In Social Studies we're learning about Ancient Egypt. This week students in my class made their own papyrus by soaking strips of cheap yellow paper in a flour and water mixture. They overlapped strips horizontally and then vertically.
They figured out what they wanted to say in English and then tried to find the Egyptian hieroglyphs. They did a rough copy and then transferred it to the papyrus in pencil.
They then went over the pencil using India ink and food colouring. In the past, I've let the kids make their own colouring by crushing berries, but that adds a lot of extra time and mess to the activity. The colours are not as bold either.
This student used some silver paint. The pieces were terrific in the end. I'll try to take a picture of our bulletin board when the artwork is up. This activity was super cheap and packed with learning. I hope to have the students mummify fruit in January.
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