Art & Craft Articles

Gloop is an easy-to-make play goo that can be both solid and…

The next time you dye your hair at home, try re-using the…

My youngest made these at school (he’s aged 5). They used acrylic…

Potato print ladybird A great way to use up old potatoes…

I found some out of date pulses in the back of my…

Lots of jelly fish around at the moment. Try making this jelly…

Made simply with brown wool, scrunched up pink tissue paper and lots…

I left my eldest with just primary colours (yellow, blue, red) to…

These hand print paintings look lovely on display. We added a little…

Use leaves, petals, twigs, grass, what ever you can find, to make…

This is really easy to do in a group- draw a chunky…

Abstract spaghetti painting Some children made an abstract spaghetti picture painting….

This is Sam’s feather animal collage. Very young children will enjoy just sticking…

Half inflate balloons, dip in paint and use for printing. It gives…

My example, then Rowan’s. I can never get my little boy…

I was going to do this with cotton wool, but I found…

I painted the branches and the children printed the pink blossom. Simply…

White card kite shapes a decorate (actually done because we had lots…

This was a disaster! I have done something similar with marbles to…

Just photocopied a picture of a fish (kindly drawn by my husband)…

Only do this with children who know the difference between sucking and…

One for slightly older toddlers as it is a little fiddly, but…

This was an activity that happen in the centre of Dawlish and…

I just prepared a dinosaur template made out of thick card. The…