Medieval Castle May 14, 2013
Posted by theidealschool in Homeschool.trackback
Preston has been working on a castle project. Here is the progress.
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Neat. How old is he? What are the white pillars? How did you corrugate the upper part of the “wall”?
A homeschool series of mine parents have taken to, in case you’re interested:
https://aholisticjourney.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/technology-the-dark-side-of-efficiency-part-4/
He’s 8. The white pillars are recycled plastic bottles with the mouths cut off. We actually put full tin food cans inside each pillar to give the castle more stability.
Preston used a ruler to mark the top edge. Papa then used a utility knife to cut out the cardboard chunks.
How long did it take him to get to the picture stage, working how long each time/day? Great job, at 8. What kind of box was the orig cardboard? Thank you ~ keep up the great work! =)
We work on it maybe 2-3 hours per week. This represents about 5 weeks of work. Now, we’re working on the interior portions inside the courtyard. After we’re done, we’re going to paint it all gray.
Did you use a particular book for a model of the interior?
We had a book from the library that had all kinds of castles in it. We just used bits and pieces we liked from several of them. When we’re done building it, he’s going to use with his Playmobil people. He’s gotten really excited about finishing it so he can start playing with it more.
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