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How to Make A Megalodon Shark Tooth Fun Homeschool Project

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Learn how to make a megalodon shark tooth homeschool project. Also, look for more ideas on my page Oceans Unit Study and Lapbook.

Megalodon Day is celebrated on June 15 to celebrate one of the largest predators ever known on Earth.

So, because I have a megalodon shark homeschool project to share with you as well as a host of other fun things. 

How to Make A Megalodon Shark Tooth Fun Homeschool Project

If you have a shark or prehistoric creature-loving kid, they are going to enjoy this activity and the other ideas to go along with it.

Not only is it a great science project but it also works in an element of art, math, and research skills.

Like much of homeschooling, a good hands-on activity is fun and covers a multitude of subjects.

Megalodon Day Facts

  • The scientific name for the megalodon is Otodus megalodon.
  • The word megalodon comes from the Greek language and means “giant tooth.”
  • The megalodon bite was thought to be 3 times stronger than a T Rex bite, with a grin of 10 feet wide.
  • Megalodons are estimated to have been 40 to 60 feet in length and weighed 50 to 75 tons.
  • They have found fossil remains of the megalodon off the coast of every continent except Antarctica.
  • Studies done between megalodon, and great white teeth have led scientists to believe that they are closely related and also assume their body shape (though not size) was similar.
  • Since sharks don’t have any bones to examine most of what we know about the ancient megalodon comes from its large fossil teeth.

Then, look at some of these resources.

Megalodon Shark Resources

Add some of these fun Megalodon shark resources to your unit study.

More Hands-On Shark Homeschool Activities

How to Make A Megalodon Shark Tooth Fun Homeschool Project

Finally, look at how to make a megalodon shark tooth.

Megalodon Shark Tooth Homeschool Project

Before starting, look in one of your books or online to get an idea of the shape and coloring of a Megalodon tooth. This helps give a good idea of just how massive a single tooth is.

You will need:

  • Air-Dry Clay
  • Craft paints
  • Paintbrushes
  • Clay roller or rolling pin
  • Toothpicks, craft sticks
  • Ruler
How to Make A Megalodon Shark Tooth Fun Homeschool Project

Begin by pulling off a sizable piece of clay, we will try to get our megalodon tooth close to 7” long.

How to Make A Megalodon Shark Tooth Fun Homeschool Project

Then, forming your shape, we are going for something roughly the shape of a piece of pizza.

Add clay as needed and work it in smoothing it with your fingers.

How to Make A Megalodon Shark Tooth Fun Homeschool Project

This is a great time to pull out your ruler and have your child measure to get the size right, somewhere between 6” and 7 ⅜” (the largest ever found).

How to Make A Megalodon Shark Tooth Fun Homeschool Project

Once you have your general size and shape roll it out to smooth the lumps.

How to Make a Megalodon Shark Tooth

Add a little build-up to the broader end, this is the root, where it would have been inside the shark’s jaw. Smooth with fingers to make it look like a natural transition.

How to Make A Megalodon Shark Tooth Fun Homeschool Project

Before allowing it to dry, add some aging and wear marks like pits and grooves using whatever you have on hand- the backend of your paint brushes, toothpicks, craft sticks, and etc.

Maybe there is a small piece missing out of one edge where he fought with another megalodon?

How to Make A Megalodon Shark Tooth Fun Homeschool Project

Allow to dry, this may take a couple of days, be sure to turn it every 12 hours or so to help it dry more thoroughly. If you place it outside in a sunny spot it will dry fast, be sure to lay it flat so that it dries flat.

Once your tooth is completely dry make a palette of different paint colors like black, white, tan, and gray on a paper plate.

How to Make A Megalodon Shark Tooth Fun Homeschool Project

Paint each section of the tooth and allow it to dry, you only need one thin coat.

If you want your replica megalodon tooth to last even longer give it a couple coats with a clear spray sealant.

