Medieval clothing in naturally dyed fabrics

Children will further explore Medieval clothing and create their own costumes for peg people.

Teaching Outcomes:

• Learn about the type of clothing worn by rich and poor men and women in medieval times including fabrics and styles.
• Create a medieval style outfit for peg doll using the hand dyed cotton fabric produced in session 1, developing skills of marking, cutting out, sticking and tying as well as applying historical knowledge of the Middle Ages.

Children will:

• Learn about clothing in medieval times for rich and poor, men and women.
• Make a medieval style outfit for a peg doll using the hand dyed cotton fabric created last session.
• Begin to create a zigzag booklet of information on medieval clothing using acquired knowledge and research.

• Templates for medieval costumes, how to make medieval costumes for peg people and instructions for making a ZigZag book on medieval clothing
• Medieval costumes and instructions for making medieval costumes for peg people

• Sheeting from session 1 that has been dried, ironed and cut
• Labelled clear plastic document pockets – one for each type of clothing
• Wooden dolly pegs (1 per child),
• Pipe cleaners (2 per child)
• Children’s fabric scissors
• Plastic pegs (to hold outfits together while the glue dries) and paper clips (to use as a pushing tool)
• Lengths of wool or string for ties and belts
• Access to internet/books/printouts on Medieval clothing

Medieval life: clothing from historyonthenet.com
What people wore in Medieval times from historyforkids.org