How Do You Make A Native American Model House?
Constructing a model Native American dwelling for a school project or for personal pleasure can be a satisfying and educational process. However, building an accurate model requires some basic research because the many tribes of North America have distinct methods of architecture based on the materials native to their region. Options range from the ice-block igloos of the Alaskan Inuits to the plank houses of the Pacific Northwest Chinook to the birch-bark wigwams of the Algonquins. A relatively easy starter project is making a tepee, the home used by the Great Plains-dwelling Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. Using the sponge brush, dab the green paint onto the piece of foam core board. Allow the paint to dry. Drizzle glue onto the entire foam core base. Sprinkle the grass or crumbled Spanish moss onto the glue. Press the grass firmly into the glue to secure it. Allow the glue to dry. This will give your model tepee the look of being nestled in the rolling grasses of the Great Plain
