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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 …

Use old hair dye bottle for painting!

The 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 …

Painted ladybird stones

My 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 …

Potato print ladybird

A great way to use up old potatoes from the back of the cupboard!

Dried pulses collage

I found some out of date pulses in the back of my kitchen cupboards.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

Paper plate jelly fish

Lots 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!

Spring blossom collage

Made simply with brown wool, scrunched up pink tissue paper and lots of glue!

Colour mixing

I left my eldest with just primary colours (yellow, blue, red) to experiment with. Which colours can you make Sammy?

Spring flower hand print picture

These hand print paintings look lovely on display. We added a little glitter to the paint to give that extra sparkle.

Spring and summer nature collages

Use 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 …

Weather collage- great come rain or shine!

This 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 …

Spaghetti picture: painting or messy play

Some 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 …

Feather animal collage- create spring animals

This 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. …

Balloon printing

Half inflate balloons, dip in paint and use for printing. It gives a lovely effect. Warning: will be messy!

Space rocket collage

I 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 …

Paper plate sheep

I 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 …

Blossom printing picture

I painted the branches and the children printed the pink blossom. Simply created by the underneath of a plastic drinks bottle dipped in pink paint

Kite collage

White 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?!) …

Easter egg rolling

This 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 …

Fish collage

Just photocopied a picture of a fish (kindly drawn by my husband) and decorated with fish scales and green tissue paper seaweed.