Tapestries were made to provide warmth by insulating the stone walls as well as to be beautiful. Not many people could read during this time so art was a way to teach about the Bible. In the craft shop the children could practise weaving on a loom."The Cathedral's treasures include the priceless Barberini Tapestries, Scenes from the Life of Christ. The 12 works were created in the 17th century on the Papal Looms in Rome." 
The children could also use tools to see how artists carved the stone. It is limestone which is soft enough to carve. 
Abby made a gargoyle out of clay. Although the cathedral does not have gargoyles they were popular at the top. They were used to drain water off the roof. The water came out the gargoyles mouth, why they always have large wide open mouths. Abby's has a tooth in front. They were made with scary faces to ward off evil spirits.
She made a letter N in fancy writing. The leader said some letters on the page were written really large and fancy then because it was dark and difficult to see. It also made the text look nicer.
The baptistry was the only room with color.
There were tombs throughout the cathedral. I believe the item held peoples ashes. I am not sure and when someone asked, the leader shushed them and said not to alert the children that there were bodies here. (The kids knew. It isnt hard to figure out a tomb and we had recently been to Grant's tomb which looked very similar to those in the cathedral.)
The children could also use tools to see how artists carved the stone. It is limestone which is soft enough to carve.
"The eight massive granite columns that surround the High Alter were quarried on the island of Vanalhaven, Maine. Each is 55 feet tall, 6 feet in diameter, and weighs 130 tons."
Abby made a gargoyle out of clay. Although the cathedral does not have gargoyles they were popular at the top. They were used to drain water off the roof. The water came out the gargoyles mouth, why they always have large wide open mouths. Abby's has a tooth in front. They were made with scary faces to ward off evil spirits.
She made a letter N in fancy writing. The leader said some letters on the page were written really large and fancy then because it was dark and difficult to see. It also made the text look nicer.
The baptistry was the only room with color.
There were tombs throughout the cathedral. I believe the item held peoples ashes. I am not sure and when someone asked, the leader shushed them and said not to alert the children that there were bodies here. (The kids knew. It isnt hard to figure out a tomb and we had recently been to Grant's tomb which looked very similar to those in the cathedral.)
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