i need to make a basilica..handmade for english class, any ideas?

Question

for english class we're supposed to create a basilica using anything we want, and it has to be pretty large, but i have no idea what to do, or how to create it, any ideas? thanks =)

Answer 1

Wow, huge undertaking...

One suggestion would be to construct it from pieces of Foam Core - it's lightweight, you can cut it easily with a carton (Xacto) knife, glue it with carpenter's glue, and paint it if you want. You should be able to buy a sheet at an office supply store, or even some inexpensive off-cut bits from a framer.

Papier mache would be another method, but it's harder to get good detail with that. Maybe modelling clay (plasticene) on top of papier mache would do the trick.

Good luck, hope you have a team helping, it should be fun!