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Aztec Codex

Aztec Codex

The Aztecs made stories by carving pictures into bark and leather. Make your codex by drawing a few pictures to tell your own story!

Ages:
4 - 9
Est. Time:
<30 mins

How we did it:

Materials List

  1. tape
  2. card stock or blank index cards
  3. markers
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    We started out with one piece of cardstock, cut into fourths... but Madeleine's story about her two dogs could not be contained in four pictures!

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    So she added a bit more. She drew her pictures first in pencil, then colored them.

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    When she had her story complete, I showed her how to leave a little bit of space between her pages, for folding,

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    and we taped them together, one after the other.

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    Now she has a new kind of book to read to her friends and family!

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