The Tudors

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Clothes

Games

Homes

Children

Long hours studying and working didn't stop Tudor children having fun and playing games. Toys were often made from wood or materials which were easily available, such as clay, stone and animal bones. Pig bladders were blown up to make footballs, hoops were made from old barrels, and pebbles or cherry stones were used to play marbles or jacks.

Clothes

Tudor England is famous for its beautiful and ornate clothing, particularly during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.Clothes were a means of displaying how wealthy a person was. Rich people could afford clothing made of fine wool, linen or silk. Their clothes were decorated with jewels and embroidered with gold thread.No rich person felt properly dressed to impress unless he or she was wearing a ruff. Like so many Tudor clothes, it gave a strong signal about the wealth and importance of the person wearing it.

Games

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Kate and Jessica Favourite game is odds and evens.

How to play the game;

Each player declares if they will be either “odds” or “evens”.

Then both players clench their fists count to three ,and each player at the same time opens one hand,

extending one or more fingers .if the combined number of fingers is equal

to an odd number – the player declaring “odds” wins .If the

combined number is equal to an even number “evens” wins.

Homes Rich Tudor homes Rich Tudor homes

usually have big houses not small like the poor homes. Rich homes are

big and warm with carved furniture. Rich

Tudor homes have glass windows and when they go on holiday they take the glass out. Most beds have canopies so that the insects don’t get in

the bed.

Poor Tudor HousesThe houses were mainly made out of Tudor brick. It took a longer time for

the rich to build their houses than the poor. The rich made their

houses more posh than the poor. The houses always had a wider

space at the top level than the bottom.