CASTLE project - MATERIALS LIST

CASTLE PROJECT: MATERIALS LIST

POSSIBLE or SUGGESTED MATERIALS (not all will be used)

__  Cereal Boxes (walls/outer structures)

__  Paper towel or toilet paper cardboard rolls (towers)

__  circular oatmeal containers

__   dry food boxes such as pop tarts or the like

__  Yogurt containers or small aluminum 8-16oz cans

__  Egg cartons (tops of towers)

__  1-quart and 2-quart milk or juice cartons (towers/walks)

__  plastic jar tops

__  Cardboard boxes, including shoeboxes

__  Balsa Wood or extremely thin board, if you don’t like cardboard

__  Foam Blocks (you can carve into shapes & paint)

__  Sewing thread spindles

__  Popsicle Sticks (for trebuches or portcullis)

__  Yarn or shoe laces  (window bars or portcullis bars)

__  Shishkabob skewers

__  Cotton balls  (bushes/trees?)

__  Que-tips

__ Glue (your call on glue gun or other types of glue)

__ Paints (optional.  Model paint or other paints, up to you)

__ Glitter (well, if you HAVE to...)

__ Thin plywood base or strong cardboard for frame/foundation

     (you can use what you think works best, is manageable and you

     can carry)

• MANY, IF NOT ALL, OF YOUR CASTLES WILL BE ON DISPLAY IN OUR LIBRARY.  THE REALLY LARGE CASTLES WILL VERY LIKELY HAVE TO STAY IN CLASS.

• STRIVE TO KEEP THE SIZE OF YOUR CASTLE  AROUND OR SMALLER THAN TWO SCHOOL DESKS PLACED TOGETHER.

• CASTLES SHOULD HAVE IDENTIFYING BANNERS.  WE WILL CREATE  IN CLASS TABLE TENT OR INFORMATION CARDS FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES.