Friday, June 12, 2009

SOTW Projects - Ch 4

The Old Kingdom of Egypt

Suggestions:
Make a chicken mummy

Make scented oil: Fill jar to top with spices. Add baby or cooking oil. Set in sun for 1 week - shake 2-3x per day. Drain the oil. Repeat steps for stronger scent. Use as perfume or in mummification.

Make canopic jars

Make a sand cube (or sugar cube) pyramid- mix sand w/ glue until it forms a thick firm moldable mixture. Spread 3/4" thick. Let set 30-45 min (not completely dried). Cut into 3/4" squares. Let dry for 24 hrs. Make a pyramid w/ 25 blocks on bottom and 55 blocks total.

What We Did:
We mummified one of the kids - following ALL the steps.
We built two pyramids from 55 legos and 55 wooden blocks.
We used BAKER's CLAY to make canopic jar toppers to store our organs from the mummification process.

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