Kings & Queens: Week 2

This week we learned about castles and castle workers...and had the BEST TIME!  

After reading many books, we laid out a simple

pattern for a castle.  (FYI, we learned that

in order to qualify as a genuine castle, there

has to be a keep & a wall.  Ours were made out

of flower boxes and rolled up sleeping bags.)

Next, we began constructing a castle in detail.

Here JSS is cutting the top of the keep, which

I later turned inside out so that the writing on

the box didn't distract.  You can look for that in later photos.

Here is our keep surrounded by our protective walls, 

complete with a gate house & drawbridge.

This is going to be a project we keep adding to as

our study progresses, so check back for updates.  :)

On Thursday, we learned that oftentimes

the only glass would be in the windows of

the castle chapel, so we visited several

local churches to learn about stained glass

(as well as an online field trip watching

How It's Made: Stained Glass on youtube).

One of our fav's at a local Methodist church.

When we got home, Simon very sweetly

took over making dinner so that we could

make our own version of "stained glass"

for our castle's chapel.

And then installed those beauties.

Last thing we did this week was make our castle

exterior complete by making faux brick.