Poster board torches (Yield 10)
- 3 sheets of each red, orange, and yellow tissue paper
- 2 sheets of black poster board (you can get 5 cones from each sheet)
- staples
- hot glue gun
- sticky tack or pushpins to hand the torches with
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| 11" quarter circle made using a measuring tape and pencil like a compass |
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| Roll your quarter circle into a cone |
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| Add one staple at the outside upper corner |
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| Hot glue the stapled tip of the tissue paper to the inside of the poster board cone |
Toilet paper roll chandelier (Yields 2)
- 1 sheet of each red, orange, and yellow tissue paper, each cut into 16 rectangles
- 1 sheet of black poster board
- 12 toilet paper tubes
- 4 large cardboard circles (14"-16" diameter) like the ones pictured below
- staples
- hot glue gun
2. Makes 1/2" cuts around the bottom of every toilet paper tube
3. Open up the slits and hot glue the tubes evenly around the outer edge of your circles
4. Spray paint your chandeliers from top to bottom with black spray paint
5. Make "flame" tufts out of your tissue paper and staple them at the bottom (like the torches above)
6. Stuff tissue paper "flames" into each toilet paper tube
7. Cut poster board into 1" x 6 1/4" strips (you should be able to get at least 90 strips of paper)
8. Make 6 separate paper chains of 13-15 links each (depending on how long you want them)
9. Glue 3 paper chains to each chandelier
10. Connect your three chains together with one final link.
11. Hang your chandeliers using fishing line and ceiling hooks.
Dollar store tablecloth banners
- 2 different color dollar store tablecloths for each banner
- 16"-20" piece of ribbon to tie each banner
- fishing line or yarn to tie the two tablecloths together at the top corners
- duct tape or ceiling hooks to hang the banners from the ceiling
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| The finished product - teaching section up front, craft and coloring station at the back. |
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| Display area for our week's verses |
This is great! Thank you for posting your ideas and pictures. I am planning on having a Medieval Feast for my history class and these are ideas I can use.
ReplyDeletethanks this is a great idea to do for a school project!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. This has given me many ideas I can do turning our library into a mid evil castle!
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I've been looking all over for Camelot ideas for a baby shower this is perfect. All the castle ideas seem to be for princess parties but when my niece welcomes little Arthur Dec I want them to remember a baby shower in his honor.
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