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Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

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If you’re looking for Egypt crafts for kindergarten, you’ll love this kid sized mummy. Grab my other craft ideas on my kindergarten homeschool curriculum page.

Here is a fun hands-on way to teach younger children about Egyptian mummies.

This activity literally puts them in the middle of it and they are able to complete it mostly on their own from start to finish. 

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Those types of activities have a lot of value for learning as well as enjoyment.

Also, add in a few Ancient Egypt activities to make your day a fun learning day.

More Egyptian Crafts for Kindergarten

Make a fun mini sensory bin to explore more.

I have some great figures below that would go perfectly with this activity.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Then, below are some facts for you to share with your eager learner.

Fun Egyptian Facts

  • What is a mummy?  The body of a person that has been preserved after death.
  • Why did Egyptians make mummies?  They believed that preserved bodies could be used in the afterlife.
  • Was everyone made into a mummy? No, just those who were rich and could afford it.
  • Who did Egyptians believe was the god of mummification? Anubis with a human body and the head of a jackal was the god of mummification.
  • Were mummies buried with anything else? Yes. Often they were often buried with personal items, games, food, and more so they could use them in the afterlife.
  • Where were the mummies placed? In a Sarcophagus, which is an elaborate stone coffin.
  • Do people still make mummies today? Mummification is not very common but there are a few places that still practice it like Papua New Guinea.

Also, add in more kindergarten learning ideas below.

Other Tips and Crafts for Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Finally, look at these hands-on ideas.

In addition, you can grab a roll of shipping paper at Dollar Tree (well the $1.25 Tree now) as well as a 4 pack of toilet paper and the paper plates to complete this project with plenty left over to spare for other crafts.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

All three come in handy for many things so it is totally worth the few dollars investment to have them on hand.

How to Make a Kid Sized Mummy

You will need:

  • An excited little learner
  • Brown roll of paper
  • Toilet paper, crepe paper, or torn copy paper
  • 2 paper plates
  • Gold paint
  • Scissors
  • Markers

Roll out your brown paper as long as your child and trace around them with pencil.

If you have more than one child you might let them take turns tracing one another.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Darken the lines with a black sharpie marker so that it is easier to cut around the lines later on.

Have your child brush glue all over one section of the outline.

It’s okay if they go over the lines, this will be cut out later.

Have them press pieces of toilet paper all over the glue, pressing in well.

Tear off different lengths of squares from 1 piece to longer strings of 5 or 6 with your child to cover different areas.

Again don’t worry if it overlaps the outline.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Repeat the glue and papering process until it is completely covered. 

They can put on one layer or more, just keep adding glue.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Allow your “wrapped” mummy to dry.

While you are waiting for it to dry completely, cut the center out of one paper plate and cut out the curved strips of the ruffled edges.

Paint one paper plate gold all over as well as the two strips you made.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Let the gold paint dry.

When dry, have your child draw on the death mask details with a marker or paint pen.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Add the two strips underneath the sides of the full plate and let them hang down, glue in place.

Cut out your completely dried mummy or let your child cut it out on their own.

Egypt Crafts For Kindergarten Create a Fun Kid Sized Mummy

Apply a mask over mummy’s face.

Your child’s mummy is all ready to go on display.

Geronimo Stilton Time Travel How to Make a Medieval Stained Glass Craft

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This Geronimo Stilton Time Travel book has your kids going back in time through the Medieval time. If you love the Geronimo Stilton Books, you’ll love this medieval stained glass window cling.

Let’s ride off with brave Geronimo Stilton through the Medieval Period straight into Camelot.

This first book in the series takes you through prehistory with the dinosaurs, and through Ancient Egypt and the Great Sphinx of Giza, and finally into Camelot.

Geronimo Stilton Time Travel How to Make a Medieval Stained Glass Craft

The Medieval period is where we are going to hang out today with a colorful hands-on activity that you will love.

After reading Geronimo Stilton: The Journey Through Time (Geronimo Stilton), we decided to make a stained glass window craft.

This is a DIY window cling that you can use over and over and move it around as you like.

Start with a simple design like a window with big areas to fill in.

However, once you get the hang of it you can create beautiful flowers, swords, a coat of arms and more to deck your windows out in style.

About the Geronimo Stilton Time Travel Series

And the time travel series are a unique series. Like most all the books they have unique sections and pictures full of facts for the time period.

They are filled with maps that show your child where events are taking place.

Geronimo Stilton Time Travel: How to Make a Medieval Stained Glass Craft

Also, facts about the time period, detailed and labeled buildings, in this case a castle.

Geronimo Stilton Time Travel: How to Make a Medieval Stained Glass Craft

Throughout the reading there are important tidbits woven in like what they ate and wore during the time period.

Geronimo Stilton Time Travel: How to Make a Medieval Stained Glass Craft

So, the series is more than just fun reading, but a way to make science, history, and geography a meaningful part of the story.

