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September 18, 2018 California Projects Show & Tell

A+ California Mission Project Supply List

It's a rite of passage for fourth-grade students in California; I did it, Jamie did it, and now Max has done it. The California Mission Project.

This post contains affiliate links.Our A+ California Mission Project supply list and links to California Mission Project kits

A+ California Mission Project

When the project packet got sent home last spring, I was surprised to see a “No California Mission Project Kits” rule. While they hadn't been a thing when I was in fourth grade, I had noticed them at craft stores in recent years and figured that's how they were done now.

Since we saw that we weren't permitted to use such a kit, we had to plan our construction from scratch. This post will share lots of photos of Max's finished A+ project, along with the supplies we used to get it built.

Max chose Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo, located in Carmel, just a couple hours' drive from home. We drove down on a sunny Sunday morning and spent a few hours visiting the on-site museums, taking reference photos and planning the project.

Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo picture for California Mission Project

Reference photo - California Mission Project Supply List

Once we returned home, we made a trip to the craft store and placed a couple of Amazon orders to get our supplies together.

The base of the mission is repurposed cardboard; it's double-thick for stability, but the building itself is pretty simple and held together with hot glue.

Main Mission Building

California Mission Project of Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo

  • Cardboard
  • Texture Spray Paint
  • Roof texture: Corrugated Paper
  • Domed tower: Styrofoam egg
  • Building trim and crosses: Bamboo skewers and copper wire
  • Windows: Black craft paint

Details of California Mission Project

California Mission Project roof of Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo

Mission Graveyard

We chose a couple of details from the real-life graveyard to focus on; choosing the abalone shells that adorn the graves and then featuring two specific monuments, the larger cross and a larger granite headstone on the other side of the walkway. Max was able to explain the significance of each element that was included. (The large cross is a monument to Native Americans who died, for example)

California Mission Project Borromeo del Rio Carmelo graveyard

  • Crosses: Bamboo Skewers and decorative shells
  • Fence: Wooden Craft Sticks
  • Other gravestones: FIMO Modeling Clay
  • Padre Junipero Serra statue
  • Decorative Moss and sticks from our backyard

California Mission Project details of California Mission Project Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo I really wanted to include a blue toothpaste fountain as I put in my own fourth-grade mission, but we ended up not doing that side of the courtyard. *sigh*

California Mission Project Kits

If your school allows store-bought kits, here are some options for you!

Did you build a California mission in fourth grade? I did the Sonoma mission, because my BFF, Mandy, lived right down the street from it. And here's a bonus for sticking with this post: It's Jamie and HIS mission, in 1985. <3

No California Mission Project Kits were used in the making of this mission

 


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