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Medieval Paper Mache Figures

By Marcia Beckett | April 18, 2017 - 11:40 am |July 5, 2024 fifth grade, paper mache, sculpture, sixth grade, social studies

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Two medieval paper mache knights, one on a horse with a spear and shield, the other standing with a sword, facing each other.

This is a project from the archives. I used to teach a combined 5th/6th grade class until this year. Every year, we made medieval paper mache figures. The 5/6s studied the Medieval period in their social studies class. We used newspaper and foil to create the armature of these figures. Then, we applied paper mache over the body. Model magic or air dry clay was used to make the heads. Model magic actually works the best, in my opinion. Clothes, … Read more… →

Medieval Day at School

By Marcia Beckett | August 12, 2015 - 1:30 pm |July 5, 2024 all grades, fourth grade, paper mache, sculpture, sixth grade, social studies

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Near the end of the school year our 5th/6th grade students put on a Medieval Day for the entire school. They researched and planned activities including dancing, food sampling, jousting, catapulting, exhibits and displays and of course, ART! My 5th/6th grade classes made paper mache knight sculptures starting with a newspaper armature. They added Medieval clothes and weapons to accessorize. Some of the materials we used were cardboard, wood, cloth, leather, raffia, doll hair, yarn and felt. One of my … Read more… →

Clay Castles with 5th and 6th Grade

By Marcia Beckett | April 19, 2013 - 11:39 pm |July 5, 2024 clay, fifth grade, sculpture, sixth grade

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The fifth and sixth graders study the Medieval time period in their Language Arts/Social Studies class. I love teaching this clay castle project because it allows the students to practice important clay building skills (plus it’s just fun!): rolling slabs building with slabs scoring and using slip smoothing adding embellishments glazing We started by drawing some preliminary sketches of Medieval castles. The students looked at some examples for reference. The Medieval Castle (one example of a resource) They drew their … Read more… →