The Celtic coloring postcards include four A5-sized cards and six crayons. The individual cards depict a Celtic village, Celtic knotwork, intertwined animal motifs, and four scenes depicting the rise and fall of Queen Boudicca.
The back of each card has space for a message, address, and postage stamp, as well as educational information about the depicted motifs. The package includes a colorful cover card with examples of possible color schemes. The entire set is packaged in a transparent cellophane bag.
The Celts were farmers who lived in small, remote villages built near important sources of sustenance and raw materials. These included water, fish, and game; wood; meadows for grazing livestock; and copper and iron ore for smelting metals. Many Celts were also skilled artisans and metalworkers. Their circular houses were mostly made of wood, with walls covered in clay plaster and roofs made of straw or reeds.
Celtic knotwork patterns originated in crafts such as weaving and basketry. Celtic designs of this type adorned stone monuments, manuscripts, and metal jewelry. Interconnected motifs represented eternal spiritual growth, and a popular design was intertwined knots adorning a cross. Some of the most beautiful examples of early Celtic knotwork can also be found in the illuminated manuscript *The Book of Kells*.
Zoomorphic ornaments depict animals, birds, and reptiles intertwined with Celtic knot patterns. These creatures were sacred to the Celts and often represented their deities and spirits. Animals were also used as symbols in Christianity: Christ, for example, was represented by a fish, while a winged calf is the symbol of Saint Luke in the Book of Kells, a richly illuminated manuscript of the biblical Gospels.
Boudicca was a Celtic warrior queen and leader of the Iceni tribe, which was oppressed by the Romans. She decided to resist and united the Celtic tribes against them. From her war chariot, she led more than 100,000 Celts into battle and burned the Roman cities of Camulodunum (Colchester), Verulamium (St. Albans), and Londinium (London). She was eventually defeated and died on the battlefield as a true Celtic heroine.
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