This is a great sensory Art activity which gives unique and different results every time. If you have some paint then place some out on a piece of paper or canvas. The thicker the paint the better as it will give you more to play with and move around. Place a large piece of cling film over the surface, making it slightly bigger than you paper/canvas. Then have fun moving the paint and see what happens when colours mix together! Leave to dry over night and then remove the cling film. Have fun 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tCRj9uT59k

The paint can be applied to in a more controlled way to create a specific picture as shown below:

I have noticed a lot of beautiful butterflies fluttering around outside and this reminds me that Spring has well and truly arrived. With this is mind here are some Art activities you may like to try:

Can you create a Butterfly painting using symmetry?

Here is a link to a video to show you how it is done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1TQtfNw4JA

Can you use your footprint with some paint to create the wings of a butterfly?

Perhaps you could have a go at making sensory butterflies. For this you will need a plastic food bag, a pipe cleaners and something to fill inside such as pom poms, paint or cut pieces of paper:

Enjoy whatever you create and have fun 🙂

Today, April 22nd, marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the annual celebration of the environmental movement. Below are some examples of Art work that you may like to create at home.

Why not get some green and blue paint and dip a balloon into it and press it down to create a pattern of the Earth:

Some Earth pictures using paint and bubble wrap:

Creating World Earth Day Art using your hand and foot prints:

Collage using cut pieces of green and blue paper:

Have fun creating Art work about  a really important issue 🙂

Here is a wonderful way to decorate some eggs for Easter! Enjoy 🙂

Materials Needed:

• hard-boiled eggs
• food colouring
• Shaving foam
• tray
• plate
• spoon/spatula

An Easter garden is more than just a pretty centre piece for your Easter lunch, it is a way to help teach children about Jesus and how he died for us and rose into Heaven.

For your own garden you will need:

• A tray
• Soil
• Grass seeds or moss
• Small stones
• A large stone
• A piece of small white cloth
• A small flower pot
• 6 sticks to make into 3 crosses
• String

Instructions:

1. Place your flower pot on its side on the tray (this will be tomb) and cover half the tray (including over the side of the flower pot) with soil, this will make a hill side.  On the other half put your small stones.
2. If you are doing this with over week before Easter you could always plant some grass seeds in the soil and watch them grown.  If like us you don’t have that long find some moss that is growing on a wall and peel it off to cover the soil area.  We also dug up some pansies that were growing between some paving stones in the garden to add some colour to our garden.
3. With your sticks use them to make three crosses and secure them with bits of string. Stick them into the top of the “hill”, if you have one cross that is bigger than the others, place it in the centre of the three crosses to represent the cross which Jesus was crucified on.
4. Finally with the piece of white cloth, fold it up and put it in the tomb and place the large stone in front of the entrance to the tomb.  On Easter Sunday roll the stone away to show that Jesus has risen.

Even if you aren’t religious this is a simple activity to do to teach children about different cultures and religions.

Here is a link to a youtube video showing you how it can be done:

Try using a fork and some paint to create wonderful pieces of Artwork. Perhaps a painting of some tulips for Spring? An Easter chick? Below are a couple of videos to help you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-9ksX-SeXQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYIb6Pl_DTY

and while we’re on the topic of forks, why not have a go at making ‘Forky’ from Toy Story 4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWzuwgYu_D8

The painting of pebbles and leaving them around for others to find is something that is popular all over the world. Perhaps you could write a word or a nice message on a stone and then hide it either in your home or garden for a family member to find or if you are out for a short walk then for a stranger to find. When found it will make the person feel very happy and then they could leave it somewhere else for someone else to find and so it goes on. A never ending source of joy!

Here is a link to a good newsround clip about it:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/41921417

Using pencils or crayons can you create some rubbings from items you have in the house? Place the item underneath a sheet of paper and rub over the top.

Some good things to use are coins, keys and Lego. Leaves also give a good effect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W66TAqCT4hc

Good morning Purple class. I know that a little while ago in class you look at an Artist called Picasso. I have found a wonderful website where you can make Picasso inspired portraits online. Have a good, its really good found. Its called ‘Mr Picasso Head’!

http://www.picassohead.com