I'm always on the look out for crafts that I can tie in with my daughter's lesson plans. This week I was on the search for a
log cabin craft to demonstrate the type of home Abraham Lincoln grew up in. I found a pretty neat one, and then add my own personal touches to it.
The first thing you need to do is locate a small shoe box that you no longer need. This is the base of your log cabin. Next, you need to cut out a door and a few windows with a box cutter. If your children are older, you can supervise them doing this. It is too dangerous for younger children, however.
The next task is to send the kids outside with a bucket. Have them collect plenty of twigs from the ground. If you don't have trees in your yard, you'll have to head to a nearby park.
Cover your kitchen or dining room table with newspaper sheets and set your twigs and shoebox on top. You will also need plenty of glue. I like to have the kids cover one side of the shoebox with glue and then press the twigs on to the glue, but you could cover each twig with glue and then press it on the box. Both ways will work just fine. The trick is to find twigs that fit the space, although we found that we could simply snap the twigs to the size we needed. After you cover all four sides, its time to work on the roof.
