Craft week
Creating in three dimensions
Welcome to our Craft feature
This week we're diving into craft, making textile, cylinder and plaster puppets, calico bags, worry dolls and Arpilleras. These activities give children a wide range of skills in thinking in three dimensions whilst encouraging them to push their manual dexterity creating objects that they can be proud of.
textile puppets
Create characters that involve the use of textiles, paint and other materials.
Textile puppets are
simple to make
This project is designed to suit normal classroom conditions and illustrates how to adapt the classroom to create the working space required. Puppetry is sometimes neglected by teachers as planning and sourcing materials takes some time, but this can be solved by planning ahead and by asking parents to contribute recyclable materials in advance.
Textile Puppet Art Lesson
You can download a lesson plan from our art lesson resource.
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Watch the video at the end on using recyclable materials
Cylinder Puppets
A creative and economical way to make puppets at home, or in the classroom.
Puppets especially designed for young children
This project offers young children the opportunity to create with cardboard or milk cartons, paper, felt, fabrics and many more recyclable materials.
Worry Dolls
Great project for children
Worry Dolls – video lesson
Great project for children - Worry dolls, inspired by the Central American tradition of giving little dolls to children to put under their pillows to take their worries away.
List of Recycled materials»
Watch the video at the end on using recyclable materials
Plaster puppets
Paul Klee inspired plaster puppets
Suitable for 10 to 15 years old students Paul Klee made 80 puppets with his son Felix, they used bits of fabrics from old clothes to cut up and to make the puppets costumes.
Paper Maché Masks
This Project uses the face as a vehicle for expression to create a 3D character and develop a better understanding of other people and cultures.
Paper Maché Masks tutorial
Knowing the purpose of a mask helps you understand its significance. Masks have been designed to depict animals, characters in drama, good and evil spirits, and mythological characters. In ancient Greek comedies and tragedies, for example, actors used masks when playing different characters to conceal their own identity and take on the identity portrayed by the mask.
Paper Maché Masks Art Lesson
Throughout time masks have been used by many different cultures. Primitive societies wore them for ceremonial purposes; nowadays people wear them for celebrations and fun.
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Painting on Calico bags
Painting Calico bags is a popular project to do in the classroom or at home, it involves drawing a design and painting.
Arpilleras
Arpilleras are Traditional Textile Collage from South America. Sewing project for young children, using hessian, yarns, knitted collaged pieces and plastic
Using Recyclable materials
Using recyclable materials is a great way to introduce some interesting textures and collecting is fun.
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Brava Art PressRaquel Redmond studied Fine Art and Design at The George Washington University in Washington D.C., USA. She has also studied Fine Art and Printmaking at the Queensland College of Art Griffith University in Brisbane, Queensland.
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