How to Make a Diorama of the Civil War

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Find out your specific topics.

   Usually, teachers give a special topic to each student, or lets them pick.
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   Step 2: If you are doing a battle in the Civil War

   You'll also need paint, glue, extra cardboard, cotton balls, an index card or two, pencil or pen, and tape. , Remember that some teachers will request a specific position. , If the scene is outdoors, remember to find the time of day and try to work with it.
   
   To make trees, cut out the trunk from the extra cardboard, paint it brown.
   
   Then paint a cotton ball green and glue it to the top of the tree trunk.
   
   To make boulders, either use cardboard to make it flat, or a painted cotton ball to it three dimensional.
   
   To add a hill, find cardstock of the right size, bend the edges to be glued and press them to either the bottom of the box or the wall and glue them.
   
   Paint them from there. ,, Once you're happy with their positions, glue them in. ,,
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   Step 3: find small toy soldiers.

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   Step 4: Once you've got all your supplies ready

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   Step 5: set your box up in the position that will work best.

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   Step 6: Begin painting or drawing your scene.

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   Step 7: After your scene is done

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   Step 8: give it a few hours to dry.

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   Step 9: Once dry

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    Step 10: place your toy soldiers

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    Step 11: or other figures into the place they need to be.

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    Step 12: It may take anywhere from a few hours to a day or two for the figures to be set and completely dry

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    Step 13: so avoid touching them.

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    Step 14: Once you feel everything is ready

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    Step 15: add an index card to the outside with all the information.

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