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Do you remember the toilet roll tubes from last week’s Play Academy? No-one guessed what they were for! Not an advent calendar, not snowmen but in fact a frosty winter village, for some small world play. How to make a model Christmas villageWe started by cutting our toilet roll tubes into different sizes so we could have a variety of houses and then painted them all white. We used acrylic paint as it covered the cardboard better than our water-based poster paint. Read more »
How to make a junk model robot Read more »
We always have a well stocked making box ready to create with but it was a bag of colourful marbles that we found in a charity shop that were the inspiration for this marble run. It’s all B’s creation and she had to use lots of problem solving and adaptations a she went along, to make a marble run that would be fun to play with. Here’s how she made it. How to make a junk model marble run Read more » Giraffe, by B, age 7 What is The Junk Model Hall of Fame?It’s a celebration of children’s junk models. Whether they are big, small, simple or complex, made from cardboard boxes, toilet roll tubes or drinking straws. The Junk Model Hall of Fame recognises children’s creativity and ingenuity and welcomes admissions from around the world, from children of all ages. Read more »
How to make a peg dollTake some wooden pegs, add recycled materials from your making box and let the kids get to work, making whatever characters are in their imaginations. Read more »
We’re making the most of the very last day of the summer holiday today, so I’m just popping in with a very quick idea: how to make easy friendship bracelets. I remember there being a friendship bracelet craze when I was a teenager and spending lots of time knotting and knotting and knotting to make some. The traditional way to make a friendship bracelet is too fiddly and time consuming for most under-tens, so here are three easy techniques for younger children to make a bracelet to share with friends. How to make a friendship bracelet from drinking strawsFirst up is an idea (from B) to make a friendship bracelet from drinking straws. This design is great even for preschoolers – perfect for fine motor practise. Start by making your Bead Station: B customised an old tissue box, creating small compartments for each type of bead. Read more » 
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