Children get the chance to become Iron Age swordsmiths in this exciting sculpture lesson. Using tools to shape and pattern salt dough, the children will make stunning anthropomorphic sword hilts in the Iron Age style.

Children become Iron Age warriors in this two-session project. In the first session, they analyse the construction and function of Iron Age shields, considering how we know what Iron Age shields were like. In the second session, they use their analysis to design their own beautiful and terrifying Iron Age-style shields!