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