Wax museum project

One of our favorite events to do with our students each year is our biography wax museum! We see the tired but proud smiles on the students' faces after they finish sharing their hard work, and it always reminds us what a great experience it really is.

If you've always wanted to host a Biography Wax Museum for your students and parents, this is the ultimate step by step blog post to get your started!

Every year I look forward to the Wax Museum! It’s not just how darn cute the kids look, or how much the parents oooh and ahhh over what a great event it is, (we all need those pats on the back) but it’s the fact that I know how much the kids have gotten out […]

How to host a living wax museum at your school! We all have research standards, writing standards, and speaking/listening standards that can be taken care of with this project. Having students write speeches and present in front of an audience is not only meeting standards but it also an important life skill.

Follow these steps and use our downloadable templates to create a wax museum classroom activity you’ll be excited to repeat year after year!

For the past several weeks, the fourth-graders in Shanna Dschaak’s classroom at Whitewood Elementary School have been involved in a living wax museum project.

Every year all of our 5th graders participate in our school's Wax Museum program. It is seriously one of the highlights of the entire school year! Here's a run down of how things work: -Students choose a biography on a famous American. -They read the book and complete the American Hero book report. -They design a poster, create a costume, and memorize information about their hero. -For the Wax Museum, the students bring all their stuff and set up in the gym. -We invite our school, parents…

Abraham Lincoln. Wax museum school project.

Ava's 3rd grade Sacagawea Living Wax Museum Board.