How to Make A Megalodon Shark Tooth Fun Homeschool Project

Fun Hands-on Coral Reef Activities and Play Dough Invitation to Play

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I have some fun coral reef activities and play dough invitation to play. Also, grab more ideas on my Coral Reef page and Oceans Unit Study and Lapbook.

June 9th is all about celebrating Coral Triangle Day.

It’s a day to promote ocean conservation and protection, especially in the Coral Triangle.

To mark it, I have fun coral reef activities and a play dough invitation to play.

Additionally, the Coral Triangle includes the waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and the Solomon Islands.

Fun Hands-on Coral Reef Activities and Play Dough Invitation to Play

While coral reefs everywhere are important, the coral triangle gains a lot of attention for its diversity within its waters.

Let’s dive into an ocean of learning about the beauty and diversity of coral reefs and the Coral Triangle.

I have books, hands-on activities, facts, and more.

Summer is the perfect time to learn more about the oceans that surround us and the unique coral reefs in them.

Coral Reef Activities Facts

  • The Coral Triangle is also known as the Amazon of the Seas.
  • Here, in the triangle, live 6 out of the world’s 7 species of marine turtles.
  • It is one of the eight major coral reef zones throughout the world, and it is recognized as a very important place of marine biodiversity and a major priority for conservation.
  • Over 600 different species of reef-building coral make their home in the triangle.
  • 76% of all the world’s coral species are found in the Coral Triangle. The area boasts the highest coral diversity in the world.
  • Researchers believe that the Coral Triangle may be where all Coral Reefs once began.
  • The most endangered species in the area are Yellowfin, Tuna Skipjack, and Bigeye Tuna.

Also, look at some of these fun coral reef books and resources.

Coral Reef Unit Study Resources

Add some of these coral reef unit study resources to your unit study.

Also, look at these hands on ideas to study about the ocean and coral reef.

More Coral Reef Activities and Resources

Fun Hands-on Coral Reef Activities and Play Dough Invitation to Play

Moreover, look at my huge Ocean Unit Study and Sea Turtle Unit Study.

Coral Reef Activities Play Dough Invitation

You will need:

  • 1 cup Flour
  • ½ cup table salt
  • 1 cup of Water
  • 1 Tbsp. Coconut Oil (or vegetable oil)
  • 1 tsp. Cream of tartar
  • Food coloring
  • Optional-essential oils

Also, you will need:

  • Small bowls, cups, or a divided tray
  • Shells
  • Plastic ocean creatures
  • Beads
  • Toothpicks
  • Aquarium pebbles
  • Chenille stems

First, combine flour, salt, water, coconut oil, and cream of tartar in a medium pot over medium-high heat.

Fun Hands-on Coral Reef Activities and Play Dough Invitation to Play

Stir constantly until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the pan and is no longer sticky.

Fun Hands-on Coral Reef Activities and Play Dough Invitation to Play

Quickly remove from heat and put the dough onto a smooth surface.

When it cools enough to touch, knead it for a few minutes and add food coloring and essential oil mixing well.

This is the perfect time to mix in a fun beachy scented essential oil like coconut or pineapple.

Fun Hands-on Coral Reef Activities and Play Dough Invitation to Play

Now that your playdough is ready to go you can begin building your coral reef Hands-on invitation to play.

Grab some small clear cups or use a divided tray to place all your items out in an inviting way.

Cut colorful pipe cleaners down into different lengths.

Fun Hands-on Coral Reef Activities and Play Dough Invitation to Play

Put playdough in one bowl, beads and toothpicks in another, chenille stems, toys, shells, and any other little items you have each in their own bowl.

Fun Hands-on Coral Reef Activities and Play Dough Invitation to Play

Encourage your child to build an ocean base with the playdough, press chenille stems into it, poke in toothpicks and stack pony beads on them, Add fish and other ocean toys.

Fun Hands-on Coral Reef Activities and Play Dough Invitation to Play

Your child can build and rebuild unique coral reefs as they learn about their beauty and importance.

