My oldest, Gavin is learning about the Revolutionary Way in his 4th grade class. They were told to re-create one of the battles in some sort of visual way, and he chose to do a diorama of the Battle of Trenton. My dad loves this sort of thing (and he is really really good at it), so Tristan and I were more than happy to have him help Gavin with it:)
They used real rocks, tree limbs, and twigs, and created the snow using dry wall mud and canned “snow”. The houses are made out of styrofoam, and each of the soldiers were hand-painted by Gavin and I (here’s what they looked like “before”). We considered using the regular army guys that you can buy at the dollar store, but they weren’t the correct period, and well, we can’t be having that! ;)
I just love all of the attention to detail that they put in. Each soldier was placed in a specific way. Each rock wall was built pebble by pebble. It turned out so much better than I ever imagined! Thanks Dad for all of your help – you are a genius! And Gavin, you did an amazing job – so proud of your hard work!
Stormie
Oct 23, 2012 -
It turned out so good!! Dad IS brilliant at this kind of stuff – I remember so many projects he helped me with. I think the last one was a 2 foot tall model of the Globe Theatre in London. My teacher liked it so much she wanted to keep it…I’m pretty sure a lot of my projects are still in classrooms…love it!
mom
Oct 23, 2012 -
It is WONDERFUL and I even enjoyed just watching them work together, working out the construction problems together. Very cool!
Elise
Oct 23, 2012 -
So cool!! Great job Gavin and Uncle Dave :)
heather
Oct 23, 2012 -
Wow! The look on Gavin’s face says it all. A work of art, & the memories they made are priceless. That is soooo precious!
Chyrl
Oct 24, 2012 -
Great job, Gavin. You are one terrific kid and I love you so much. Wish I could have been there to join in the fun.
donna
Nov 16, 2014 -
we loved your son’s project, what did he use for the figures?