By Ahmed Rahma
Boomerang, an American cable television network for kids and young adults, will be launching its new series of Magic Makers, the fourth and festive edition.
This is to enable the kids to have a fun-filled celebration during this period. The launch has been fixed for Wednesday, December 16, 2020.
The Magic Makers is a video series for kids to raise their voice to celebrate special dates and magical moments, showcasing their wildest and imaginative ideas with other boomerang audiences.
The festive edition is with a pan-African twist that will be celebrating the rich, diverse culture and heritage of Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa.
As part of making the celebration fascinating, Boomerang has put together a fun compilation of video testimonials of how their fans across the four African countries are celebrating with their families.
The Magic Makers video clips are also to drive fans to the Boomerang Africa site where they will find the testimonials packed with ideas for cool festive crafts from across the continent, as well as fun tips on how to best celebrate.
To celebrate the rich culture and heritage of the countries are local crafts representing each of them.
Representing Nigeria’s rich heritage is Scooby-Doo’s Traditional African Mask made from a paper plate, paint and lots of bits and bobs, as well as Looney Tunes’ Bugs Bunny woven palm wreath to decorate front doors.
Ghana will be represented with the Ghanaian-inspired Zig and Sharko and Papa Bronya colourful dot-to-dot colouring-in beach picture and Master Moley’s multi-coloured crepe paper Christmas neckpiece for kids to wear.
Other interesting crafts include Scooby-Doo’s Sunset Christmas Tree Decoration representing a true Maasai Mara African sunset, inspired by the traditional culture and Kenyan art; Tom and Jerry’s Kenyan Christmas House-made with popsicle sticks will be showcasing the beauty and culture of the Kenyan festivities.
Lastly, Zig and Sharko’s Watermelon Craft Extravaganza will represent South African culture.
Also, there would be Tom and Jerry’s Macaroni Decoration for kids to make their own Christmas tree with Tom and Jerry.
Boomerang has urged their audiences to head over to the Boomerang Africa page next Wednesday to get creative with crafts tutorials.
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