Again, we’re focusing on only one section of the book.

History Middle Ages Hands-on Activities

Then, add a few more activities and fun items.

And you can create a simple and easy Middle Ages unit study that your royal knight will thoroughly enjoy.

In addition, here is a fun role-playing costume.

Too, you’ll love these other Geronimo Stilton activities to go with the books.

Other Geronimo Stilton Chapter Book Activities

Finally, here are some tips to keep in mind before doing this craft.

Geronimo Stilton Time Travel: How to Make a Medieval Stained Glass Craft

How to Create a Medieval Stained Glass Window Craft

Before you get started, know this.

  • Keep a couple wet q tips on hand to clean up drips and overflow.
  • Start with a simple design for your first one, keep it large and with minimal detail.
  • Don’t use paint in place of food coloring or it will not have the translucent effect. You can use liquid food coloring though if that’s what you have on hand.

List of supplies.

  • Black craft paint
  • White craft glue
  • Gel food coloring
  • Dish soap
  • paint brushes
  • Gallon ziploc bag
  • paper
  • Paint palette or a paper plate

Start by designing your window by drawing it with a pencil on a sheet of white paper or cardstock.

Geronimo Stilton Time Travel How to Make a Medieval Stained Glass Craft

Once you are happy with the design darken the lines by drawing over them with a black marker.

Slip your drawing inside a gallon sized ziploc bag.

To create the leaded paint lines, mix black paint into white craft glue.

This part does not need to be translucent and we want thicker lines here.

Just add enough paint to the glue to turn it black. Add 2 drops of dish soap and mix well.

Smooth out your plastic bag and “draw” over the outlines of your picture with the black glue mixture.

Geronimo Stilton Time Travel How to Make a Medieval Stained Glass Craft

You will need to let this dry probably overnight so that it is completely dry and will not smear for the next step.

Once the black lines are dry you can add your color.

Geronimo Stilton Time Travel Stained Glass Craft

To do this, mix a drop of gel food color and a very small drop of dish soap to a couple teaspoons of glue.

Repeat this for as many colors as you would like.

Geronimo Stilton Time Travel How to Make a Medieval Stained Glass Craft

Fill in all the open spaces.

Make the spaces solid or swirl to get a different effect.

Be sure to add a thick layer of paint so that your cling is sturdy and doesn’t fall apart when peeled off.

Use a wet q tip to clean up drips off the black paint if needed.

You will need to let this next step dry for a day as well.

Geronimo Stilton Time Travel How to Make a Medieval Stained Glass Craft

Once everything is dry, carefully peel the window off the plastic bag.

Clean the window where you want to put it with a bit of windex and leave slightly damp.

Apply your stained glass to the window.

It will stick until you peel it off and can be stored in a plastic bag when not in use.

If you have them, separate multiple window clings with pieces of waxed paper.

What do you think? Ready to try another fun Geronimo Stilton activity?

Easy DIY Fun Salt Winter Watercolor Art Project for Kids

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If your kids are looking for winter watercolor art projects, they’ll love this easy diy salt project. Add it to a winter season unit study for more learning fun.

If you live in Texas like I do, you won’t see a lot of snow unless you’re vacationing somewhere else.

But it’s still nice to dream about beautiful forests under a blanket of snow.

Easy DIY Fun Salt Winter Watercolor Art Project for Kids

So, today we are going to create our own winter watercolor art project to capture some of that snowy magic with a few different types of paint.

I’ve seen a technique like this done using snow but obviously that’s not an option for us.

Instead, I set to thinking about how I could make it happen here and turn into a fun art lesson too.

Over and Under the Snow

And my solution was a spray bottle filled with water instead of letting the snow melt over my picture.

You will probably want to take this one outside or put a plastic tablecloth on the table under your craft to help contain the mess.

No matter what you’re studying this winter or where you live, snow or not, it can still be fun and informative to learn about snow.

Topics like snowflakes, ice, hibernation, glaciers, icebergs, and everything else winter entails keep it fun.

Add a fun book to this winter watercolor art project like Over and Under the Snow to investigate what happens when that white blanket of snow covers the earth.

As a matter of fact, the book which inspired this project progresses from day to dusk to night as the child and father ski over the snow noticing it all.

Easy DIY Fun Salt Winter Watercolor Art Project for Kids

I love the darling images of creatures sleeping beneath the earth.

Winter Subnivean Zone

And above there are busy people, squirrels, owls, and a big full moon.

It is a great way to introduce snow, hibernation and terms like subnivean zone (it’s the network of open spaces and tunnels between the snow and ground) to your kids.

The word subnivean comes from the Latin “sub” (under) and “nives” (snow). 

There is a fantastic appendix of animals at the back of the book.

