Make a Sutton Hoo helmet!

The Sutton Hoo helmet is an extremely important Anglo-Saxon

find. It’s part of the Sutton Hoo burial which was discovered in

Suffolk in 1939. The archaeologist Basil Brown uncovered a

wooden long boat filled with treasures from a rich and powerful

warrior, including this incredible helmet!

If you look closely, you’ll see that it’s covered with protective

animals. Across the face is a bird with wings, its body forming the

warrior’s nose, the tail his moustache and the wings his eyebrows.

think the helmet would have originally looked like. On the

right is the original which was carefully pieced together by

British Museum curators.

Replica of the Sutton Hoo

helmet, England, 1970s.

The Sutton Hoo helmet.

Late 6th–early 7th century AD.

Now it’s time to make

(we used tin foil, gold

paint and cardboard)

1

Cut out the template – you

can either use the one we

made or make your own.

We cut out the template

from cardboard to make the

helmet extra strong.

2

and tin foil. Look closely at

the replica for ideas of the

animals and patterns you

could include in your helmet.

3

Measure out a headband

which fits your head.

Tape it to the back of the

helmet and your creation is

Moustache

and lower lip

Nose

guard