Art and Craft

13 Apr 2022

Easter Craft Inspiration

Get inspired with these egg-cellent Easter craft ideas from @create_make_and_play! Kitchen Roll Art Have you tried it? So simple and using resources you will have around the house! All you need to do is let the children decorate the kitchen roll bunnies with felt tips or glitter pens, cut them […]

28 Apr 2023

What is Drawing?

Children begin the practice of drawing – or mark making – from the moment they can clasp a pencil, crayon or stick in their hand. Drawing takes place on a multitude of surfaces: not just paper, but on walls, the pavement, in the sand. For children it is one of […]

25 Apr 2023

The Basic and Budget Friendly Ar...

Every art cupboard will have its variations, and of course school budgets have an impact on what is available. Some schools have a shared art cupboard for each Key Stage and others have a supply in each classroom. Whichever way you store your art materials, there are ways to ensure […]

05 May 2022

Be Inspired for Jubilee with Cra...

Are you looking for Jubilee Art & Craft inspiration? @Create_make_and_play has created beautiful pieces to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022. Look and be inspired with these step-by-step guides!  Paper Plate Crown What you need:  Paper Plate  Paint or Paint sticks  Gems to Decorate Glue Scissors Sponge or Paintbrush […]

25 Apr 2022

Celebrating the Jubilee with Pla...

Playful Porter (@playful_porter) has created some wonderful art and craft pieces to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022. Be inspired by these step-by-step guides.  Union Jack Tissue Paper Craft   Creating a Union Jack tissue paper craft makes for a great decoration around the Jubilee! It’s a fantastic fine motor […]

04 Oct 2021

How To Make a Festive Window

For our first activity, we’ll be making festive windows. For this, you’ll need some black sugar paper, assorted tissue paper, scissors and glue. Step 1 Take a piece of sugar paper and fold one corner of the paper to the other. Once they’re aligned, make a fold and cut the […]

10 Sep 2021

Mindfulness

Who doesn’t love a good eight, nine or ten hours a day deconstructing semi-colons in Shakespeare, explaining pi to the power of infinity, climbing through piles of paperwork and marking, marking, marking? Actually, your mind doesn’t. In fact, sometimes your mind quite likes not doing these things. It quite likes […]

06 Sep 2021

How to Make a Diya for Diwali

Celebrate Diwali by creating your own festival of lights in your classroom! You will need Air hardening clay Ready mix paint Flameless tea lights To make a diya for Diwali With a block of air hardening clay, sculpt a small, hollow dish big enough for a tea light candle to […]

01 Jul 2021

Immersive Learning Environments

Immersive learning environments offer the perfect multi-sensory space to inspire and engage young learners through memorable learning experiences. Children’s curiosity, creativity and imagination will grow and develop through exploring and interacting. What better place to learn about minibeasts than in your own forest, or let children read about frozen worlds […]

23 Mar 2021

Easter - Let's celebrate and enj...

For Christians, Easter is the most important celebration of the year – a time to be thankful and joyful because Jesus was born again.  Whatever our beliefs, we can all celebrate this special season with our children and help them understand that Easter is about much more than chocolate! As […]