As a mum of two I find that my daughter’s craft table gets filled with artwork and creations, not to mention the daily/weekly pile of wonders that are brought home. My eldest daughter loves to sit together and go through each drawing and talk about it and as I ask which one is a keeper…
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Ergonomic super scissors for kids!
These scissors are great for crafty little fingers who are desperate to get their hands on scissors! For those living in Vienna they sell them in Müller.
Mondrian Mondrian, rectangles and squares, rectangles and squares, thin black lines, thin black lines, Mondrian Mondrian!!
Practising colours Mondrian is a great choice to explore! The children stuck black lines to the paper and then rolled a colour dice to decide what colour to go in which square/rectangle..they loved it!!! Also cutting shapes to stick on a black background. They were not to be limited on shape ideas oh no we…
Matisse colourful cut-outs
I could eat, sleep and breathe Matisse cut-outs, I LOVE THEM!!! So bright, bold and full of movement. The children each took a piece of coloured paper(pink was very popular!) and cut a shape of their choice and glued it on a big piece of white paper. Hanging it on the wall gives the effect…
Frida Kahlo vibrant portraits
3-6 year olds using patterned paper ripped up to make vibrant patterns for the back drop like in Frida’s self portraits. The children then painted her portrait with acrylics and added silk paper flowers in her hair. Attention was taken to create her infamous monobrow. The children all wondered why she was so serious, she…
Under 3’s printing and making funny monster faces!
A fantastic Art Seminar with mini artists! Under 3 years old and full of enthusiasm, we had a great morning making monster faces with fruit and vegetables, rice and raisins. Followed by printing vegetables and collaging faces. The results were brilliant.
Starry Starry Night…
Such vibrant blues and dazzling stars. Children aged 3-6 years worked together in a group to produce this artwork. Van Gogh would be proud!! Paint, collage, crayons…ohhh and GLITTER!!!!
Printing and patterns
Using self made and recycled stencils to make fabulous patterns. Spray fabric paint worked a treat.
Edvard Munch and his little screamers!
Brilliant class with lots of screaming!!! Talking about different expressions and feelings. Shouting or screaming it would appear the man or woman in the painting is not a happy chappy. One child’s take on the painting was that a car was coming and he was screaming because he wanted the car to stop..interpret the painting…
Favourite children’s books
Books and stories were a favourite of mine as a child and even now if I am honest. At primary school a book that stands out in my memory is The Jolly Postman by Allen Ahlberg, I remember hiding it in the corner library to insure when it was my turn to choose a book I…
