Medieval Times / Cardboard Castle Building
Cardboard Castle Building
Children build castles with turrets, walls and working drawbridges from boxes, tubes and string.
How to run it
- Collect boxes and tubes in advance.
- Plan castle shapes with small groups.
- Tape tubes as turrets and cut a drawbridge flap.
- Thread string to raise and lower the drawbridge.
- Paint and decorate the finished castle.
You will need
- cardboard boxes
- cardboard tubes
- string
- masking tape
- scissors
- paint
Make it easier or harderPre-cut openings for younger children; older children can engineer a working drawbridge or portcullis.
SafetyEducators cut thick cardboard.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 4Children collaborate and solve design problems as they build.
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