Arts and Craft

Idea's

Prepare a tray, waterproof mat, wipes or bowl for washing hands afterwards. Keep a selection of colourful papers, crayons, pencils or felt tips out in a pencil case or a small pot so they stay organised.

Activities could include:

• Tearing strips of paper using pincer grip fingers

• Cutting thin strips of paper with scissors for collage materials later

• Cutting drawn on lines and around shapes and pictures (older children)

• Homemade playdough

• Chalk, paint, drawing – a few on a tray, small bowl to keep bits in, mat or board for working on

• Threading: small bowl of penne or macaroni pasta, string with knot at the end

• Simple flowers: print, colour in and cut out a circle with petals or make it as elaborate as you can like

• Use wood scraps, lego, felt and yarn pieces for collages

• Sew, knit, crochet

• Try origami

• Paint with poster paints, chalk mixed with water, watercolours, oils, food colouring in water

• Compose music

• Make up stories and / or write stories

• Make puppets

• Write a puppet play (or any play), perform a reader’s theatre after building the sets

Art Ideas, Books

World of Books, Complete Book of Art Ideas Link

The Art Treasure Hunt - I Spy with my Little Eye Link