Have fun learning about medieval times with these Viking arts and crafts for kids! The best kind of hands on learning for homeschool history!
From Robin Hood, castles and knights to the crusades, dragons, vikings, court dress, inventors and more – Nana’s medieval history art lessons are a fun match to your middle ages homeschool history curriculum.
Viking Arts and Crafts for Kids
With the fun offerings in You ARE an ARTiST Clubhouse membership, you can easily add a hands on component to your learning. Nana shares some examples, below.
Medieval Times Art Activities
Hello there artists from Nana! Well, I thought that I would just drop into your classroom and while I am dressed in my Medieval clothes, and urge you to take our challenge to a “joust” or friendly building of a catapult for a ride through the air after we draw and paint one with our trusty pastels!
Viking Ship Art Lesson
With a dragon at the helm and flags flying, the Vikings are on the move!
Medieval Knight and Shield Art Lessons
As a “new knight in training “, you must have the equipment all ready for your part! You need to see how we have suggestions drawings of helmets and gorgeous, colorful shields…you may want to make yourself the best Knight going into battle!
Viking Dragon and Dragon Egg Art
But what could we add to inspire you to come to our pastel chalk pretend battle as a prize for the best-dressed knight? Why, it is a beautiful , green and gold DRAGONS EGG as the winner’s prize!
You can use your skills as an artist and make wonderful dragons, knight’s armor and gear…why we have several Dragons on hand now, standing at my side, just huffing and puffing with eagerness!
Let’s go! You ARE AN ARTIST! ❤️Nana
Viking Craft – Make a Boat with Twigs and Leaves
You can find this fun nature craft at our sister website, Homeschool Nature Study. Add your own imagination and your boat can easily become a Viking ship!
Victoria shares this really fun nature craft! “Summer is nearly upon us but the odd rain shower still hangs around, so now is the best time to make these little nature boats. Float them on a puddle after a summer rainfall, send them drifting across a pond or sailing down stream. these little nature boats will bring copious amounts of joy to a summers day.” For members at Homeschool Nature Study or You ARE an ARTiST Ultimate members!
More Medieval History Resources for Homeschool
You’ll need a simple set of chalk pastels, a pack of construction paper, and Nana’s video art lessons! Then watch the learning begin.
- The Ultimate Guide to Medieval History Lessons – Viking life, ships, helmets and more! How to incorporate these into your homeschool.
- Middle Ages Art Lessons – dragons, catapults and more
- Fun Activities for History Class in Your Homeschool – Adding hands-on activities to any history lesson creates an immersive and engaging learning environment. This means that kids comprehend and thus retain more of their learning. Art can bring any textbook to life or enhance living history books with a multi-sensory approach!
- Story of the World Audio CDs – Vol 2 with stories told by our favorite storyteller, Jim Weiss. Here you’ll meet Vikings, prophets, outlaws, Samurai, reformers, and explorers, in this thrilling story of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. (Note to parents of boys: Did we mention there are Vikings? And a poem version of Beowulf where a dude pops a monster’s arm off in rhyming couplets?)
Growing a love of art at You ARE an ARTiST is a multi-generational passion! Tricia is Nana’s daughter and a mama of five children. Nana shared the fun of her first chalk pastel art lessons with her grandchildren around Tricia’s kitchen table. Homeschooling since 2000, Tricia has seen the fruits of home education with four homeschool grads so far! She shares the art and heart of homeschooling at Your Best Homeschool and is author of the book, Help! I’m Homeschooling! She and her husband, Steve, are also owners of sister sites Homeschool Nature Study and The Curriculum Choice.