on January 30th, 2012%
Symmetry art is a classic childhood painting activity and it works so well as a Valentine craft. I’m very excited to share this post with you today because it’s part of a much bigger, very special project – but more of that in a minute! First up: how to make symmetry art love hearts
Symmetry art: love hearts
To start you’ll need lots and lots of love hearts. We used white card to make ours. Folding the card in half makes it easier to cut out your shapes, as you’ll want both halves of the heart to be the same size so the symmetry magic works. The children can of course have a go – the hearts can be any size they like. Read more »
on January 5th, 2012%
These photos were taken last week while L was painting and really remind me what art for children is all about. She had so much fun playing with the paint and was very focused on what she was doing. There was no chatting – which is unusual for L! – she was really in the moment, enjoying and creating. Read more »
on December 31st, 2011%
Start the year as you mean to go on and have some creative fun making a four seasons calendar. It’s a great way to try out four completely different art techniques with your children and welcome in the new year.
I’m claiming no credit for this idea at all, as L made it at school and brought it home as a Christmas gift for the family, but I thought I’d share as I think it’s beautiful and she is really pleased with it.
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on December 20th, 2011%
The children had so much fun making this painted Christmas wreath. I like the mix of the traditional decoration with the vibrant colours the kids chose. Here’s how they made it.
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on November 2nd, 2011%
The essential ingredient for any firework craft is glitter, right? For the simplest Bonfire Night craft idea take some black paper, add glue and glitter and invite your children to create their own firework display. We used chalk to draw in our people, adding an extra medium for the kids to try out. You could give each child their own piece of paper, or go big and have each child contribute a few fireworks to one huge picture.
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on September 20th, 2011%
Our art this week was inspired by a question from Jo , who tweeted me asking for suggestions for acorn crafts for her Woodcraft Folk group. The idea of painting with them popped into my mind. We’ve tried this before with marbles - but why not give it an autumn spin and use conkers or acorns instead?
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