For Chivalry week, we decided to "Make up" a coat of arms to fly up as a part of being a Knight.
Fist, we looked up our family coat of arms (more accurately, coat of arms for our last names via google) Then talked to family members who'd done geneology seraches and got too see our family coat of arms.
Then, we looked into what they are made up of and what different symbols mean.
We looked here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms
and here
http://www.fleurdelis.com/meanings.htm
Then we decided to make our own. I let K pick the colors and symbols he wanted to add and where he desired to place them. Then he could also decorate it how he desired. On the back (we mounted it on cardboard) I wrote what everything meant.
You can use templates, I simply cut out things to paste on. The templates are fun to use as well!
Then we talked more about what "Chivlary" actually means. We called it "The code of the knights" and how some really awesome people were knights. So, then we made him his own copy of the "code" and practiced saying it and understanding it. After this "Queen Hannah" royally knighted him while he pledged to up hold all the values and goodness. etc etc. Which made for an adorable video that I apparently cannot upload here from my fiendish mobile device! lol
Check in soon for more actvities and fun!
Coat of arms- photo credit :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms