Summer Term 2015 A quick catch up

28/04/2015 Being creative

Painting pebbles

Hama beads

Careful colouring

12/05/2015 Collage

Foil leaf pictures

02/06/2015 Modelling

Air dry clay

Can't beat good old playdoh

16/06/2015 Road Safety

Personalised cars

Scalextric

More car makes!

30/06/2015 Bouncing balls

No photo's this week but we made bouncing balls using pva and borax (http://sciencebob.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Bouncy_Ball2.pdf) and loom bands (http://www.redtedart.com/2015/04/28/diy-bouncy-balls-a-great-way-to-use-up-rainbow-loom-bands/)

14/07/2015

Scrapbooks for the summer

Playing together

10/03/2015 Japan

Origami carp

We ran with a japanese theme this week. Unfortunately my camera didn't want to play so there is only the one photo. 

We did origami including the simple carp kite design shown above, we followed instructions from activity village. We also had samurai helmet instructions and a book with more complicated patterns to attempt.

There were Kokeshi paper dolls and traditional costume pictures for colouring. Also we did cherry blossom finger painting where we drew the trunk of the tree and branches with a felt tip pen and then dabbed on the pink blossom with fingertips, similar to here. 

Finally some of the older children made japanese dumplings to enjoy for lunch.  

All of the above links are to activity village. I don't usually get ideas from just the one website but they really pulled through for me this week!

Catch up: 21/10/2014 Halloween madness, 04/11/2014 Firework fun

21/10/2014 Halloween madness

Potion ingredients

Experimental potions were made from a choice of many ingredients including ice cream, biscuits and chocolate. Some were great and others were best described as... interesting.

Playing catch up: 09/09/2014, 23/09/2014

Life is hectic at the moment offering me little time on the computer so here is a quick round up of what we have been doing over the last couple of weeks.

09/09/2014 Thread painting and flat breads

Marble and thread painting

This activity was organised by a young lady working towards her Arts Award. There were two techniques to try:

10/06/2014 The inspirational sun

Straight into the confession: I took no photos at the group. I hang my head in shame. Unfortunately (luckily?) some people managed to leave their art behind giving me the opportunity to take photos at home, there's a silver lining in every cloud.

20/05/2014: Paint, soap and beads

Rainbow

Another great session. Lots of colourful pictures, the children are clearly a talented bunch!