Greek crafts

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…

ARTASTIC! Miss Oetken's Artists: Going GREEK! Scratch into history with Greek Vases/Pots

Does your child need to create a Greek Mythology Costume for school? See how my son, with a little help from me, created his DIY Ares Costume!

Olympics are everywhere, even in Scotland. So we are looking at the Ancient Greeks.

Greek columns, aren't they great. the children worked in groups to produce them, think they learned quite a lot about Greek Architecture too!

You will love these Olympic-themed party ideas, from food to backyard games and lots of kid-friendly crafts! Who else is super excited about the Olympics starting? We cannot wait! Especially since it's now been 3 years since the last Olympic games. As a family, we decided that we're going to have an Olympic-themed party for the opening ceremonies, and my kids are already brainstorming ideas. There are so many fun ideas that we found, we just had to share with you guys. Which one of these…

Ever since I was a child, I have loved watching the Olympics. It’s my dream to one day attend an event in person, but for now, I’ll settle with getting…

If you follow us on Instagram or Facebook you'll see that we spent Sunday afternoon making a model of a roman amphitheatre for one of Theo's homework challenges. And he took over my Instagram stories for the day with a follow along tutorial of how he made it. It was SO fun! And I'm pretty sure we've got a future Blue Peter presenter in the making ;) So we wanted to put together a blog post tutorial too, just like our solar system one, in case it's any help when you need to make a roman…

Spring is coming and its getting warmer outside, so lets do some super fun outdoor activities themed around the ancient Greek Olympics! We have four

Tracy Boberg Nichols on Instagram: "Had my 2nd graders make these paper sculptures of the Greek Parthenon today. I gave them some white copy paper cut in half (for the roof and base) and some paper cut in quarters (for the columns). This ties in with their classroom study of Ancient Greece. And it’s just fun to make cool sculptures out of a few pieces of paper. . . . #2ndgradeart #kidsart #kidsartclass #kidsactivityideas #kidscraftideas #artprojectsforkids #artprojects #artlessonsforkids…