Fun Hands-on Coral Reef Activities and Play Dough Invitation to Play

Daniel Boone Explorer Facts And Make a Fun Birchbark Canoe Craft

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Today, I have some Daniel Boone explorer facts and how to make a Shawnee birchbark canoe craft. Look at more ideas on my page Daniel Boone – North American Explorer.

Boone Day is celebrated on June 7th to highlight the life and contributions of the famous frontiersman Daniel Boone.

Many know him as the man who blazed a trail westward through the Cumberland Gap but there were many adventures throughout his life.

Daniel Boone Explorer Facts And Make a Fun Birchbark Canoe Craft

Too, America was still a young growing country which was heavily populated by Native American Tribes that were being pushed westward.

Boone explorer had many dealings with them.

First in Pennsylvania as a child he interacted with the Delaware tribe.

Before Europeans settled, Pennsylvania had many native tribes, including the Erie, Honniasont, Huron, Iroquois, Leni Lenape, Munsee, Shawnee, and Susquehannock, as well as others.

Daniel Boone Explorer Facts

Then as a teen, he befriended and was taught hunting, tracking, trapping, and survival by the Delaware, Cherokee, and Shawnee tribes when his family moved to North Carolina.

He became a legend at a young age in his area for his prowess as a hunter.

Later, while traveling in Kentucky along the Licking River he was captured by a group of Shawnees.

They took him to their village in Ohio and he was adopted by the Shawnee Chief Blackfish to take the place of one of his own sons who had been killed.

Boone was given the name Sheltowee, or Big Turtle, and was treated relatively well during his 4-month captivity before he returned home to his family.

Afterward, he helped to successfully defend Boonesborough against a 10-day siege led by Blackfish.

To learn a little more about Boone and the Native Americans he encountered, you can also have your child do a little research to help them retain what they learn better than just hearing it read to them, and research is such an important life skill.

Also, look at these books about the life of Daniel Boone.

10 Resources for A Daniel Boone Unit Study

Whether you want to add a hands-on unit study or are looking for a few resources, you'll love one of these.

Then, add some of these ideas for learning about the Native Americans Daniel Boone interacted with.

5 Activities to Learn More about Boone’s Life

  • Locate Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, and Ohio River Valley on a map.
  • Research what language the Shawnee spoke (Algonquian).
  • List 10 Tribes that would have been in the Northeast.
  • Find out what the primary crop of Native Americans was. (Corn)
  • Discover what Daniel Boone wore as a woodsman. (hint: it was not a coonskin cap)
  • Name the most famous Shawnee leader. (Tecumseh)
Daniel Boone Explorer Facts And Make a Fun Birchbark Canoe Craft

Then, here are a few more ideas for learning about the native Americans during the time Daniel Boone lived.

Native American Activities

Facts About Native Americans

  • Native Americans primarily used bull-boats, rafts, kayaks, and American Indian canoes for fishing and as their water transportation for short and long distances.
  • Shawnee comes from the Algonquian word-shawum which means southerner.
  • In the early 1600s, Shawnees were spread throughout southern Ohio, West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania.
  • The Shawnees didn’t live in tepees, rather they lived in small round dwellings called wicks, or wigwams.
  • Native Americans cultivated many of the world’s most important crops like corn, beans, squash, potatoes, and tomatoes.
  • Native Americans were forcibly displaced from their homelands by the Indian Relocation Act in 1830.

Native Americans spoke more than 300 languages and maybe upwards of 500 but many have died out from years of assimilation.

More Daniel Boone Explorer Activities

Next, look at these Daniel Boone explorer resources.

Daniel Boone Explorer Facts And Make a Fun Birchbark Canoe Craft

Finally, look at how to make this fun Shawnee birchbark canoe craft.

How to Make a Shawnee Birchbark Canoe Craft

While Native Americans used several boats for water travel and fishing the birchbark canoe is often the one most shown.

