Teaching Kids History and Mythology with Crafts
By Hali photographer? Or museum? Artwork by unknown Chinese weaver – The Long Long, Liong, Loong or Lung are several names for the snake-like dragon from Chinese Mythology. These dragons have four small legs, the tail of a snake, the muzzle of a dog, the horns of a deer, the eyes of lobster, the mane […]
What is the Viking Rune? “Runes Bag” by Nathaniel_U is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 First of all there is no such thing as a Viking Rune, they are actually Norse Runes. You see Vikings are just a subgroup of Norsemen who turned pirate raider. Now that we got that out of the way, it […]
At MythologyCrafts.com we love holidays of any kind ancient or recent and from ANYWHERE in the world. We have assembled some of our best winter crafts and goodies here. So check it and and enjoy some creative time with the family this year! Saturnalia Cookies Saturnalia was a celebration of the god Saturn and it […]
At MythologyCrafts, we are always looking for fun ways to engage with history and Christmas time is a perfect occasion to serve up some playful and educational fun! Check out this list of our top 10 Christmas Gifts. Stonehenge: About 3100 BCE The Stonehenge Nanoblocks Set: £20 Create your own 3-D model of Stonehenge with this […]
Native American: Ring and Pin Game Craft Rules of ring and Pin As you can see in the photo above, the ring and stick game is pretty simple. This was a game commonly played by children and women. The object is move the stick so that ring is tossed into the air. Then the player […]
Fun, easy, educational craft. Make your own clay Cerberus, three-headed dog of the Underworld. Learn about Greek Myths. Great for kids and home school.
“Quetzalcoatl” by Travis S. is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 Who were the Mayans? The Mayans are a group of people who lived in the Yucatan Peninsula in what is today Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. They inhabited the area for more than one thousand years and were most powerful between 250 and 900 AD. Like […]
Although ancient peoples did not have phones or electronics like us, they still wanted to be entertained and wanted to play quick and easy games. In the past we have explored games played in ancient Rome– like Rota, the Roman version of Tic-Tac-Toe. Now, we will take a look at Native American games played by […]
Cleopatra’s Snake — An easy bead craft Cleopatra could be considered one of the most famous Egyptian pharaohs. But guess what? She was not ethnically Egyptian. Cleopatra was actually Greek! She was a descendant of Ptolemy, who was one of Alexander the Great’s main military advisors. When Alexander the Great died, his empire was divided […]
The heavens and underworld that the Cahokians and other Native American tribes in the area believed in were less related to death rituals, like the underworld of the Greek and Roman cultures. These are not heaven and hell in a Christian sense. Instead, we might think of them as more like realms related to where […]