Practical art projects

Colored pencil leftovers. In progress

This is a great way to link Science and Art! Get the children inspired by shapes and textures found in cells and bacteria growth by showing examples of petri dishes. Then get them to glue small materials such as beads, pipe cleaners, cotton buds, straws and felt into science petri dishes. Make sure they think about how they could manipulate these materials to look like a growth of bacteria and living organisms. Then come up with some names…perhaps - Blueblob Jellyspongus…

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Breaking down egg boxes into their component parts is a great way of ‘playing’ with shapes and works well with many natural forms, birds, plants, or maybe insects like these . . .

Are you looking for a fun and practical craft project? This DIY paint palette is not only a fun activity to make but also a functional tool you can use for your painting sessions with

Make low-mess yarn art using leftover yarn. It's so easy to create beautiful yarn "paintings", and it's such a fun and creative art project!