Golden Time ideas - art and craft

Upper KS1 and KS2

Book making

Accordion pop out book - KS2*NEW March 2010

Exploding book - loads of fun KS2*NEW March 2010

Origami book - age 6+

Scrap book - straightforward hardback book age7+

Slider book - the pages turn automatically upper KS2

Stand up zig zag book

Story cube - a book that opens to reveal a model age 7+

Clay

Castle tea light holders -6-11,

Coil pot

Letter rack - great gift for an adult

Slab box - upper KS2

Tealight holder - cross curricular R.E

Fabric

Rainbow Fish Picture - dye fabric using starch resist technique

In the style of....

Computer art Mondrian style

Undersea print & paper cut picture - very Matisse

Knitting, knotting, sewing

Finger knitting 4 fingers - all you need is wool & 2 hands. Upper KS2 

Finger knitting 2 fingers - easier than 4 fingers, suitable for younger KS2

Finger knitting double yarn - more advanced

Finger Knitted Hanging Pot- recycle old baler twine, upper KS2

Finger weaving - make a simple loom KS2

Knitted coaster -introduction to knitting KS2

Teddy - soft toy to sew age 7+

Wool winding - make patterns or backgrounds for pictures

Paper, Printing and Pictures

Embossing - make impressions of objects using foil

Paper making - recycle old paper & make some new!

Press printing - not just for the young 'uns.

Polystyrene press printing recycle polystyrene sheets KS1 &2

Quilled minibeasts - 8 to choose from 7-9yrs

Snowdrop model - paper sculpture KS2

Spray painted picture - follows on from KS1

Willow pattern plate - supports QCA unit Journeys

Picture Frames

 Cd case picture frame - cross curricular DT

Metallic picture frame - age 8-11recycle

Padded picture frame - recycle  boxes & rags  - upper KS2

Teaching techniques

Background paint techniques create paint effects, all key stages

Marbling technique

Patterns dyed onto fabric - starch resist technique

Teaching observational painting- how to get perfect results!

Cross Curricular

Bird Fat Pecker - feed the birds in winter

Celtic patterns - step by step pictures to make patterns, good for thinking skills

Felt sweets - model sweets, cross curricular, KS2

Hieroglyphic message  and hieroglyph alphabet an alphabet with easy to draw symbols

Illuminated letters - make a quill & write like the anglo saxons

King Tut's death mask - make a recycled replica

  Stepping stone - great activity for a school gardening club

Tutankhamen sarcophagus - use chocolate wrappers & make this shiny replica, KS2

Weaving

Paper weaving KS2

Weaving on a plate - free weaving in KS1

Weaving on a rectangular loom - KS2

Weaving on a round loom - KS2

Weaving with natural materials - supports QCA 2B Mother Nature Designer

Woven Joseph coat - make a simple loom KS1 &2