so my daughter has been learning about ancient egypt, and she has to do some homework on the topics they're going over. one of the things the teacher suggested the kids could do to learn more about ancient egypt is to build a sarcophagus. (?!?) i know, i've asked myself the same question... how does building a sarcophagus help anyone learn about ancient egypt? but i'm in for the fun, and we've been doing some research online on how to build this fancy box.
i personally enjoy artsy projects, but i know there are other moms out there who wouldn't have a clue where to begin with a project like this, so i decided to share what we did. maybe it'll help someone out there.
this has cost us about $32 total, and here's the list of materials we got (some we already had):
a long cardboard box - free, from the leftover boxes from our new sleep number bed
all purpose glue (1 large tube)
water
brushes
acrylic paint, in the following colors:
blue (2 tubes)
silver (1 tube)
red (1 small tube)
green (1 small tube)
black
white
- we chose those colors because they are the colors used in egyptian art (we researched that)
2 spray cans of golden paint
1 plastic mask - full face
magic clay (1 small bag)
acrylic gems (just for fun, egyptian art usually was gem-free)
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