School project help needed- making a castle

[Patio]

My DS needs to make a castle for school. Can anyone point me to any websites for ideas? He can use any items he'd like and it can be any size. I keep seeing only 1 using a cardboard box. Thanks for any help!

 

[freckles and boo]

I love Model Magic. I think it is made by Crayola. It is a foamy, sculptable clay that air dries in 24 hours. It is easy to work with and comes in lots of colors. If he wants the castle to have texture this is a fun product.

 

[ntburns22]

In middle school I made one out of sugar cubes.

 

[RobinMarie]

My boss made a castle cake recently using a pan he got from Williams Sonoma

Here's one on Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Ware-5...r_1/105-9994311-2430815?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden

 

[Feralpeg]

DD had to do this a few years back. She used cardboard and it took forever. She worked very hard. The girl that got the best grade made her castle out of pop cans. She super glued the cans together and spray painted it. It was very sturdy and looked really cool.

 

[arielsleepingbeauty]

There is a castle cake on Family fun website. I made one for my daughter's birthday. He doesn't necessarily have to make a cake, but could use similar ideas.

 

[Annette_VA]

http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=11227

 

[rt2dz]

ideas for making a castle:
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/birthday/mcastle.html

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/castle.htm

http://www.make-stuff.com/kids/cardboard_castle.html

http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/castle.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Boxcastle.shtml

http://www.4to40.com/activities/artcraft/index.asp?article=activities_artcraft_castlemaking

http://www.ehow.com/how_11409_make-gingerbread-castle.html

You could also go to Michaels/Hobby Lobby and buy a Wilton castle pan and "bake" a castle.

ETA--go get a sandbox castle mold and use moon sand (keeps its shape). Maybe you can also spray paint it with some type of epoxy to double check that it keeps its shape. Moonsand even comes in colors!!

 

[Lanshark]

I had a student that made one out of sugar cubes that were glued together then painted.

 

[Spoodleink]

In middle school I made one out of sugar cubes.

me too. I used a spray bottle with watered down gray paint to make it look more like stone.

 

[brasswillow]

This is a paper model of a castle from papertoys.com. When I made it it took about five hours to cut it all out and glue it together. http://papertoys.com/neuschwanstein-castle.htm

 

[Patio]

Thanks for all of the great ideas!

 

[Chuck S]

How about a cardboard box base, and tubes from paper towels and TP for towers? Those pointy paper cup things like they use for snow cones could be the tower caps.