How To Build A Wigwam
This is the perfect time to patch any remaining holes.
How to build a wigwam. Then allow the whole thing to dry overnight. Lash the bundles of cattail thatching to the frame. Tie the birch bark. Make holes in the ground first with a wooden stake and hammer even a crowbar.
Be sure that the ground is not so soft that it will not hold the poles and also. Wigwam construction select a level site for your wigwam. Secure the cattail thatching directly to the hoops starting from. Add a large woven cattail mat for the doorway.
Things youll need newspaper paper mache 8 inch foam ball serrated knife 12 by 12 inch cardboard acrylic or tempera paint paint brush plastic container wooden spoon white glue. Covering and finishing the wigwam 1. Weave or sew enough cattail leaves to fit over the gap you left in. To make our paper feel more like bark and to make the structure stronger we used the paintbrush and covered the entire outside of the wigwam with one more layer of glue.