Cut
and paste activities make ideal educational tools. 3D models and dioramas are
excellent book activities for reading response lessons. How about some free printable paper castles
and 3D castle models for kids? This article includes free printable coat of
arms patterns and designs for heraldry crafts to decorate moHistory teachers
and homeschool parents will love these hands-on history crafts.
Scribd
a great resource for free printable crafts. Gamemaker has created a 13
page free printable castles
models, perfect for
dioramas, medieval world
history, social studies and rainy day fun. When this author homeschooled her
kids, the eldest daughter made 3D models of buildings in a medieval abbey from
waffle boxes and these free printable castle models would have been a perfect
addition to social studies lessons. The castle model is labeled accurately with
keep, towers, bailey, gate house, merlons and flags. Castle is neatly drawn to
scale, includes user-friendly instructions that are perfect for all ages. Not
too wordy but complete. I think even I, art challenged as I am, could master
this cool castle! Thank you gamemaker.
Gamemaker
has also made free printable cut and paste paper crafts of castle models of
Neuschwanstein Castle in
the Clouds. This German Cinderella castle is the poster child for fairytale
castles. Neuschwanstein is one of the late Medieval castles in baroque
renaissance style. Gamemaker has made it easy for those who find cut and paste
paper crafts challenging. This author's husband had a hand steady enough to
paint the pinprick yellow dot in the center of the US Army Air Corps insignia
on WWII model planes. While his wife got nervous with anything
"hands-on" and longed for worksheets! For more cool medieval castles
and knights stuff, you can visit the Gamemaker at his website Storm the Castle.
Use
these free printable castle models for dioramas, history lessons, engineering and
design history lessons. Make these free printable castles part of a social
studies unit on medieval times. It's always good in any unit to incorporate as
many different subject areas. Cutting and assembling paper crafts adds science
and math components to units. Students may want to design and color medieval
castles before construction. Visit About History for heraldry designs for medieval castles, coat of
arms patterns and castle graphics. Add battlements, merlons, flags, mullioned
windows and other details to your castles.
Now
how about some free printable
medieval castles, paper crafts and coloring pages? Visit--if only virtually--Skipton Castle
in Yorkshire, England. Built in the 12th century Skipton Castle is beautifully
preserved. The website includes free printable castle models paper crafts,
knights, activities on kitchens of medieval castles, Elizabethan lord and lady
and more free printable heraldry activities. DL-TK has a bunch more free printable medieval fantasy crafts.
What's heraldry, you ask?
Heraldry refers to the crest or emblem associated with royal and noble
families. Here are free printable coat of
arms coloring pages. And here are free make your own coat of
arms activities. These ancient symbols, also called family crests or coat of arms were
used as ornamentation and communication, on 
