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Ancient Egypt had fascinating cultural customs, and mummification was a popular one that many children learn about in school. One way to teach students about mummification is to do a mummy project. Making a mummy is a fun way for students to learn and use their imagination.

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an image of a man's body surrounded by toys and other things on the table

A friend asked me if I could gather some ideas for the unit she was about to do on the ancient Egyptians. I enjoyed it so much (I know I’m weird 😂) I thought I would share it incase it’…

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For the past month of so we have been investigating how the Egyptians made the pyramids and why they mummified ther dead. To get our minds around this concept we got our hands involved. The following is a short post documenting the fun we had making a paper mache' mummy. The first step was to find a cheap "doll" to wrap. the doll had to fit into the paper sarcophoguses we had already made. I found a $1.25 orange action figure that was just the right size if we popped off his cheaply made…

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Life Size Paper Mache Sarcophagus : Each year my 6th grade art students will study a unit over ancient Egypt in their history class. Their enthusiasm and eagerness to learn all things about Egypt inspired me to create this life size paper mache sarcophagus and mummy (mummy instruction…

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I mentioned several weeks ago that we were making a papier mache mummy case as a project for our Ancient Egyptian studies ~ but I never posted a picture. Jason was very proud of this one. It turned out great, and wasn't hard to do. We used a balloon and bunched up newspapers, secured with masking tape, to make the basic form of the body, then wrapped it all with strips of newspaper dipped into a flour & water paste. We did 2 layers, for strength. When it was dry, we drew the basic features…

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The ancient Egyptians had a series of elaborate rituals used to embalm their dead. The most elaborate rituals of all were used on deceased Pharaohs to show respect and prepare them for the afterlife. To make your own mummy at home, wrap a...

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