Easy DIY Fun Salt Winter Watercolor Art Project for Kids

It introduces animals and gives a bit of information on each spotted throughout as well as suggestions for more winter books.

More Winter Season Unit Study Resources

Then, here are some other winter unit study resources you’ll love.

Add in a few of these activities to make a fun learning about winter day.

Easy DIY Fun Salt Winter Watercolor Art Project for Kids

Let’s make this watercolor art project.

How to Make DIY Winter Water Art Project

You will need:

  • Watercolor paper. It really makes a difference with this paper.
  • Fine Salt
  • Food coloring
  • Black craft paint
  • White craft paint
  • Paint brushes
  • Water in a spray bottle
  • Baking sheet
Easy DIY Fun Salt Winter Watercolor Art Project for Kids

First, place watercolor paper on a baking sheet and spritz the entire paper well with water.

Pour a few tablespoons of salt into a small container.

Mix with a few drops of food coloring and repeat for as many colors as you would like to have.

Easy DIY Fun Salt Winter Watercolor Art Project for Kids

Scoop colored salt all over paper randomly and in different sized piles with different thicknesses to create a mottled watercolor effect.

Easy DIY Fun Salt Winter Watercolor Art Project for Kids

Spray the colored salt until completely saturated with the spray bottle.

You want to make sure that the salt is very wet so that the food coloring can absorb into the paper.

Allow it to sit undisturbed for 20 to 30 minutes.

The longer it sits the more saturated the image will be.

Too, you can let it dry overnight if your little one has the patience to wait.

Flip over your paper quickly to remove all the salt and use a dry brush to remove excess or just wait until it dries naturally and brush then.

Easy DIY Fun Salt Winter Watercolor Art Project for Kids

Now you should have a beautiful watercolor paper that resembles a dusky night sky or the aurora borealis.

Winter Crafts

Allow your paper to dry completely.

Then, paint a few straight lines straight up from the bottom using a thin flat brush. Draw any amount of trees you want, just leave room for the branches.

Easy DIY Fun Salt Winter Watercolor Art Project for Kids

Take the same brush dipped in black paint and start at the top line and drag it away from the line in a downward stroke.

This creates the shape of an evergreen tree.

Also, draw some scraggly spindly trees with just limbs and branches using a small, pointed tip brushed if you like.

Easy DIY Fun Salt Winter Watercolor Art Project for Kids

Finally, allow your black paint to dry a little and then dip your paintbrush in white paint.

If it’s thick, add a tiny bit of water to loosen it up.

You’re gonna want your paint a little runny so that you can tap it on your hand over the paper and create splatters for snow.

Paint a moon if you’d like up in the corner. 

Easy DIY Fun Salt Winter Watercolor Art Project for Kids

Let your completed painting dry.

Because the paper was so saturated it may crinkle up a bit. Lay a couple heavy books on top once it’s dry to help smooth and flatten it.

What do you think? Easy winter art?

How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts

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If you’re looking to make an adorable toilet roll snowman well actually the cutest pair of snow people ever, you’ll love this for winter crafts or a winter season unit study.

You don’t need snow in your backyard to create these adorable toilet roll snowmen or ahem or is that snowman and snowwoman?

Just some toilet paper rolls pilfered from the recycling box and a few items from the craft room and you have toilet roll snowman.

How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts

If you’re missing anything you can easily find it at Dollar Tree. 

These are so fun to make and so darling you are going to want to create an army of precious snow people with your child.

Winter Snow Ideas

One of my favorite science books Nature Anatomy has a few pages on weather and a few on snowflakes.

I love this page.

The book is a great reference book to go along with the craft and to toss in a little educational twist to your toilet roll snow man craft.

How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts

Too, add in some other winter themed learning fun to this craft.

Winter Learning Ideas

Look at these ideas below.

Next, add in some winter themed books.

Books About Winter

Expand this craft to a unit study or just fun facts about winter with these books.

13 Snow, Snowman, Animals, and Winter Books

Add one or more of these books to your learning day if you're learning about snow, snowflakes, winter or just for fun.

Other Winter Craft Ideas

Also, look at a few more craft ideas.

Next, let’s move on to our fun toilet roll craft.

How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts

Let’s get on with building our all weather not gonna melt cute toilet roll snow people.

You will need:

  • Empty toilet paper rolls
  • White paint
  • Foam paintbrush
  • Yarn
  • Pipe cleaners
  • Pompoms
  • Markers/paint pens

How to Make Fun Toilet Roll Snow People

How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts

Then paint toilet paper rolls completely white.

Allow the paint to dry completely. You child can paint inside and out if they like.

Then cut a small hole in each side directly opposite of each other.

Thread half of a brown chenille stem through each side to create the arms.

How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts

Give your child markers or paint pens to draw on details like buttons, eyes, a mouth, and a carrot nose.

