On April 10th, 1912, the “unsinkable” Titanic started on her maiden voyage with 2,223 passengers and crew. Four days later it hit an iceberg and sunk in the wee hours of April 15th claiming more than 1,500 lives.
We have read so many books about Titanic, like The Titanic’s Last Secrets and Missing Pieces about Titanic’s Final Moments, that I am almost ready to join one of those Secret Titanic Societies (you wouldn’t believe how many there are).
Perhaps we are hoping that they will discover one new detail that will explain the whole disaster in a reasonable light. Because acknowledging that the accident was random, a case of “bad luck” means anything bad can happen at any moment to any of us. And it’s just too much to worry about it.
Titanic Resources
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Let me just start this post by saying that Titanic has been a huge part of my life since mid-July 2014 when my son accidentally came upon his first Titanic book.
What does “a huge part of my life” really mean?
I hear the word “Titanic” at least 100 times a day. I regularly, if not daily, play Titanic games, watch YouTube Titanic videos, make Lego Titanic (which is not officially LEGO but looks like one), listen to Titanic books in a car (A Night to Remember is a big one), do Titanic crafts, color Titanic coloring books, and read Titanic books until I’m hoarse.
Here are our Titanic Books…
By the way, did you know that the last Titanic Survivor died in June 2009? Millvina Dean was only 9 weeks old when the Titanic sank.
How to Build a Titanic
I always knew shopping at Amazon was beneficial.
Ha-ha!
One look at their boxes, and you are inspired. My very inventive husband used Amazon boxes to put together this incredible Titanic.
My husband and kids studied the plans for the Titanic from our books and, with a little bit of glue and determination, put it together.
Are you impressed?
I am!
The middle flap opens up, and kids can crawl inside. Here is my six-year-old peeking out.
Incredible as it sounds, three of my kids can spread out in the bottom (sorry, hull) section of the ship.
Once our Titanic was built, the next step was to paint it. And here she is… a thing of beauty.
Note the fine details, like crow’s nests and red trim on the bottom.
What to do
- Create a boat-shaped form out of large cardboard boxes (it really REALLY helped to use Titanic books for reference). Use a glue gun, if you have one, and heavy-duty Scotch tape to make it keep its shape.
- Attach a large box on top (roughly in the middle) and a smaller one directly in front of it.
- Make two long stripes with a crow’s nest for the front and for the back, plus four smokestacks for the middle.
- String a row of paper rolls for the rails.
- Paint it. We used Tempera Paints (red, black, yellow, and white). It’s especially fun to go inside the Titanic with a flashlight and read a Titanic book, so make it spacious. If possible, buy about 3 yards of blue felt to create the water effect. My kids like to “sink” their Titanic. To play this game, they like to stack a pile of books under one end of the Titanic like it’s going down vertically, then cover it with felt as it sinks. Endless fun…
Titanic Math
To commemorate the Titanic’s anniversary, we’ve been known to bake a Titanic Cake.
Titanic Game
I posted it last month. It’s an easy and fun introduction to money. Here is the link to the game and a printable.
Titanic Art
I have more drawings of the Titanic that I care to have in my house, but that’s what you get when you live with a Titanic enthusiast.
Here is our most successful drawing.
I used a combination of pencils and paints to draw/paint it. My son looks at it every night before turning off the lights. (I’m very flattered!)
I hope our Titanic ideas will be useful to you.
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