Let's Make a Quill!
Do you know what a writing quill is? Now it's time to make your own!
Goal:
Goal:
Steps continued:
- Optional: Make your own writing quill, much like the one Columcille used.
- To make a quill pen, you must first have a feather quill (goose is best, but any will do). These can be located in Native American novelty shops, some arts and crafts stores, or, best of all, out in nature where our feathered friends congregate!
- Once you have located a quill, ask your parent to cut off the point at an angle, much like the tip of a pen, and then to make a slit in the tip. This will draw in the ink. Soon you’ll be ready to write!
- To make a quill pen, you must first have a feather quill (goose is best, but any will do). These can be located in Native American novelty shops, some arts and crafts stores, or, best of all, out in nature where our feathered friends congregate!