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Make A Hoplite Shield

Ancient Greek soldiers were also known as Hoplites. They carried a large shield often made of wood. These were painted by the individual soldiers to their own design. Our hoplite shield below is made out of a paper plate and some imagination! We have an alternative Greek shield craft, possibly for older children, here.

Jack's hoplite shield

To make your own hoplite shield you will need:

Paper plate
Used teabag (optional)
Black paint/pens
Strip of card
Sticky tape

To make your shield look like it is made of wood rub a cold wet teabag over the back of the plate. Leave the plate to dry.

Now you can draw or paint on any pattern of your choice. Let your imagination run wild. This site shows some examples of actual shields for inspiration.

To make a handle for the shield, tape the two ends of the card to the back of the shield making a loop to slide your hand through.

hoplite shield craft

There are some more photographs of replica Greek shields here.

You can also color in some Greek hoplites: find our Ancient Greece coloring pages here

Greek hoplite with aspis

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