The story behind Alebrijes is a man got yellow fever and started seeing weird things like chickens with bull horns, or a giraffe with a serpents tail. They were all calling out to him, Alebrijes Alebrijes! Nobody would believe what he was seeing so he started carving what he saw. He caught the eye of the owner of an art shop in southern Mexico, and Alebrijes are now a household item. I don't know if I believe it, but it's where they say Alebrijes come from. Today we did a workshop where we got to paint them. It was a great day!
Mira
Maya chose a giraffe,
I chose an armadillo,
Mama and Papa chose turtles,
and Holly chose.... Um.... A donkey I think..
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