
Gloop-homemade play goo with cornstarch
Gloop is an easy-to-make play goo that can be both solid and liquid. How to make: Put 1 cup of cornstarch in a bowl Add 1-2 drops of food colouring …
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Gloop is an easy-to-make play goo that can be both solid and liquid. How to make: Put 1 cup of cornstarch in a bowl Add 1-2 drops of food colouring …
Read MoreThe next time you dye your hair at home, try re-using the bottles for creating some messy art work! We have also used watery paint in spray bottles and washing …
Read MoreMy youngest made these at school (he’s aged 5). They used acrylic paints and then were varnished. They can then go outside to decorate your garden. Younger children can just …
Read MoreI found some out of date pulses in the back of my kitchen cupboards. Rather than throwing them away, I decided to take them to toddler group. We simply stuck …
Read MoreLots of jelly fish around at the moment. Try making this jelly fish from half a paper plate, some brightly coloured strips of paper and plenty of paint!
Read MoreI left my eldest with just primary colours (yellow, blue, red) to experiment with. Which colours can you make Sammy?
Read MoreThese hand print paintings look lovely on display. We added a little glitter to the paint to give that extra sparkle.
Read MoreUse leaves, petals, twigs, grass, what ever you can find, to make a beautiful nature collage. Dandelion seeds give a lovely effect when glued onto black paper. When we did …
Read MoreThis is really easy to do in a group- draw a chunky image, photocopy and leave the children to be creative! I like to use paper and material with different …
Read MoreSome children made an abstract spaghetti picture painting. Some mums painted a face, and the children added spaghetti hair. I made a spaghetti train picture for Rowan to paint. Some …
Read MoreThis is Sam’s feather animal collage. Very young children will enjoy just sticking the feathers down with PVA glue, and an adult can add details to turn them into little animals. …
Read MoreHalf inflate balloons, dip in paint and use for printing. It gives a lovely effect. Warning: will be messy!
Read MoreI can never get my little boy to do the art and craft activity, he’s not interested. My mum suggested that we do something that he is interested in (obvious …
Read MoreI was going to do this with cotton wool, but I found some old wool and polystyrene bits that I thought would work well. The first picture is the example …
Read MoreI painted the branches and the children printed the pink blossom. Simply created by the underneath of a plastic drinks bottle dipped in pink paint
Read MoreWhite card kite shapes a decorate (actually done because we had lots of bits cut out and left over from the fish collage– recognise the colours and the “seaweed” tail?!) …
Read MoreThis was a disaster! I have done something similar with marbles to create a lovely firework picture, so I thought I would try with polystyrene eggs. Unfortunately they were too light and …
Read MoreJust photocopied a picture of a fish (kindly drawn by my husband) and decorated with fish scales and green tissue paper seaweed.
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