Also, it’s not only a great activity to keep hands busy while you watch a video or read a book about Daniel Boone or the Native Americans, but it is also a great activity for building fine motor skills and learning a new life skill with a simple stitch.

You will need:

Daniel Boone Explorer Facts And Make a Fun Birchbark Canoe Craft

Fold craft foam in half and crease.

Daniel Boone Explorer Facts And Make a Fun Birchbark Canoe Craft

Draw a rough canoe shape on the folded half and cut it out.

Daniel Boone Explorer Facts And Make a Fun Birchbark Canoe Craft

Thread a length of embroidery thread through the blunt needle and make sure it is enough for at least one side of your canoe.

Daniel Boone Explorer Facts And Make a Fun Birchbark Canoe Craft

Sew up each end using the blunt needle using a whipstitch.

This is the stitch that goes over the edge of the fabric instead of parallel along the edge like seen here.

Daniel Boone Explorer Facts And Make a Fun Birchbark Canoe Craft

Use markers to make short lines to recreate the birchbark look and draw your own unique symbol much like Native Americans may have decorated their boats to show what tribe they belonged to if you like.

To make the bottom of your canoe a little flatter you can heat up the bottom with a blow dryer for a minute or two then use your hands to press it flat until it cools.

You might have to do this a couple of times to get it molded just as you like. Fun!

Daniel Boone Explorer Facts And Make a Fun Birchbark Canoe Craft

How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

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How to make paper mache mountains is a fun way to learn geography, learn about the Chimborazo mountains and South America. Also, I have this page Free South America Printable Lapbook and Fun Hands-on Unit Study Ideas. Too, look at my page Homeschool Geography for hands-on and simple ideas and tips.

June 3rd is celebrated as Chimborazo Day by many in Ecuador.

Chimborazo is an ice-capped inactive mountain.

Any of the geography of South America holds a special place in my heart since we lived there for a few years.

How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

With an elevation less than that of Mount Everest, the Chimborazo of the Andes wins the award for being the highest point on earth because it’s the furthest point from earth’s center.

This is a great opportunity to learn about it and a few other famous mountain ranges around the world by learning how to make paper mache mountains. 

We are going to learn how to make paper mache mountains with a new medium, rather than flour and water that can mold easily.

Too, we are going to make our own mod podge mixture.

Facts about Chimborazo

  • The Chimborazo is a dormant volcano that erupted 1,400 years ago.
  • The word Chimborazo either means “women of snow” or “mountain of ice.”
  • Although it’s not a hard mountain to climb, the high altitude can make you sick.
  • It is 20,565 ft high and on the equatorial line. So, it makes it the closest point to the sun on planet Earth.
  • Alexander von Humboldt in 1802, traveled to modern day Ecuador to climb Mount Chimborazo.
  • In many dialects of Quichua or Quechua, “chimba” means “on the other side” as in “on the other side of the river” or “on the opposite bank.
  • It is a stratovolcano.
How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

More Facts about Mountains

  • Other famous mountains include The Matterhorn, Mount Fuji, Denali, Mont Blanc, Everest, and Mount Kilimanjaro.
  • The largest range of mountains is in the Atlantic Ocean known as The Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
  • Mountains cover roughly one-fifth of the earth’s land surface.
  • 75 percent of the world’s countries have mountains in them.

What Is A Mountain?

The dictionary defines a mountain as “a large natural elevation of the earth’s surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level.

Mountains are made from rocks and soil.

In addition, mountains must be higher than 1968.5 feet otherwise they are classified as a hill.

How Is A Mountain Formed?

All mountains are formed by the movement of tectonic plates in one of three ways:

  • Volcanic explosion
  • Tectonic faults 
  • Tectonic collision

When the boundaries between two tectonic plates move further apart, the result is described as a divergent boundary.

When two plates collide, the outcome is called a convergent boundary.

What Kinds Of Mountains Are There?

There are 5 different types of mountains.

