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How to Make Papyrus Paper and Write Heiroglyphs!
This craft activity is a super fun way to learn how the ancient Egyptians made and wrote on papyrus paper! Click through to our website for a kit list, method steps, curriculum links, and a video guide! We used this activity for our 'Ancient Egypt' theme on Let's Go Live (our live family science show on YouTube). #education #science #scienceforkids #experiment #scienceactivityforkids #ancientegyptactivity #ancientegypt #papyrus #papyruspaper #craft #diy #heiroglyph #heiroglyphics
Greek Pottery Project
Logan and I first attempted to make a Greek-style pot by covering a glass vase with air-dry clay, which worked years ago for his older brothers, but this time the clay cracked as soon as it dried. His brothers were younger when they made their Greek pots out of root beer bottles covered in clay. We went back to the drawing board and decided to make a paper mache Greek-style pot, using instructions in the Story of the World Volume One Activity Book, and gleaning various ideas online. Mixing…
Pyramids Art Project Art Project, Ancient Egypt Art Lesson
Let's create art inspired by the Great Egyptian Pyramids with this art project tutorial! In this art lesson, students will use soft pastels to create an artwork featuring the Pyramids of Egypt. Create this Egyptian themed artwork with your students as you explore culture and art from Ancient Egypt!
DIY Art History: Ancient Mosaics
We recently taught a 6-lesson elective on "DIY Art History" to a mixed age classroom (6-13). Each post on this blog describes one lesson. We jumped from cave painting to the mosaics of antiquity. They're interesting because they were used both as paintings and functionally, like welcome mats. The ancient mosaics are also handy because they often preserved better than paintings, so they give us a better understanding of what paintings were like then. After discussing a variety of mosaics with…
Going GREEK! Scratch into history with Greek Vases/Pots
Miss Oetken's scratchtastic Greek Vase with Achilles from Greek Mythology We've moved on in our art history time line to Greek and Roman art and we're concentrating on Black Figure Greek pots and vases! We learned about some of the popular basic shapes of pottery and their functions for what they were used for back in Greek and Roman times. I made two types of hand outs and worksheets for students. One that explained the basic shape of the popular vases we were looking at and another that…
Aztece Sun Stones
Fifth graders recently studied the Aztec Sun Stone in Art class. The Aztecs lived in Mexico from around 1300-1500 AD. They worshipped the sun because it provided life to all people. They carved a huge stone disk, three feet thick and almost twelve feet in diameter that is now known as the Sun Stone or the Aztec Calendar. When the Conquistadores arrives, it was buried after no one was able to destroy it. In 1760 it was found buried in Mexico City and is now in the Museum of Anthropology in…
Ancient Greek Black-Figure Pottery — Primary Topic Shop
In Ancient Greek black-figure pottery, the figures were painted with liquid clay that turned black when heated, leaving the background the color of the clay. In this activity, students can replicate that art style by painting a terracotta pinch pot.
