Today we were learning the basics of some North American Indians. The project was, in theory, simple. Make one longer strip of paper into a ring, glue smaller frame pieces from one side to the other, and then glue torn pieces to create the "hides and mats" for the outside.
Now, I consider myself to be...profoundly crafty. And this project was an exercise in patience. Perhaps using liquid glue instead of glue sticks would have worked better.
This first picture is what Buds and I attempted. He wasn't super into the project to begin with and the fact that it kept springing apart was frustrating.
Baby Girl proved to be far more diligent and came up with a quite solid little wigwam when she was done. Her mantra was "there is no such thing as too much glue".
I was happy she had so much fun building her wigwam, because it was certainly much harder than I expected. Which begs the question: How much harder is it to build the real thing? I'm not sure I want to know the answer. (I am definitely a creature of the 21st century!)
Now, while this was a HARD project, it was still a FUN project so don't hesitate to give it a try. There was much laughter while we made these and I am really quite happy with how they came out.
Stay Messy Friends!