  1. Fold Mountains
  2. Fault-block Mountains
  3. Dome Mountains
  4. Volcanic Mountains
  5. Plateau Mountains

Next look at some of these other resources about mountains.

Resources for Learning About Mountains and How to Make Paper Mache Mountains

Additionally, look at resources for learning about South America.

South America Activities

Then, add some vocabulary words.

Vocabulary Words About Mountains

Here is a small list of vocabulary words you may run into while studying mountains.

  • Mountain-Large natural elevation of the earth’s surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level.
  • Mountain Range-A mountain range is a series or chain of mountains that are close together.
  • Peak-The pointed top of a mountain.
  • Ridgeline-The topmost edge along a mountain ridge.
  • Valley-A low area of land between hills or mountains.
  • Elevation-Height above a given level, especially sea level.
How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

Finally, look how to make these fun paper mache mountains.

How to Make Paper Mache Mountains

I bought foil, a roll of brown shipping paper, and masking tape a Dollar Tree with plenty of everything left over for future projects.

If you have a newspaper or other supplies already on hand you can use that and save a little more money.

This is a super messy project.

You will want to lay something down indoors like a plastic tablecloth or head outside for this one.

Also, keep a wet rag nearby for wiping little hands coated in the glue mixture.

You will need:

  • Craft paper or Newspaper 
  • School glue
  • Water
  • Masking tape
  • Aluminum foil
  • paint/paint brushes
How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

First, prepare your base by cutting a square of cardboard or using a foam science board to be a little larger than you would like the base of your mountain to be.

Ball up paper to form the bulk and the basic shape of your mountain on your baseboard”. Use masking tape to hold it all together and secure it down to the board. Continue stacking and adding until you have a good general size and shape.

How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

Cut or tear your paper into long 1” strips, but you can also just use random ragged shapes, it will all work out.

How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

In a medium bowl mix together 2 parts glue to 1 part water, combining well.

Paper Mache Mountain Craft

Toss in a couple of handfuls of paper and make sure they are all covered with the mixture.

How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

 Run each strip of paper through the glue mixture until well-saturated. Scrape off some of the excess using the side of the bowl.

How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

Begin layering your strips over the form you made, overlapping a bit. You can go in any direction, don’t smooth out every piece, you can crinkle some and bunch them up a bit to create ridgelines and dimensions. Be sure to add some to the base to create the texture of the land around the mountain.

How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

I like to cover everything with a layer or two of aluminum foil to smooth out some of the rough areas and hold everything together because it’s pliable. You can also use it to help form your shape. Remember that you don’t want everything perfect, you want it to appear rough and natural as it would in nature.

How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

With this kind of well-built-up base and this type of glue mixture, I find that 3 or 4 layers are often sufficient to create even and well-covered surfaces. It also seems to dry much quicker, especially if you put it out in the sun.

Allow it to dry completely.

How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

Paint your mountain as well as the flatland.

How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

Once dry you can add snowcaps, shadows, and any other details you want to the painted portion, dry again.

How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

To add a little more interest and texture you can use glue.

You can use this technique to recreate Chimborazo or any other mountains you like!

How to Make Paper Mache Mountains to Celebrate Chimborazo Day

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

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It’s National Prairie Day and I have a popsicle stick wagon craft. Also, look at my Westward Ho unit study and lapbook page.

Since June 3rd is National Prairie Day, it’s the perfect time to bring out a simple craft that celebrates one of the greatest periods of growth in our nation.

Brave families drove covered wagons westward through the prairies looking for adventure, wide open spaces, and new lives. 

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

North American prairies are a wild and beautiful ecosystem that is spread over a dozen American states and throughout several Canadian Provinces.

What once covered 40% of the United States is now reduced to just 1% of that.

It is sobering to think of all the flora and fauna that have been chased away or have completely vanished from their home.

National Prairie Day Facts

First, look at some of these facts about prairies.

