Holiday History Crafts for Kids
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 was a time when the “world turned upside down”, meaning masters would serve their slaves. The celebration ran from December 17th to 23rd.
These honey cookies were a traditional Roman cookie that could be made very simply with common household items. To make the cookies and learn more:
Crossbow Candy Canes
The crossbow were created by the Chinese and later used by the Greeks in the 4th century BCE. In the ancient world, crossbows were NOT the weapon of choice. Most armies would have traditional bowmen. The crossbow was remodeled to be more practical and became more popular in the crusades.
Learn more about ancient crossbows and find out how to turn your candy canes into one. Bonus, we teach you to make marshmello arrows!
The Yuletide starts on the winter solstice and runs until New Year’s Day. So you can even make this fun craft after Christmas.
In the Viking Age, honey mead was a fermented (alcoholic) drink that was served at special occasions. Imagine Vikings in the great mead halls in the dead of winter celebrating the Yule with a few “horns” full of mead. Yes, it seems that Vikings did drink mead out of horns but NOT skulls!
Neolithic means “new” “stone” and is the term we use to describe the late stone age period. This is the time period when Stonehenge was build. It is believed the people who at the henge ate these ancient fruit pies. Try making this interesting dish from English Heritage and go back in time.
