13 Easy Craft Ideas
Flour Picture
Past all over a dark piece of paper, place on this a doyley, sift flour over the page, then gently remove the doyley.
Candle Pictures
Draw a picture with a piece of candle, cover with a weak paint wash.
Macaroni Beads
Thread macaroni onto a piece of string, paint the macaroni then coat with PVA glue.
Combing Pictures
Cover paper with a thick solution of (paint and pva mixture) draw over it with a comb.
Blow Painting
Blow with a straw, blobs of paint placed in the centre of the page.
String Painting
Fold paper in half - insert 'hairy' string covered in paint, pat hard then pull out string.
Finger Painting
To make homemade finger paint - mix flour and powdered paint in equal proportions and add water until smooth and thick. Let the children finger paint a wipeable table, lots of squidgy patterns, let them rub it and spread it - then press onto it a piece of paper, to take a print of the final design.
Collage
Glue teared paper onto paper. Use irregular shapes, coloured and textured materials.
Doyley Painting
Place doyley onto sheet of paper. Paint over and remove, leaves the pattern.
Dribble Painting
Drip paint onto paper, then tilt from side to side, or Blow watery paint with a straw, or Fold paper in half and press for a symmetrical patter.
Salad Spinning Patterns
Using a salad spinner - place in a piece of paper, drop on drips of paper then spin.
Marbling
Put a little water into a bowl or tray, sprinkle onto this dry powder paint of different colours. Place on a piece of paper and draw out across the paint.
Bubble Printing
Put paint (Pre-mixed with water and washing liquid) into a margarine tub - 'not too wide or deep' with a straw blow bubbles 'make sure the children know to blow and not suck', blow bubbles into the paint, when they come to the top, place over the bubble the paper, now you have a bubble print.
