18 Jul 2020
by Dartmoor National Park

Family Workshop Online

Join Andy for an interactive online family craft workshop to make a model Bronze Age dagger out of junk.

We’ll be using scrap card from the recycling bin and things that you should have lying around at home to make a model of the Hameldown Dagger discovered in 1872 in a Bronze Age Burial Cairn.

This was a Facebook Live event but can be watch on Youtube here

This is a list of what you will need  to make the model Hameldown Dagger.

  1. Basic craft kit- scissors, sellotape, glue- prittstick or pva(school) glue or double sided sticky tape, pencil or pen
  2. Thin card from a packet like a cereal box
  3. Corrugated card -thin enough to cut with scissors- like a home delivery box
  4. Garden twine for handle (optional)
  5. Brass paper fasteners for decoration (optional)
  6. Thin stick similar to barbeque skewer about 15cm long
  7. Tin foil to wrap the blade
  8. Red or orange paint and brush for handle

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