Our Greek masks. They did the first two on the bottom. The upper two are less authentic characters.




Greek Armor. I was please with the helmets in particular.

thanks for sharing the photos, they inspire me to do more than just the reading, but to let the kids have fun w/ it! My son would love this
kim

How did you make the armour? Was it from a book? My son is DYING for it!

Lesli

Great costumes!

Vanessa
(Pondering the idea of leading and having my son help me in leading a local history coop for Yr 1)

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Originally posted by never-tease-a-weasel:
How did you make the armour? Was it from a book? My son is DYING for it!

Lesli

The helmets and leg grieves cam from Spend the Day in Ancient Greece The grieves were made following the directions and then sprayed with bronze spray paint.

The helmets used popcorn buckets (which I found on line). Paint buckets only came in 1 quart which was too small. I used masking tape instead of duct tape on the dome of the helmet. BUT I think next time I'll use either a piece of aluminum foil or fabric and hold it down at the rim with tape.

Also, I would suggest getting a dark brown spray paint for the first coat and then using the bronze paint which did not cover well. Make sure you buy the spray paint made to go on plastic if you go for the shields.

Finally, the shields were those round snow disc/saucers. They drew a design on the paper side of contact paper and then cut it out and applied it to the shield. If you use two different spray paints. I'd put the design on after the brown coat. Then peel it off when all coats are dry.