plain jane Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I would like my kids to make one if possible, but I don't want to have to spend much, if any, money to do so. I don't want to have to buy toy blocks or many boxes of sugar cubes. Any other ideas for how to make a good looking wall?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 My answer to everyone of life's projects is: paper mâché So far this year we've made a big Desert locust model, an Inuit harpoon & "seal-skin" float, and an igluvijait (igloo) out of paper mâché. Next up? A California Mission. Cheap, easy, and good. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckles Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 No, but I've been to the great wall of China. You are going to need about 1,000 Lego people to stand on the wall to make it complete. :001_smile: We were there on a national holiday. I think I only made it 10 yards up the wall before I gave up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 A web-search brought up this (not paper mâché) option: http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2010/09/china-craft-great-wall.html Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckles Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 My answer to everyone of life's projects is: paper mâché So far this year we've made a big Desert locust model, an Inuit harpoon & "seal-skin" float, and an igluvijait (igloo) out of paper mâché. Next up? A California Mission. Cheap, easy, and good. Bill Bill, your child must be in the fourth grade if your Mission project is coming up. Have fun! I'm glad it is behind us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourcatmom Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 We made one but we didn't completely finish it. We moved and it ended up getting broken. The confessions of a Homeschooler has a project to build one in her Expedition Earth program. China post (has the beginnings of our project at the bottom) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourcatmom Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 A web-search brought up this (not paper mâché) option: http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2010/09/china-craft-great-wall.html Bill This is the one we did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Bill, your child must be in the fourth grade if your Mission project is coming up. Have fun! I'm glad it is behind us. You know it! :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 This is the one we did. Is that your blog? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourcatmom Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Is that your blog? Bill No, confessions is not my blog. Is that what you mean? We did the activity of the Great Wall that was posted on the Confessions website. We have her Geography curriculum. I have a blog but it's not at all like hers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 No, confessions is not my blog. Is that what you mean? We did the activity of the Great Wall that was posted on the Confessions website. We have her Geography curriculum. I have a blog but it's not at all like hers. Your blog looks cool too. I just wasn't sure if the one I linked to was also yours. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I wish you could "bake" styrofoam, but that is probably a very bad idea. I hit on one innovation with paper mâché (discovered while making the harpoon point) that I think is way cool. Our harpoon point was a little moist, so I dusted it with more flour, then I thought what if I brushed it with egg whites and baked it? So...why not? We had been planning on painting it, but it browned up in such a cool organic looking way ( and got "hard"). So then when we had to make a seal-skin float, we did the same thing. Dusted flour on our object, brushed with egg whites and baked it. It came out looking like leather. If styrofoam were bake-able, they would look like rocks given the same treatment. But baking styrofoam seems like a very bad idea. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 A web-search brought up this (not paper mâché) option: http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2010/09/china-craft-great-wall.html Bill I saw that one too and would like to do something similar without buying those bricks. We tried making our own bricks out of salt dough but I went through so much salt and flour that the project no longer was worth the cost. So that became a salt dough map of China instead. :) I actually thought about paper mâché but the kids just finished a paper mâché solar system and paper mâché atoms. We are paper mached out for the next while at least. I'd love to find another interesting medium for this project that won't cost a ton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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