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.
There are some more
photographs of replica Greek shields here.
You can also colour in some Greek hoplites: find our
Ancient Greece colouring
pages here
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