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World History Kids Crafts

Age of Discovery Crafts & Projects
History from AD 1400–1700

The Age of Discovery crafts include making a Tower of London when your lesson plan is about old England, or a sailing quadrant for topics on any of the Explorers. Other headings for craft ideas on this page include India & the Taj Mahal, Japan, Pirates, Wars & Conflicts, the Renaissance & Reformation, and William Shakespeare.

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England
The tradition of guarding the royals dates back to the early 1500's. Make a clothespin doll replica of a Buckingham Palace guard.

Construct the Tower of London from paper!

Explorers
Christopher Columbus: A Hands-On History Look at the Life and Adventures of Christopher Columbus by Mary Tucker, illus. Judy Hierstein. Teaching & Learning Co., 2002.

Find out how early explorers found their latitude by making your own Navigator's Quadrant.

Make a Spanish Galleon out of a milk carton.

Professor Noggin's Explorers Card Game

India & the Taj Mahal
Older students will enjoy making a model of the Taj Mahal out of paper.

This site has a variety of crafts on India in general, including Rangoli design crafts.

Japan
Follow these instructions to make an origami Samurai Helmet. Or print out these instructions to make a Samurai helmet big enough to wear!

Look on the World Cultures Crafts page for more ideas for Japan.

Pirates
Make a telescope (or spy glass) with a paper towel tube. Make an extending version by sliding a smaller tube inside. Paint it black or gold.

Find a no-sew pirate costume here.

Wars and Conflicts
This paper soldiers site includes figures for ships and galleons, Samurai, Imperials from the Thirty Years War, and much more!

Renaissance & Reformation
Make an art project based on a technique of Albrecht Durer.

Make egg paint and try to copy Renaissance art!

Combine art & faith in a stained-glass window craft, compliments of A Book In Time (see video below)! The Template for the Stained Glass Window is Free! For best results, print template on cardstock.

Shakespeare
Build a paper model of the Globe Theatre.

Another activity would be to do a Reader's Theater, acting out a Shakespearean play. This site has some short adaptations for kids, as well as fun lists of Shakespearean insults, compliments, and more!

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