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I only just found out that Ladybirds are Beetles!!!! I never realised! Beetles come in the most amazing colours and to make your own is pretty simple and quite a relaxing art to do. First up find a scrappy piece of paper or thin card and fold in half. You are going to cut outContinue reading “Coleoptera ( beetles!)”

I love collage as it is such a quick and easy way to add colour, so decided to make these quirky birds. You will need – glue, coloured paper, pencils, pastels, googly eyes and anything else you want to add to your creation. Choose two coloured sheets.Contrasting colours is always good but totally up toContinue reading “Collage Patterned Bird”

This is the most basic pop up technique. Instead of making it a picture if you were going to do it for a card just be aware the size of your pictures when the card is folded. This is just a picture pop up so I have not had to worry about that.First of allContinue reading “Pop Up Picture”

One of my favourite times at junior school was doing weekly poetry. It was a long time ago but I still remember it and I still enjoy writing poetry. So I challenge you to write a poem about A SLUG.Poems don’t have to rhyme but it’s quite fun seeing what words you can rhyme with.Continue reading “A challenge”

I love these tins. They come in all shapes and sizes and they make great frames ( well I think they do!!). This is a project that can take as long as you like or have a quick end result. You will need a tin, I have used a M&S plant based mushroom one .Continue reading “Pie Tin Frames”

Have you noticed more birds recently in your garden or on your walks? I have named our resident Robin ‘Hubert’ and have been buying him treats .I have to admit my knowledge of birds is pretty rubbish so getting to know our birds is a great thing to do. So why not make a bookContinue reading “Bird Spotting”

Welcome to ‘Maureen’ she is a fabulous fish with a great taste in handbags and hats!!!I made her after watching ‘This is not my hat’ and ‘I want my hat back’ both by Jon Klasssen by The Little Angel Theatre .They have made the shows whilst in lockdown and they are absolutely wonderful. You willContinue reading “An easy puppet fish”

I love cloud spotting . Grab a blanket and sit outside, or look out of your window and see what you can see in the cloud shapes. What can you see? I just took these two photos a minute ago. I can see a cat on a moped! What can you see in this oneContinue reading “Cloud Spotting”

I think my cat thinks this is her blog!!!! First book today is a picture book Mr Pusskins by Sam Lloyd. Here is my cat doing a very good impression of Mr Pusskins! We really liked the illustrations by Sam Lloyd with big bright colours. This book is about finding love, he doesn’t realise heContinue reading “Book recommendations for this week.”

This is a very simple premise, you have to draw lots of circles and come up with as many ideas of what those circles can be.It is very good for thinking outside the box. You could make it a competition of who can come up with the most ideas. Maybe a prize for the mostContinue reading “An art game”