Last Session with Larchfield Primary!

After being inspired by their 'tour through a tomb' talk by Eton College Collections staff in week 2, the students at Larchfield Primary school set about making an Egyptian Death Mask in week 3 of the project.

They each took a face mask and stuck it on a cardboard background and then covered it in paper-mache. The students loved making a mess of their classroom and slopping on lots of glue to make sure their masks were all covered! Holly and Zara noticed that the masks were starting to look like Egyptian mummies before we painted them!

After leaving them to dry for a week, we then painted our masks using different colours and patterns. Lots of gold paint was used to give the masks an authentic Egyptian feel!

At the end of the afternoon 23 wonderful masks were made! 

We would like to say a big thank you to Mrs Johnson and her amazing Year 4 class for all their hard work in the project! Well done!