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World History Kids Crafts

Age of Discovery Crafts — 1400–1700 AD

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, 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. Or try this quadrant link for more explanation.

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
Scroll down this page to find instructions for an origami Samurai Helmet from the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

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

Shakespeare
Build a paper model of the Globe Theatre.

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