This week our 4-9 year old groups created their very own felt bookmarks, whilst some of the children who came on Monday finished off their felt plush.The children drew a picture of what they would like to go on their bookmark before using a dressmakers chalk pencil to draw the shapes on the felt andContinue reading “Felt Bookmarks and Finishing off Plushies”
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Press Painting Insects and Houses
This week the toddler group are going to explore press painting. Instead of just the usual butterflies used in early press painting exploration we decided to also have some ladybirds and houses available for the children to choose from. We tried out using paint brushes and squeezing the paint from the bottle directly onto theContinue reading “Press Painting Insects and Houses”
Exploring 3D Cardboard Art
Our exploration of 3D art has continued this week with cardboard and foil. We created the cardboard art first and then the foil sculptures during the last quarter of the session. The children also had access to all other art materials we have in our stores. The first challenge they were given was to createContinue reading “Exploring 3D Cardboard Art”
‘Drawing with Scissors’
This week our 4-9 year olds had lots of fun exploring creating 3D paper art using different coloured paper, scissors and sticky pads. While initially hesitant the children became more confident and found the process of creating 3D paper art more enjoyable as they added more layers and experimented with the different shaped scissors. OneContinue reading “‘Drawing with Scissors’”
Fizzy Painting
This week the children had lots of fun exploring fizzy painting. To make a fizzy painting you need bicarbonate of soda, plastic cups, distilled vinegar, food colouring, pipettes and water colour paper.The first thing we did was mix food colouring with the distilled vinegar (the red, pink and orange look very similar in colour onContinue reading “Fizzy Painting”
Natural Dyes Workshop
Today we had lots of fun exploring some of the natural dyes we can make using vegetables and berries that we can buy from the shops. We used red cabbage, blackberries, spinach and turmeric to make our dyes. We actually used the red cabbage to make three different colours thanks to a fun from scienceContinue reading “Natural Dyes Workshop”
Exploring 3D Paper Art
This week our Friday group had lots of fun exploring creating 3D paper art using paper, scissors, googly eyes and foam sticky pads. One of the children described 3D paper art as ‘drawing with scissors’. They enjoyed using vibrantly coloured paper and trying to figure out whether it is better to stick pieces down asContinue reading “Exploring 3D Paper Art”
Mixed Media Art Based On Our Holidays
This week the Wednesday and Thursday groups were tasked with creating pictures based on their holidays using two or more different materials. The children had access to washi tape, pencils, chalk pastels, oil pastels, water colour paint, collage materials, pens and colouring pencils.We ended up with quite a few pictures based on holidays in Cornwall!TheContinue reading “Mixed Media Art Based On Our Holidays”
Bubble Painting
This week the toddlers had lots of fun exploring bubble painting! We mixed paint with washing up liquid and a small amount of water, we then used sponges to mark make on the paper!We had the little Crayola paint pots so it was easy to add extra colours to our palette trays and see whatContinue reading “Bubble Painting”
Clay Modelling Summer Session
This weeks extra summer session was focused on exploring what we can create via clay modelling. During the first half of the session everyone created their very own mosaic coaster using beads and clay, while in the second half the children had the opportunity to create whatever they wanted.We have ended up with some vibrantContinue reading “Clay Modelling Summer Session”
Primrose Art Club 