Twin Tower

How to make a Twin Bride out of popsicle sticks

By: Whitney Nalley

To make a twin tower you will need the following materials:

• Popsicle sticks

• Elmer's Glue

To start making a twin tower first you must glue each side of the popsicle stick and lay them beside each other one at a time until you reach your desired width of your bridge. (See picture below)













After you have your floor or foundation done, place it to the side so it may dry and begin your structure. You will need to put a small dot of glue on each end of your popsicle stick.  After that put a dot of glue on each end of the other popsicle stick and lay a popsicle stick on top of the glue going from one popsicle stick with glue to another popsicle stick where the glue is so they will connect, and start the formation of your bridge.  When you start doing this you will then alternate the spots of glue on the sticks by the way you stack them.  (See picture below). Follow this process until you reach your desired height for your tower.

After you follow these steps you will make the top for the tower roof.  Basically this is done the same way you done the floor.  When dry you will glue each of the three pieces together starting at the floor and working your way up to the top.  To get the popsicle stick to come up through the top when the glue is still wet, break a popsicle stick in half and stick it in between the two popsicle sticks on the roof and place some glue around it to help it hold itself up.

I feel this would be suitable for a Elementary level history class for grade levels 1-3.  You may want to use this idea as a craft to help aide in teaching about the twin towers and the tragic incident that happened on September 11th and how this day will be remembered and how it has affect and will continue to affect thousands of lives.