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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Pan, the Greek God of Nature.


So the 6th graders in our community always do something fun in Social Studies called :The Zeus Debates.
When Mrs. Klein teaches the topic about Ancient Greece, she makes this fun way for the kids to research about the Gods and Godesses and have each kid be one of them. We got so lucky my son got Pan, half goat, half human. I have always wanted to make cardborad horns!

And this is how I used the cardboard to make it:
Cut strips and remove one of the sides of paper.

Start attaching the ends with glue to make rings.
Glue gradually smaller rings.
At one point start making a curve.
And making smaller and smaller pieces, curving the shape I needed.
We painted in gold and glued to an old reindeer tiara (antlers removed and painted in black).
The end result made me pretty happy.
Pan also have a musical instrument, we also used cardboard with the same paper rolling technique.
But after having the horn, we needed furry legs. So I cut my old leggings and sewed some yarn.
He also needed hooves, so I made in paper mache.
He had a lot of fun in that costume. And it gave him confidence to deliver his speech.
He got a cool thunder that Zeus made and delivered himself.
Happy Pan, happy mom.