Bubble painting
Only do this with children who know the difference between sucking and blowing! You need to experiment a little with the texture of the paint,…
Paper plate dinosaur- model making with young children
One for slightly older toddlers as it is a little fiddly, but the painting and decorating of the body could be done by anyone. ROAR!!!!
Spray painting- best done outside!
This was an activity that happen in the centre of Dawlish and best done outside! The paint was quite watery. We used templates (heart shapes…
Handprint dinosaur painting
I just prepared a dinosaur template made out of thick card. The children drew round using felt pen, then used handprints to make stegosaurus dinosaur (Rowan…
Snowman advent calendar
Sam made this at Beavers, so would be difficult for very young children. Large chocolate button sweets were wrapped in silver foil and stuck on…
Caterpillar paper collage
Just paper circles used to make a spring caterpillar picture. If you look closely, you can just about see the caterpillar's face drawn on.
Easter bunny ears
Just a strip of card, bunny ears stapled on, then decorated. I like the pinky coloured tissue paper in the middle. Very cute, and well…
Paper plate Easter basket collage. Art idea for young children
Paper plate Easter basket
Two paper plates stapled together, then decorated by the children. Filled with shredded paper and a chocolate Easter egg.
Easter egg collage with straw.
We used shredded paper from a craft shop, but you could easily used shredded bank statements- even better shredded yellow and brown paper! Simply a card shape…
Mother’s Day teapot cards- with tea bag!
We made these at church, and such a simple idea. The teapot shapes took quite a while to cut out- but you could just draw…
Egg box collage
Using old egg boxes gives a lovely 3D collage- and it soaks up loads of glue! Decorate with anything that takes your fancy :)
Elmer the Elephant plastic milk carton collage
Another lovely idea brought home from nursery. They used coloured squares of tissue paper and googly eyes, all stuck on an old milk carton.
Dinosaur in jelly- messy play!
The children had great fun with this messy play activity. Simply plastic dinosaur toys in edible jelly!
Valentine’s Day woven paper heart
This came home from Rowan's nursery. I loved the idea of using a hole punch and doing some simple weaving with wool. There is a pipe…
Before cutting out!
Paper plate snake- easy animal collage
What you need: paper plate paper triangles glue google eye Preparation: draw a spiral on the paper plates cut out the bits to stick on-…
Very easy snow picture using printing
I had planned to do something totally different this week, but we had some surprise snow! I needed something any aged child could do and…
Handprint flying bug calendars
I like calendars that use handprints, they are so lovely to keep as a precious memory of your little ones. We made the handprints first,…
Finger print sheep
These were so easy to do and the children loved getting the paint all over their hands! What you need: coloured A3 paper black paper…
“I love my mum” plate with chocolates!
So simple, but our mums were really pleased with these. What you need: paper plates small wrapped chocolates sellotape felt pens or anything else to…
This was version 2- I lost the first example!- outside card
“Love you to bits” Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or Valentines Day card
Sammy, my eldest, brought this home from school. I thought it was so lovely I would share the idea. What you need: White card dark…