presents
KING ARTHUR Legendary leader of medieval myths and romances Make a crown 5 If you are using more than one piece tape the pieces together to like King Arthur’s make one long strip.
How to make it… You will need… 1 Measure the size of your head with a tape measure 6 Wrap it round your A tape measure or or a piece of string. head to check it fits a piece of string A cereal box, or some cardboard 2 Using your ruler draw a Sticky tape straight line, the same size 7 Time to get decorating whilst it is Scissors as your head at the edge of still a flat piece. the cardboard, or lay the A pencil string along the card and What kind of design do you think A ruler mark the size of your head. King Arthur would have wanted?
If you are using a small box or piece of cardboard you may have to make a crown in two parts. 3 Using the edge of the cardboard as the base of your crown, draw your crown design. 8 When you have finished decorating use sticky tape to stick the two ends together to make one continuous loop of cardboard.
4 Cut out your crown
9 Now you have your crown, pop it on and begin your reign.
Looking fab your Highness!
King Arthur Royal Armouries / Summer 2020 2 Knights of the Round Table
This test of your chivalry will determine which knight of the round table you are.
A child is crying in the street. They approach you and say they have lost their parents. What do you do? You are out shopping for some new clothes but the person in front of you has forgotten their money. What do you do? A Make the child feel comfortable and A Turn on the charm and use your winning personality to convince reassure them it will be okay. You cannot the shop assistant to give the person the clothes for free. stand seeing them cry. B Calmly and confidently make sure the B Confidently offer to pay for the person's clothes and ask if there is anything else you can help them with. child is safe and alert the authorities. They will have the best resources to find C Assess the clothes the person wants to buy and give them your the child’s parents. coat, explaining that it would suit them better. C Send out your trusty falcon to find the D Tutt, elbow your way forward and use your size to intimidate the child’s parents. They get the best view shop assistant into giving the clothes for free. Answer from the skies. D Lift the child onto your shoulders so they can get a better view over the crowds. Maybe then they can find their parents. Your neighbour’s home has been burgled! What do you do? Answer A Calm the neighbour down by telling a few jokes. After chatting with you, they will forget all their woes. B Assess the situation, set up a perimeter and check for clues. You 4. You have been challenged to a duel by a rival. What do you do? are determined to bring the criminal to justice. A Convince your rival that they don’t want to fight. You can solve any problem by chatting about it. C The house is an absolute wreck. Tidy up whilst listening to some B Accept the challenge, but give your rival a chance to back out. You inspiring music so your neighbour must defend your honour. doesn't have to face the mess. C Take on the challenge, but whilst fighting you insult their style to put D Hunt down the thief. No one can them off. Answer escape you. They will pay. D Pfft. No problem. You are not afraid of anything. Answer
King Arthur Royal Armouries / Summer 2020 3 Knights of the You hear a lady crying in the woods. What do you do? A Go to ask her if she is okay. By the end of your conversation, you are deeply in love. Round Table B Call out and ask the lady if she needs help. Be ready for any situation C Cheer the lady up with a song, and endless compliments about her outfit. D Grunt at her. That might work. Answer
Now count up the number of each letter in your answers and find out which one of the Knights of the Round Table you are most like.
Mostly B Mostly A King Arthur Sir Lancelot tic and you are a total You care about justice and helping others. You always try to You are charming, charisma of the Sir Lancelot do what is right and put other people first. You are a born romantic. You are fun to be around and you make leader, just like King Arthur. That’s right, the king himself. people laugh. You are most like round table. Quite possibly one of the most famous knights in history. Mostly D Mostly C Sir Kay You are the strong and silent type. You can easily Sir Tristan frighten people with your size and power, but you You are the creative type, that might be in music, fashion, like to just get thingsSir Kay done. It is without said that wasting King Arthur time. dance or art but you have an eye for all things beautiful. You You’re just like are just like Sir Tristan. Although not as well known as some grew up in the household of Sir Ector, with Sir Kay of the other knights, Sir Tristan has a falcon. Which is cool. as his older brother.
Anagram Mix up! Caxurebli Merlin the mischievous wizard has scrambled all these words. Can you solve these anagrams? Helpful Dorbt aelnu hint: They all have something to do with King Arthur. Zarwid Agur hiktnr
Woith ne her stodne
King Arthur Royal Armouries / Summer 2020 4 Make a shield You will need… A cereal box, or some cardboard Sticky tape 4 How to make it… Cut out the rectangle. Then place Scissors your ruler across the dotted line you just made and fold the end of A pencil the rectangle up on each side. 1 Using your pencil, draw out A ruler your shield design on the cardboard. It can be any shape you want!
5 It should look something like this. 2 Cut out your design using The little folded parts your scissors. will be used as tabs to attach this handle onto your main shield.
7 And you have your shield! 6 Bend your handle into an arch shape, and using sticky tape on the tabs, attach it to the back 3 Using the bits of cardboard you have of your main shield. left over, draw out a long thin rectangle shape. A little way from each end, draw a dotted line across the width. This will help in the next step.
8 Try decorating it with colours and patterns to make it stand out in a crowd!
King Arthur Royal Armouries / Summer 2020 5 Get creative Colour in this drawing of King Arthur
We would love to see photos of your creations so please send them to
5. Wizard 5.
4. Sword in the stone stone the in Sword 4.
3. King Arthur Arthur King 3.
2. Round Table Table Round 2.
1. Excalibur Excalibur 1.
up! Mix Anagram to Answers
King Arthur Royal Armouries / Summer 2020 6