If like us you have lots of boxes lying around then why not use them for making some painted paper you can use as gift wrap or making into cards. What you need. A box Paper Milk bottle tops, corks, marbles or baby food pouch tops. Paint Cellotape What to do. 1) Line the box with white paper. 2) Squeeze different coloured paint in patches all over the box. 3) Add in bottle tops or small objects that will roll about and you don't mind getting covered in paint. 4) Close the lid on the box and Cellotape up. 5) This is the fun part. Shake the box from side to side so the loose parts spread the blobs of paint about. 6) Open up to have a look at the results. You can always add more blobs of paint and repeat the shaking of the box. 7) When you are happy with the results, leave to dry. 8) Use the painted paper to wrap a present for a family member or cut the paper up into squar...
Create a patterned picture. We have drawn pictures of our village canal and the local landscape. Go over the pencil lines in black felt tip. We drew our local canal but you can draw anything. Using coloured felt tip pens create patterns in different sections of the picture. We tried to use different colours and patterns next to each other. I think these pictures are very effective.
A few years ago we made a bug hotel. Materials Used Old wooden pallet Old clay tiles Clay pipes Twigs Straw Bricks Leaves Bamboo pieces from broken garden edging. What to do Find an area in the garden big enough for your bug hotel. It can be as big or small as you like and the materials you use. Gather all your materials together. Place the wooden pallet on the ground and fill compartments with bricks, clay pipes, leaves, twigs, straw and any materials you have that will make a good habitat for insects. We placed clay roof tiles on the top to cover the bug hotel and make it a darker habitat for the insects.
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