"Making Your Journal Book"

Materials: White typing paper or other lightweight paper,
Tools: crayons, watercolors or markers, black ink pens, hole puncher, and shoelace or yarn
Procedure:
Take about 10 sheets of typing paper and fold in half. Then take the hole puncher and put eight holes or less evenly spaced on the side of the paper where the spine is. Then "stitch" with your shoelace or yarn to bind them together. Remember to make a cover for your journal. Have fun!

"Heraldic Shield"
Materials: corrugated cardboard, acrylic paint, glue
Tools: brushes, scissors/craft knife
You can design your own heraldic crest based on your name (first, last or combination of the two). Some names might have an obvious meaning, such as Shoemaker or Miller. You can research what your name means, or you can look up your family coat of arms at: , or use something from your cultural background and base your design on it. If you want you can simply make up your own designs of what you think is the meaning to your name. If your home country or parents is not the United States of America, you could include things of your journey to the U.S.A., for example an airplane or boat. Heraldry is a concise story in pictures telling the history of a person or their family, and the theme you pick should reflect this. This was the way that storytelling and the recording of history took place in Medieval Times, through pictures rather than words.
Cut out a basic shield shape. Cut out some larger design elements and glue them onto the main surface. Two or three layers can be built up this way. Final details are then to be painted on. This project again involves assembling shapes to create an overall design, but instead of a flat surface, this creates a three-dimensional one. The project also involves using paint and brush.

"Stained Glass"

Materials: paper sheets, at least 40x30cm (experiment with various textures)
Tools: crayons and/or pastels (these can be used together to see the different effects each has on the surface)
Procedure: The paper can be cut into a cathedral window shape if desired, or left as is. Using a black crayon, and starting anywhere on the paper, draw a continuous line, using curves and/or straight lines. These shapes are then filled in with color. Try to use the primary colors like: red, blue, yellow, green, orange and violet.
Comments: You can go to the Gallery to get an idea of stained glass done in Medieval Times.

"Another Way To Make A Stained Glass"

Materials: Transparency paper
Tools: permanent markers, pencils, glue(If using tissue paper)
Procedure:
Draw a design based on a stained glass window. Place a sheet of transparency over the design and using a black marker, trace the outlines of shapes. Then fill the spaces using colored markers.

Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry

People of the Middle ages were great lovers of poetry and legends. As they could not read, a storyteller or recitalist of verses was very popular. Wandering musicians, poets and storytellers, known as troubadours, traveled through the land entertaining lords and ladies with tales of love, chivalrous deeds and the bravery of knights.

Many castles had troubadour of its own who resided there and entered guests after dinner. The troubadour accompanied himself on the lute or some other musical instrument. Recitals of romantic tales and lengthy poems centered around the name of a favorite hero were especially popular. King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest and Saint George and the Dragon were particularly favorite subjects.

Bands played for special religious feast days, such as Christmas, Easter, and Corpus Christi, at trade fairs, civic ceremonies, royal occasions, banquets, affairs of state, and university functions.

More Songs and Poetry

Would You Like To Sing a Ballad?

"Oo-de-lally"