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. You will need… How to make it… 1 Measure the size of your A tape measure or head with a tape measure 6 Wrap it round your a piece of string or a piece of string. head to check it fits A cereal box, or some cardboard 2 Sticky tape Using your ruler draw a straight line, the same size 7 Scissors as your head at the edge of Time to get decorating whilst it is still a flat piece. A pencil the cardboard, or lay the string along the card and A ruler mark the size of your head. What kind of design do you think 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? A Make the child feel comfortable and You are out shopping for some new clothes but the person in reassure them it will be okay. You cannot front of you has forgotten their money. What do you do? stand seeing them cry. A Turn on the charm and use your winning personality to convince B Calmly and confidently make sure the the shop assistant to give the person the clothes for free. child is safe and alert the authorities. B Confidently offer to pay for the person's clothes and ask if there is They will have the best resources to find anything else you can help them with. the child’s parents. C Assess the clothes the person wants to buy and give them your C Send out your trusty falcon to find the coat, explaining that it would suit them better. child’s parents. They get the best view from the skies. D Tutt, elbow your way forward and use your size to intimidateAnswer the shop assistant into giving the clothes for free. D Lift the child onto your shoulders so they can get a better view over the crowds. Maybe then they can find their parents. Answer Your neighbour’s home has been burgled! What do you do? 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 4. You have been challenged to a duel by a rival. What do you do? perimeter and check for clues. You A Convince your rival that they don’t want to fight. You can solve any are determined to bring the problem by chatting about it. criminal to justice. B Accept the challenge, but give your rival a chance to back out. You C The house is an absolute wreck. must defend your honour. Tidy up whilst listening to some Answer inspiring music so your neighbour C Take on the challenge, but whilst fighting you insult their style to put doesn't have to face the mess. them off. D Hunt down the thief. No one can D Pfft. No problem. You are not afraid of anything. escape you. They will pay. Answer 3 King Arthur Royal Armouries / Summer 2020 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 How to make it… You will need… 4 A cereal box, or 1 Cut out the rectangle. Then place some cardboard Using your pencil, draw out your ruler across the dotted line Sticky tape your shield design on the you just made and fold the end of cardboard. It can be any the rectangle up on each side. Scissors shape you want! A pencil A ruler 2 Cut out your design using 5 your scissors. It should look something like this. The little folded parts will be used as tabs to attach this handle onto your main shield. 6 Bend your handle 3 into an arch shape, 7 Using the bits of cardboard you have And you have your shield! left over, draw out a long thin and using sticky rectangle shape. A little way from each tape on the tabs, end, draw a dotted line across the attach it to the back width. This will help in the next step. of your main shield. 8 Try decorating it with colours and patterns to make it stand out in a crowd! King Arthur Royal Armouries / Summer 2020 5 Royal Armouries / Summer 2020 Summer / Armouries Royal 6 Arthur King Answers to Anagram Mix up! 1. Excalibur 2. 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