This is crazy, but it just might work (school projecct)

[bas71873]

DD7 (second grade) has to build a 3D model of an Eastern Woodland Indian longhouse. I wonder if we could create the "base" of the longhouse using graham crackers and the gingerbread house icing (dyed brown) and then cover that structure with popsicle sticks or toothpicks and then with "grass" (I'll find some fake grass looking stuff somewhere) and poof, longhouse?

Any other thoughts or creative ideas?

 

[hereyago]

Hi my neighbor to the North, I live in Newport News.

Ok, DD did a Powhatan longhouse in 3rd grade. If it is on the small scale: Take either a empty toilet paper roll or paper towel roll (shorten it)Cut it in half, wala, longhouse. She had to cover the big openings with brown construction paper.Cut for the appropriate openings.


hopefully other Dis'ers will have some other ideas. DD's had to be on a small scale that covered, how they lived, how they got food.

Good luck to your DD I am sure she will do a great job.

 

[Magic Mom]

DD7 (second grade) has to build a 3D model of an Eastern Woodland Indian longhouse. I wonder if we could create the "base" of the longhouse using graham crackers and the gingerbread house icing (dyed brown) and then cover that structure with popsicle sticks or toothpicks and then with "grass" (I'll find some fake grass looking stuff somewhere) and poof, longhouse?

Any other thoughts or creative ideas?

Why not just use real sticks from outside. Easy, free and realistic looking. Plus your DD can gather them which gives her a larger role to play.

 

[Kath816]

How about pretzel logs? OR Lincoln logs?

 

[bas71873]

Hi my neighbor to the North, I live in Newport News.

Ok, DD did a Powhatan longhouse in 3rd grade. If it is on the small scale: Take either a empty toilet paper roll or paper towel roll (shorten it)Cut it in half, wala, longhouse. She had to cover the big openings with brown construction paper.Cut for the appropriate openings.


hopefully other Dis'ers will have some other ideas. DD's had to be on a small scale that covered, how they lived, how they got food.

Good luck to your DD I am sure she will do a great job.

HI. I actually grew up in Hampton so I'm down that way all the time. GREAT idea. Thanks!

 

[bas71873]

Why not just use real sticks from outside. Easy, free and realistic looking. Plus your DD can gather them which gives her a larger role to play.

ooh, a combo of this along with the paper towel roll for the shape...might be on to something here

 

[hereyago]

How about pretzel logs? OR Lincoln logs?

Dang, now I want some pretzels.