  • A prairie is a type of habitat that is mostly grass but may also have flowering plants and the occasional shrub or tree.
  • Prairies are important because they provide an irreplaceable home for many plant and animal species, and they are made of exceptionally fertile soil we need for agriculture and ranching.
  • 60 million bison once grazed on the plains and prairies of North America at the time European explorers first settled there and by 1885 there were less than 600 left.
  • Prairie fires were important to the growth of the tallgrass prairie because they kept the prairie from becoming a forest. These fires didn’t completely kill the grasses which grew from the stem up rather than the tip of the blade. So, they grew back quickly.
  • North American Prairies are divided into 3 types: short grass, tall grass, and mixed grass.
National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

Here are a few books that you might enjoy adding to your craft as you learn about the American Prairie then and now.

Books about the American Prairie

Resources for Learning About Prairies

 Add some of these fun books and resources to your study of the North American prairies.

Also, look at more ways to learn about prairies.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

You can celebrate National Prairie Day by learning about the many different aspects of the prairie like:

  • The 3 types of prairies.
  • Prairie Animals.
  • Prairie Vegetation.
  • Westward Expansion.
  • Little House on The Prairie.
  • Life on the prairie now.
  • Hunting on the Prairie then and now.

More Westward Ho and Prairie Life Resources

Additionally, look at more popsicle wagon crafts and about life on the prairie resources.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

Finally, look how to make this fun popsicle stick wagon craft.

How to Make a Popsicle Stick Wagon – Covered Wagon

This is a great opportunity to talk about how hard travel was back when moving west to unsettled lands, where much of the prairie was.

Covered wagons were not comfortable or roomy transportation.

But also imagine the wide-open skies over your campfire at night as you prepare dinner next to your wagon filled with all your worldly possessions.

You will need:

  • 2 wooden skewers
  • Paper or plastic straw
  • 35 jumbo craft sticks
  • Hot glue gun/sticks
  • White cardstock
  • Straight edge blade
  • Cardboard
  • Mason jar lid
National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

Create a base for your wagon by hot gluing 4 wooden craft sticks into a square like this.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

Continue adding sticks across the top to create a solid platform.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

Next, we are going to build the “box”. To do this you want to cut some craft sticks slightly longer than the width of 3 sticks.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

Attach to either end of 3 sticks, repeat this so that you have 3 sides.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

Glue each in place around the sides and back of the wagon.

You will need to trim just a bit of your ends on the back to make it fit.

Run glue along the bottom edge of each piece, press firmly into place, and hold until the glue sets.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

For the front of the wagon, you will cut your short sticks the same length but only build the side 2 craft sticks high.

Again, trim the ends of your sticks so they fit inside the two long sides. Glue into place.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

Run a bead of hot glue up each corner to secure everything well.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

If you wish to add a buckboard to the front, trim two pieces of craft sticks to be as long as the width of two craft sticks.

Trim off the ends of craft sticks so they fit inside the front. To help support the seat, glue a couple of stacked scrap pieces of wood underneath, and then glue the seat into place.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

Once all glue has hardened, flip the wagon over. Cut your straw in half and glue it at either end of the wagon to allow the axles to turn.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

 Put them close to each end, I did wind up pulling mine off and re-gluing further apart to be sure the wheels had plenty of space to turn.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

Trim skewers so they just stick out about 1/8” on each side and run them through the straw.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

Trace 4 large circles onto cardboard and cut them out. I used a wide-mouth mason jar lid but you can use whatever you have on hand like a large cup or a bowl.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

Draw the outline of the wheel and spokes with a brown marker.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

Poke a hole through the center large enough for the skewers to fit through.

Place each wagon wheel onto a skewer and secure it on both sides with hot glue, be sure not to glue it to the wagon so that they move freely.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft

Flip the wagon back over and glue 4 craft sticks upright inside each of the 4 corners of the wagon box.

You can either use white cardstock or fabric to stretch up and over the wagon frame to make your covered wagon top.

National Prairie Day Easy Popsicle Stick Wagon Craft