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This activity was such a fun addition to our China week that I think we’re going to use it for part of our Geography Fair display! We decided to use FloraCraft Styrofoam Bricks and they worked so well, I think we’ll use them again just for fun! Are you tempted? Want to make one? Here’s how:

Supplies:

  • FloraCraft Styrofoam Bricks (I used 1 ENTIRE bag for this wall)
  • White Craft Glue
  • Foam Poster Board
  • Fake greenery
  • Cardboard (for the floor of the wall)
  • Toothpicks (to secure stairs on ends of Wall)

Directions:

STEP 1: Draw 2 parallel curved lines across your poster board and then trace over that with a strip of glue. Place blocks along curve.

STEP 2: Put another bead of glue on top of bottom layer of bricks and stagger so bricks aren’t right on top of each other. Repeat until wall is to desired height.

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STEP 3: Cut cardboard to fit curves of wall and glue on top of the brick layer.

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STEP 4: Put another layer of bricks on top of the floor (cardboard) layer. And build up castle on both ends of wall.

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Since the bricks are foam, you can cut them in half to put the smaller castle tops on each end.

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STEP 5: Let bricks dry then cut doorways in foam castles. Use toothpicks to secure bricks inside the natural stair form created from staggering each layer of bricks when making the wall.

STEP 6: Glue fake greenery to edges of wall for decoration.

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STEP 7: Test out your wall with various figurines, then take it to your Geography Fair for display!

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Click here to see the rest of our China Activities!

Click here to learn more about the Expedition Earth Geography curriculum!

85 Comments

  1. This is so cool! When I saw the pic in your original post, I thought you used sugar cubes. We will HAVE to do this! Our homeschool group is having International Night this year and I was planning to do Ukraine because we have some Ukrainian things that our missionary friends have given us, but this is just too cool not to do!

  2. Wonder if Hobby Lobby or Michaels has these bricks? I purchased your Expedition book because it looks like so much fun. Can't wait to get started, just have to wait for my books to come in.Thanks so much for your wonderful ideas!

  3. I love this! We are doing Ancient China later in our school year. I had a paper wall created. I admit while I was looking forward to it, I was dreading the printing I was going to do. This is going to not only be an awesome project but a sanity saver.

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