A fold to make a friend.

A simple zigzag fold can be used to make some tiny friends in my latest lockdown how-to video. 

Super . . . vegetable

I'm organising superhero activities this weekend in Paisley and here is a prototype super suede or neep (if you are Scottish) what fun! I cannot wait to see all the hero's that the kids create.

Skeleton Puppets

These are very simple baking paper puppets on a thin bamboo skewer that we also made on Friday. They dance beautifully together and make lovely shadows.

Walking with Pirates

It is often difficult to encourage children to walk, so this weekend the 'walk' was made less traumatic for everyone by combining it with a hunt for possible pirate legs. There are eight years between my children and when my son was younger we used to do this and then make the pirates out of air drying clay, incorporating the twigs, shells and other found objects.
This weekend we did not have air drying clay, but we did have art materials so these are some of our pirates. Freya has given one of her colourful pirates a trumpet which was a dried flower that fell out of one of my old sketch books.

Break down

We broke down on our way home from Dundee last night, not a good situation, in the pouring rain at the side of a busy 'A' road. We were rescued after an hour and towed home. 
While we waited we had fun in the steamy car, trying to fit as many faces on the windscreen as possible. The effect in the lights, especially when the rescue vehicle arrived, were great. 

Tupera Tupera V

 

 

 

Wonderful projects/ activities for children. Tupera Tupera hold lots of wonderful creative workshops for children, I love those horses.

Playdough days

Playdough fish to replace the real ones who have died. This was good fun, the playdough sticks very readily to glass and it is encouraging to have an arena for your newly created pets.

Isidro Ferrer IV

My last post on the fantastic Isidro Ferrer is from his book Creat-tu-circo a book of circus characters that you can make, fun for the weekend.

Flip Switch

I had a workshop with childcare professionals today. Occasionally I get to take one off workshops, showing different art and craft activities that you can do with children of various ages. Today we made lots of movement toys; zip lines, elastic band woodpeckers and climbing toys. Then we made books, dividing them into three sections, to make books where you can swap heads, middles and legs. Here are some examples of the books they created using photographs of themselves as a starting point.

Criminals, rats and blushes

Above: Blushes

Above: Rat, Below: Criminal

Fun with ink blocks and imagination.

Pastastic

Freya's picture of me, Yes those are bags!

Today, to combat flu cabin fever, we played with pasta. The creations are now going hard ready to paint, sticky messy fun, and a good way to rid yourself of pasta, purchase, mistakes (the intestine like tube pasta is not good).

The Box Doodle Project

Above: Box by Sonny Crisp

Above and Below: boxes by David Hoffman

Above: Box by Lala Ladcani
Ahhh, found this wonderful site http://www.neu-e.de/ just fantastic. Old carboard boxes made into art, just what I needed.

Lion Tamer and Lion

Lion: Eating my family

Above and Below: Lion Eating Lion Tamer, Lion and Lion tamer's Hat

Yesterdays fun with cardboard.

Liqurice Wednesday

Freya and I made liqurice art today here is our Lady with beehive and Freya's Guineepig, all you need is a big peice of paper and alot of liquorice allsorts.