Pyramid activities for kids

Over the summer holidays, I've joined together with a group of bloggers to bring you weekly craft and play ideas using simple supplies from around the home or garden. We're starting with sticks (either sticks

Building a pyramid out of paper cups is a crazy cheap and great STEM activity for preschoolers. This kids activity took a lot of problem solving and collaboration, too!

I love subjects that are equally awe inspiring to grown-ups and kids alike... like Egyptian architecture.

This experiment is all about making a marshmallow pyramid, whilst learning about the pyramids, engineering, and geometry! Click through to our website for a kit list, method steps, curriculum links, and a video guide! We used this activity for our 'Ancient Egypt' theme on Let's Go Live (our live family science show on YouTube). #education #science #scienceforkids #engineering #invention #scienceactivityforkids #ancientegypt #pyramid #marshamallowpyramid

A funny thing happened the other night. My husband was watching a documentary on TV about the pyramids. Our 4 year old daughter climbed up on the couch and sat with him to see what he was watching and almost immediately became fascinated by it. She was mesmerized. She asked question after question and was repeating some […]

Celebrate King Tut Day with 10 Fun Ancient Egypt Crafts for kids – Mummies, pyramids, Pharoah’s headgear, jewelry, Hieroglyphics, and more!

Takes two classes. 1st class: Element of Art: form - build a 3d form called pyramid and color with crayons. 2nd class: paint the desert and incorporate the pyramid in the desert - talk about Egypt/Egito, colors of the desert . Work on the vocabulary also.

Cultures throughout much of history built pyramids. Because of this, most children learn about pyramids several times over the course of their school years. A popular school project is for students to make model pyramids of their own. Making a realistic pyramid model for a class project can be easy and inexpensive.

DIY Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Template - PDF is free to print.

Here are a bunch of creative 3D pyramid model and craft ideas for your kids to get ideas from! Usually in school Egypt is a unit study.

Why not learn about Ancient Egypt by creating your very own small world? This play tray was very quick and simple to do. Create some moulding sand using our recipe from the Twinkl website. Challenge your children to make some pyramids using the sand- they could use a pyramid-shaped mould or maybe encourage them to sculpt the shapes themselves.

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Shemos- Building pyramids

The last ancient Egypt craft that I will be sharing this week is our printable pyramid template. This craft actually makes a 3-D pyramid! Lorelai took her time and made a pyramid with bricks and a

Another volcano/pyramid activity, this time using straws. This was lots of fun, we'll be doing it again tomorrow and trying out other 3D sha...

This hands-on activity to explore pyramids turned into a wonderful exploration of geometric structures.