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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…

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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…

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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…

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Potato print ladybird

Potato print ladybird

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

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I found some out of date pulses in the back of my kitchen cupboards.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

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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…

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Spring blossom collage

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

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Colour mixing

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

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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.

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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…

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Easy umbrella collage. Glueing and sticking activity.

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…

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Abstract spaghetti paiting

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…

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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…

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Balloon printing

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

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Rowan with his rocket. He only wanted 2 silver strips because they were the burners ;)

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…

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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…

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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

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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…

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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…

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Fish collage

Just 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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