Make a Robot print!

Last week the children made Robot prints!

They were given a selection of different items to make prints from including:
sponges
combs
tubes
straws
doilies
string
rubber bands
selotape
polystyrene
scissors
fabric

Have a look at what some of them got up to!

 Good job guys!

Shadow Puppets

For the last 2 weeks the children at Art Club made Shadow Puppets!

For the first week they got into groups and decided on what characters to make and how they could interact in a short 2 minute play.

Then they got down to work! Designing their characters and cutting them out of black card. Then they attached all the joints together with brass fasteners and attached kebab sticks to the back to animate them.

In the second week the children made slides using coloured lighting filters and paint. Then each group came into the film room to perform each of their plays.

It was so much fun! Here are the results in the finished films!

Cardboard Castles

Last week the Children made Cardboard Castles!

Each child was given a sheet or two of cardboard, 5 or 6 cardboard rolls (huge thanks to my mum for saving them for us!), a roll of selotape, 5 or 6 paper cups, coloured card and paper, some string, a few wooden kebab sticks, and some oil pastels.

The children loved making their castles, each one had unique characteristics. Some had flags, some had ladders, some had canons, some had drawbridges and others had gardens!

Enjoy the photos!

**Why not make your own?!***

3D Animal Masks

Last week the children made 3D Animal Masks.

The children had such a fun time, making all different kinds of animal faces!

The process was simple - using a cardboard base, build up the animals face using neswpaper and masking tape. Then paint them!

As usual, I didn't manage to get photos of everyone's masks, but here are some of the ones I did! 

Enjoy!

Life Size Self Portraits

Happy New Year!

To start the Spring term off I thought, what better than to do some life size self portrait drawings!

So the children got into pairs, I measured everyone out onto some huge sheets of paper and they got busy drawing around each other.

Then they got down to draw different elements of themselves. I gave them around 10 minutes on each body part.

First it was the faces....

Then the hands and toes....

Then the arms....

 And the legs...

...and finally the whole body!

Superb work everyone, well done!

Christmas Hanging Decorations - Craft Video!

Hello!

A Couple of years ago I designed this super cool Christmas Hanging Decoration Project.

After the success of making them with a few different Art Clubs and Tuition groups, this year I decided to make you a Craft Video showing you how to make it yourself!

There's lots of options for surface decoration with this project - glitter glues, confetti, craft bits,  acrylic paint or wax crayons are just a few options.

Make sure you hang the finished one in front of some sparkly lights for the best effect :D

Enjoy and Happy Christmas!

How to Make your own Christmas Pop up Card - Craft Video!

Here's how to make a super simple and really easy
Holly Pop-Up card for your loved ones this Christmas! 

Enjoy! xx

Christmas Pop Up Cards

The Kids made some great Pop up Cards last week at Art Club!

This was the example I showed them, of a Sleigh, Tree and Presents:

The children got busy, choosing different coloured card and images for their designs.

Here are just a few of the finished ones! So great to see such a range of unique styles.

See you next time!