Historical crafts

How To Make Paper Look Old Craft With Kids. For this craft, we are going to learn how to make paper look old with a simple technique you can do at home for pennies. Aged paper can be used in a myriad of ways while you talk about what causes aging on paper and how scientists preserve historical documents. Of course, I have a fun list of 20 different ways that you can use your paper once you age it. This craft is perfect just as a fun project on its own.

Nine year old Sage hosts a web series featuring Colonial Craft tutorials from the 1700’s. She walks you through step by step how to create various items from colonial days and gives both historic and modern options, in just five minutes!! In addition to the colonial craft tutorial there is always a bite size history lesson and always a lot of humor and fun. Oh and a great homemade colonial dress and hat ;) All supplies are listed on each page with links to purchase. (They are all reasonable…

The old-fashioned crafts were once commonplace, and most people had mastered at least one of these vintage skills. But nowadays, precious few still practice these skills of old that were once so widely spread. The crafting of handmade items is seen as something time consuming and unnecessary. But I think that the practising of these crafts are vitally important to human beings.

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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…

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Make an authentic medieval coil candle from scratch with beeswax and DIY candle wicks!

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

Thaumatropes are a simple craft that kids will enjoy making - and they will be amazed at the visual effects when the spinning pictures merge! The following post contains affiliate links, which means that at no extra cost to you I can make a tiny bit of money to help support this blog. Thank you! Have you ever heard of a Thaumatrope? Here's what Wiki has to say: A thaumatrope is an optical toy that was popular in the 19th century. A disk with a picture on each side is attached to two pieces…

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Create this woven bowl using the free printable template, a paper plate, & yarn. This is a great elementary / middle school art lesson to introduce weaving.

Make tallow candles with kitchen waste and DIY wicks made from natural materials! Tallow candles are great as emergency candles and for the holiday season.

Pioneer Day is big in Utah and really fun! Here are some great crafts and activities to use in the celebration. Perfect for Primary or community events!

America has such a rich history of crafts, brought to our shores from many countries around the world. I found a very large collection of free lesson plans for K-12 on crafts, or practical skills, such as weaving, basketry, pottery and more. The lesson plans include historical information on the skill, and they include …

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.

I’ve always wanted some stays, but was too intimidated to make them. I finally bit the bullet. Us modern folks tend to love our stretchy clothes, and cringe at the thought of wearing “hard pants,” but there are so many reasons why historical clothing, including stays, are surprisingly comfortable and practical.

Do you want to make your own historical costumes on a budget? These are my 8 tips on how to get started in historical costuming!

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