Our art is always based on process not product. That said, the children enjoy making something that is recognisable to the picture they began with in their heads. Here are a few of our more enjoyable projects trying to replicate some Mr Men and Little Miss characters: 1. Junk Modelling Junk modelling is a cheap,…
Category: Young Artists at Play
Young People at Play
Each morning the little ones have a one hour themed session. In science they made their own yellow ball from Borax and glue; in art they made some sand pictures; in their explorers class they discovered the joys of a beachy sensory box; during their time as inventors they made a beach in a bottle and…
Young Artists at Play: Experimenting with Home-made Paint
When I called my young artists to the table for their art time, they were just a little bit excited: And so they should have been! We had made some home-made paints during our science time the day before and we coloured some foam with food colourings to give us a very different textured paint. …
Young Artists at Play: Coloured Foam
When my two little girls were even littler I used to put shaving foam in a zip lock bag for them to play with. It never held their attention for a huge amount of time, but then I had never thought to put food colouring along side it. It was this which gave me a seed of…
Young Artists at Play
A few weeks ago I started what was to become affectionately known in our house as 'Young Scientists at Play'. This was one hour on a Monday for my two younger daughters to play at being scientists. The theme was colour and the learning was open-ended and all about discovery. Well, during these one hour slots,…