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
battlements, flags, armor and weapons. A coat of arms, worn on shields,
signified who led the army. Flags adorned battlements to show which noble or
royal family was in residence. Different cultures have used family crests. With
clans in England, Scotland, France and Germany, heraldry was very important.
Each family's coat of arms was unique and symbolic. The words used to describe
coat of arms heraldry are primarily French or Middle English (a combination of
Saxon, Norman French and German).
Partitions
are patterned lines that divide the shield into sections. Partitions might be
"dovetailed" (grooved), "nebuly" (loopy) or some other
design. Layouts vary by partition configuration. "Fess" refers to
horizontal partition lines or bands. "Bend" means diagonal lines.
"Sinister bend" means left-side slant (the word "left"
means sinister; medievals thought left-handed people were tricky and
untrustworthy). "Pale" means vertical lines, while "cross"
or "quadrant" refers to plus-shaped lines. A "chevron" is
an inverted V-shaped line. There are also symbols used within the sections of
the coat of arms. "Bordure" means border.
Symbols
like keys, trees, plants, stars or animals are commonly used. England's royal
shield features a lion. France shows the "Fleur-de-lys". Combining
the partition design with the layout and symbols creates the endless variety in
heraldry. Use this free printable 16-page DIY booklet of symbols and designs to
create a coat of arms. Younger students may wish to trace or color the designs.
Older students exploring medieval history, European history or genealogy, might
use these to create a personal or family coat of arms.
