This activity was such a fun addition to our China week that I think we’re going to use it for part of our Geography Fair display! We decided to use FloraCraft Styrofoam Bricks and they worked so well, I think we’ll use them again just for fun! Are you tempted? Want to make one? Here’s how:
Supplies:
- FloraCraft Styrofoam Bricks (I used 1 ENTIRE bag for this wall)
- White Craft Glue
- Foam Poster Board
- Fake greenery
- Cardboard (for the floor of the wall)
- Toothpicks (to secure stairs on ends of Wall)
Directions:
STEP 1: Draw 2 parallel curved lines across your poster board and then trace over that with a strip of glue. Place blocks along curve.
STEP 2: Put another bead of glue on top of bottom layer of bricks and stagger so bricks aren’t right on top of each other. Repeat until wall is to desired height.
STEP 3: Cut cardboard to fit curves of wall and glue on top of the brick layer.
STEP 4: Put another layer of bricks on top of the floor (cardboard) layer. And build up castle on both ends of wall.
Since the bricks are foam, you can cut them in half to put the smaller castle tops on each end.
STEP 5: Let bricks dry then cut doorways in foam castles. Use toothpicks to secure bricks inside the natural stair form created from staggering each layer of bricks when making the wall.
STEP 6: Glue fake greenery to edges of wall for decoration.
STEP 7: Test out your wall with various figurines, then take it to your Geography Fair for display!
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This is great. Do you only purchase one set of the foam blocks or did you need more than one?
Anonymous: Yes, I used 1 box of craft blocks, but we used them ALL! Do don't waste any! That's why I'm going to have to get some more, they wanted to play with them for fun and we didn't have any left.
How many Block’s was in the box’s looks great, bu
t how expensive was it.
Its not very expensive and it is a pretty large box! My Daughter is doing this project for a social studies project in school, and she LOVES it!!!
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this is a great addition to a china study! 🙂 we will be doing one this year, so I can't wait to include this! 🙂
this is a great addition to a china study! 🙂 we will be doing one this year, so I can't wait to include this! 🙂
I homeschool 2 daughters adopted from China…I am loving these posts! I cannot wait to make The Great Wall! While in China, my daughter (age 3) at the time referred to it as the Great Steps of China as it is pretty steep in areas and you have to climb tall steps. Keep the posts coming. I will be purchasing your geography curricula soon.
I love this!!! I want to do it for our China studies!!
Absolutely saving this one for when we do China. 🙂
LOL! I thought those were rice crispie treats! Lots and lots of rice crispy treats!Love your wall!! Great job!
wow, this is incredible!! What a fantastic wall. You've given me the idea to try a smaller version with sugar cubes sometime. 🙂