How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts

Create a simple scarf by wrapping some yarn around the neck a few times and knotting it.

For the cute little ear muffs we just glued pom-poms on either side about where we thought the snowman‘s ears would be.

And then topped it off with a short length of pipe cleaner that we glued in place as well.

How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts

To create the cute and fuzzy winter hat, cut off an ½” circle from the end of another toilet roll.

And then cut the yarn into links 5 inches to 6 inches long, fold in half.

How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts

Next, slip the yarn through the slice of toilet paper roll pull the two loosens through the loop at the top. Pull tightly.

How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts

Also, repeat all the way around until it is completely full.

Then, draw all the yarn upward and tie another piece of yarn around the top to secure.

How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts

Finally, snip off excess yarn thus creating a pom-pom at the top.

How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts

To fit the head on your snowman you will need to pinch the tops of the toilet paper roll to make it slightly smaller so you can press it securely over the top.

Isn’t this little couple just precious?

National STEM Day – Popsicle Sticks for Creative DIY STEM Projects

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If you’re looking for DIY stem projects, you’ll love these ideas for National Stem Day.

What is so great about STEM?

A STEM activity is one that incorporates one or more of its components.

  • Science,
  • technology,
  • engineering, and math in a learning activity.

Stem is hands-on which is always a great method for learning.

National STEM Day - Popsicle Sticks for Creative DIY STEM Projects

It teaches children about science and technology, problem solving, critical thinking, curiosity, accepting failure, initiative, flexibility, creativity, innovation, and so much more.

It has its place in your homeschool whether you are an unschooler, Charlotte Mason, classical, or eclectic family.

Careers in STEM

There are many fascinating careers in STEM that your child might be interested in-

  • Computer Sciences
  • Software Developer
  • Web Developer
  • Mechanical Engineer
  • Statistician
  • Mathematician
  • Actuary
  • Accountant
  • Cartographer
  • Aeronautics-aviation, aerospace, and astronautics
  • Biology
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Environmental Science
National STEM Day - Popsicle Sticks for Creative DIY STEM Projects

This isn’t even an exhaustive list just some that jumped out at me.

Popsicle sticks are an amazing homeschool tool.

And you have probably used them for art projects but have you ever considered their many uses as a STEM tool?

They open an amazing world of possibilities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

In addition, they are inexpensive, very versatile and easy to get your hands on.

It’s a great idea to keep a bunch on hand in different sizes for all sorts of projects. 

Jumbo ones are fun and oversized.

    And Rainbow popsicle sticks add a little flair and color to your projects.

    Too, standard popsicle sticks the backbone of most diy stem projects.

    More STEM Resources

    If you want to put together a STEM kit for your young scientists, mathematicians, or  engineers to tinker with these are a few more great items you might want  to add to your supplies.

    First, look at these LED lights.

    Next, add copper tape.

    Too, rubber bands are important.

    Binder clips, rulers, pipe cleaners and lithium batteries.

    National STEM Day - Popsicle Sticks for Creative DIY STEM Projects

    Finally, look at these STEM ideas.

    13 Fantastic Popsicle Stick STEM Activities

    1. Medieval Catapult. Try this Medieval catapult using the oversized jumbo craft sticks, catapults are a great lesson in force, mass, and acceleration.
    2. 100 Brilliant STEM Activities Using Everyday Items.
    3. STEM: Build a Da Vinci Parachute Activity
    4. Popsicle Stick Chain Reaction. Teach your child about potential energy turning into kinetic energy and chain reactions by giving them the tools they need to create an exploding chain reaction.
    5. Popsicle Stick Gears. These are a great way to learn about mechanical concepts, simple machines, motion and force. This is a great basic project to use as a springboard for more advanced activities.
    6. Craft Stick Crossbow. Not only is this tiny crossbow fun but it teaches physics lessons in force, energy, motion, trajectory and projectiles.
    7. Rubber Band Powered Boat. Launch this lesson on potential energy on the water. Popsicle sticks and rubber bands are all you need.
    8. STEM and Geography: How to Build an Ancient Viking Ship
    9. Rubber Band Powered Car. Same concept but on firm ground rather than the water. Use the stored potential energy in the tightly round rubber band to launch a car
    10. LED Flashlight. Explore circuits, positive and negative charges,
    11. Newton’s Cradle. What a fun way to learn about kinetic energy with Newton’s Third Law of Motion. “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Kids love that clickety clack perpetual motion
    12. Truss Bridge With Craft Sticks, The STEM activity of building bridges gives your child a hands-on opportunity to learn about engineering through weight distribution, gravity, changing loads, and tension.
    13. STEM Ferris Wheel. Enjoy a turn on a popsicle stick ferris wheel that introduces axles, problem solving, creating symmetrical sides, and engineering with a fun activity.