Ideas and resources
If you have any mason jars lying around your house, this is the perfect use for them! I love the use of paint on the inside, and the handprint on the outside….so beautiful in a child-like simple way. Is it bad to email this craft to my husband as a hint that I would like one? For all you kids out there, head on over to Christina’s Adventures to get the scoop on how to make one for your mom or grandmother.
Leif Erikson Day is celebrated on Oct. 9, and it’s a great time to learn more about the Vikings and why we still remember Erikson all these years later.
If you don’t know about Leif Erikson (sometimes spelled Eriksson), he’s believed to have been born in Iceland, and is considered the first European to set foot on continental America, more than 500 years before Christopher Columbus.
123 Homeschool 4 Me has a printable mini book about Leif Erikson and the Vikings for kids to read and color. It talks about who the Vikings were, what kind of ships they used, how they got to America and more. It’s a good overview for younger kids to use.
A good unit study is available from Simple Living Creative Learning, which includes a page where kids can write what they know, what they want to learn and what they learned through the unit, as well as information on the Vikings, longships, helmets, clothing and more.
Get a printable Viking unit study with reading passages, comprehension questions and other activities aimed at grades 4-8 from Creative Classroom Core at Teachers Pay Teachers. (And see more Vikings content from TPT here.)
Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus has some great unit study ideas, too, including suggested books and videos. The post includes information about the Viking voyages, society, mythology and ships, as well as some vocabulary and a list of famous Vikings. While you’re over there also check out her free printable lapbook, which includes mini books on ships, a timeline, a Viking women coloring page, draw your own Vikings, geography, ancient runes and more.
Piqolo Kids has a lesson on Viking women with (available for purchase) worksheets about a day in the life of Viking women. Even if you don’t grab the printables there’s some good resources on that page and a link to a video on Viking women.
Learn how to draw a Viking ship with instructions from Drawing How to Draw, or grab Vikings coloring and labeling worksheets from Kids Puzzles and Games.
There’s a Leif Erikson Festival annually in Norway, Michigan, which you can learn more about here.
Hi its really nice one, thanks for sharing us. I was wondering if anyone had any crafty ideas when it comes to making tags to go around the neck of my mason jar candles. I have been experimenting around with printing out tiny fold in half tags. Then hole punching and stringing around the neck of the mason. Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all so much.
a great website for printable tags is the blog http://skiptomylou.com
THANK YOU for featuring this! I hope my students parents like it as much as I did 🙂