Viking Boats & Gear (c) 2012 Weekly Earth Based Spiritual Studies ( WEBSS) Rayne Storm / www.theMagickal Cauldron.com (TMC) Viking Boats .... You’ll Need: (per boat) • pattern for viking ship (see end pages of this file) • 1 empty cereal box (use the pattern to check the box size) -AND- a piece of printer paper • sissors, white school glue, clothspins, duck tape • two bendable straws, paints, paint brushes Now, from the outer edge of the narrow side... cut up to and remove the Yellow triangle - on both ends. (The triangle goes in one inch). Fold on the orange line (it runs down the center of the narrow side). Cut off a BLUE tab from the sides of the viking ship. When you are done it should look like image ( 2 ). Instructions: Read through instructions before beginning. Image numbers are in ( ) and correspond with instructions. First, Print off and cut out the viking pattern page. 2 1 ( 1 ) First things first, you need to open your cereal box and lay it flat. Open it at the side and bottom - unsealing the glued edges that hold it together. Cut off the one narrow side of the box and set it aside (see image - reddish area to the left hand side). Glue /tape the two halves of the viking ship together. Then trace the pattern onto the cardboard box, as represented in GREEN in the image. The bottom of the ship should run along the edge of the remaining narrow side of the box - make sure to flip the pattern over to trace the other side of the boat so that the heads are both in the same direction. That narrow side will be the bottom of the boat. Cut out your viking ship BUT DO NOT CUT ON THE NARROW SIDE (at least not yet). ( 3 ) Bring the sides of the boat up - with the inside of the box facing outwards. The fold (the on the narrow edge should come up into the inside of the boat). Fold the tabs inward and apply duct tape on the inside. Then add glue to the crack/opening that shows on the outside edge - hold it in place with clothspins until it dries. Repeat on other side of boat. Apply glue to the back side of the head of the boat and the tail of boat and once again hold again in place with clothspins. Allow to dry for a few hours before removing clothspins. If edges don’t stay closed/together... apply more glue and clothspin again ... or you can staple it closed but that leaves sharp edges if you have small kids. When you are done it should look like ( 3 ). Now is the time to paint the outside of your viking ship. 3 (c) 2012 Weekly Earth Based Spiritual Studies ( WEBSS) Rayne Storm / www.theMagickal Cauldron.com (TMC) Viking Boats and Gear ........ page 2 4 ( 4 ) Put the mast together. With the narrow side you cut off and set aside cut off two sections at 4” each. Fold in each end by 1” . Poke a hole in the center of both sections. Add your bendable straw through one of those pieces bend the section of the straw and lay it flat against the bottom - secure it in place with tape. Stack the other 4” piece on top of the other one - Secure the stack together with tape on the sides. 6 mark... and then make another mark 1/2” each from there. With a depth of 1/4 inch make two little rectangles. Cut out rectangles. Unfold paper and paint your sail. Allow to dry before attaching to mast. ( 7 ) Fold Paper Sail over mast. Slide each end of the straws through the holes and center the sail onto the straw mast. Glue the two lower corners of the sail and if necessary use the clothspins again to secure it until it dries. Now, Place your mast (as shown in image 4) - into the ship. Center it and Secure it into place with glue and / or tape. 5 ( 5 ) Cut the other straw to 6” - cutting off the bendable section. Center it ontop of the other straw and secure with tape. ( 6 ) Create the Sail. From the sheet of printer paper - cut out a rectangle to the size of 9” by 6”. Fold paper in half (see image). Go over 1” from each end and make a 7 Viking Boats and Gear ........ page 3 Rayne Storm / www.theMagickal Cauldron.com (TMC) Now, cut out the round circles / the shields from the pattern page. Trace onto scrap pieces of the cereal box - 3 to 4 shields per side of the boat. Paint your shields before glueing them into place on the side of the boat. 8 (c) 2012 Weekly Earth Based Spiritual Studies ( WEBSS) ( 8 ) ** Your viking ship is now complete!! ** Viking SHIELD & SWORD .... you use the duct tape to hold down the straps keep the tape to the back side of the shield... any that over hangs can be cut off afterwards. • As for the sword - the blade is about 2” across and the length will vary depending on your preference (just note the longer, the sword the more flexible and bendy it becomes) ... the one shown is about 17” from end to end. Mark it out on the cardboard and cut out. • Use the duct tape and/or paint your sword. You’ll Need: (per set) • cardboard, duct tape and paint SIMPLE VIKING HELMET Instructions: • Using a large pot lid (or the pencil and string trick) make a large circle about 12-13 inches in diamater onto a piece of cardboard. Cut out. • Paint the circle on one side or both. • On the unpainted side or back side of your shield add your arm straps. (see image for the suggested placement of straps). Make the straps by sticking two long pieces of duct tape together - sticky side to sticky side. The length will need to be longer then the diameter of the circle, plus inches to allow for the childs arm to slip through and about an inch or so more to attach down the strap to the circle. When You’ll Need: (per helmet) • cardboard and duct tape (silver duct tape is best) Viking Boats and Gear (c) 2012 Weekly Earth Based Spiritual Studies ( WEBSS) Rayne Storm / www.theMagickal Cauldron.com (TMC) ........ page 4 Instructions: • Using a pencil mark out strips of carboard in a width that is 1/4” less than the width of your duct tape. Using 2 - 3 strips, make a band that fits nicely around your childs head. Use the duct tape to secure the ends together. • With the band on your childs head measure from the bottom of the band - up over the top of their head - to the bottom edge of the other side of the band. You will need two more pieces of cardboard in the same width as before, only this time you will need the two strips in the length you just measured. Cover both sides of those strips with duct tape. • Trace out the pattern for the HORNS onto cardboard and cut out. You will need 2 for each helmet - a left and a right). Cover both sides of the horns also with duct tape. Cut off the excess duct tape. • Add one horn to one side of the band. Attach with duct tape on the front and back side of the horn. Find the exact opposite point on the other side of the band to attach the other horn. • On the inside of the band attach your first strap - on the inside location of where you attached the horns. Secure in place with duct tape. • Find the two points in between the horns to attach the other strap. (should line up with the center of their forehead). Secure in place with duct tape. • Do a fitting to make sure their helmet fits comfortably. • Now cover the inside and outside of the band with duct tape - going around the horns. ** Your viking GEAR is now complete!! ** HORN pattern for VIKING HELMET TAB Rayne Storm / www.theMagickal Cauldron.com (TMC) (c) 2012 Weekly Earth Based Spiritual Studies ( WEBSS) HEAD of VIKING SHIP TAIL of VIKING SHIP (c) 2012 Weekly Earth Based Spiritual Studies ( WEBSS) (c) 2012 Weekly Earth Based Spiritual Studies ( WEBSS) SHIELD pattern for Viking Ship TAB