Great Medieval Projects: You Can Build Yourself

We are homeschoolers and this was bought to be added to our curriculum. The projects are great and the kids really enjoyed making them. The information is also great. This was a great supplement to some other things we were using and I highly recommend.

This is a great little book with lots of fun and interesting facts about the medieval period. I feel the projects were a bit weak, but overall the book might inspire a child or student to learn more and perhaps discover, or create, even better medieval projects to build.The projects range from simple recipes to a fairly complex helmet made from plaster of Paris. Many of the projects can be made with materials at hand. The instructions for the projects are somewhat sparse, so additional guidance might be required for younger children who are not skilled at crafting. On the plus side, a lack of details allows more creativity and there is no pressure to make it look "just like the picture". The marshmallow cannon was a particular disappointment, nothing more than a marshmallow shooter (i.e. blowgun) made from PVC pipe, not even vaguely cannon-like.So if you are just looking for medieval projects to build, skip this book and search out the many more interesting and detailed medieval projects available on-line.

This book was a nice surprise because it is basically a Medieval information book for kids which happens to include projects (so if you're looking for a big project book, keep moving). I counted around 17 projects and 7 recipes in 120 pages of information. The information is just enough to keep a kids interest, rather than overload, and several of the topics have an accompanying project or recipe. I plan to use it for my 4th graders, but I can see most projects being useful from 2-5 grade (ages 7-11 or even older because of the recipes).

Exactly what I ordered. Thank you.

The book takes a very Victorian view on history and leaves women out or seriously downplays their role in the Middle Ages. If you are looking for a gender balanced history & fun craft book this is not it. This is probably due to when it was written as that was conventional history at that time.Several of the projects don't work so be prepared to make adjustments or have a disappointed child (or just don't show them the finished picture in the book). On the plus side, most of these projects are very flexible and can be done with dollar store materials or things you have on hand, and they don't take a long time.

Not only do you get wonderful projects with this book, but it also gives a nice view of history during that time period with small bits of how things were in that period. It comes with step by step instructions as well as pictures, vocabulary for each chapter. We are enjoying this book during our Middle Ages Unit. We are also using this along side Project Middle Ages by Homeschool in the Woods, which you can find at (...).homeschoolinthewoods.com and Knights and Castles by Williamson publishing

We have yet to do any of the projects in this book but have just read the chapters. I was not expected so much information in a project book.

Fun book with directions so clear that my 9 & 11 year old can do most of the projects by themselves!I wasn't sure about this book when I read the reviews so I checked it out from the library. I bought it within days because I just knew it would be a book that racked up fines!