I design imaginative, printable art and writing activities for 7-13-year-olds. I help classroom teachers and homeschoolers to deliver high-quality art projects with minimal stress and prep! I firmly believe that kids can learn more about themselves and the world around them through creativity
I design imaginative, printable art and writing activities for 7-13-year-olds. I help classroom teachers and homeschoolers to deliver high-quality art projects with minimal stress and prep! I firmly believe that kids can learn more about themselves and the world around them through creativity
This ‘Robot About Me’ art and writing activity, is a delightful first week back to school ice breaker and a really creative way for teachers and students to learn more about each other.
Invite students to respond to prompts and questions in a personal and imaginative way, using doodles and words, to create a unique robot character.
The pack also contains robot themed classroom decor and activities for early finishers.
Contents:
• Robot templates to decorate and construct, 2 x challenge level options are included
a) Single page activity
b) Robot activity with fold out booklet for writing and image making
• Construction directions and photographs of finished examples for inspiration.
I suggest teachers make a finished fold out example to show to students
• Classroom decor - garlands, mini garlands and posters, in both colour and outline format
• Doodle pages and bookmarks to keep early finishers occupied
The finished robots make a fabulous display, on the bulletin board or pegged up on a line as a garland.
Photographs of completed and partially completed examples are included in the packet, using a black ball point pen and colored markers to create a modern, illustrative style to appeal to slightly older children, grade 4+
The pack also contains activities for early finishers, including doodle pages and bookmarks to make.
This 41 page detailed football themed creative art activity pack has been designed to enthuse and engage children in a fun, experimental way.
Templates and activity sheets have been created to encourage the exploration of colour, shape, abstract pattern, graphic and sportswear design.
All designs are original and have been hand drawn and scanned or digitised by me to create unique activities.
The 41 page pack also includes football inspired bunting and flags for the classroom or homeschool environment.
There are also templates for medals, rosettes and trophies which are useful for end of term celebrations, awards and sports day activities.
Ideal also for football themed kids parties or as handy time fillers on vacation or whilst travelling this summer.
The pack includes the following templates with several colour examples for easy use in the classroom:
‘All about me’ football activity sheet
Bunting, flags, medals, rosettes, trophy templatesto colour and make
Finger puppets and soccer pitch templates for fun competition and play
Design templates, to create football team strips, tops, shorts, socks, caps, football boots
A selection of imaginative, creative doodle sheets and challenging coloring pages - includes footballs, football nets and more
‘A Ball About Me’, is a fun, first week back to school, all about me creative art activity.
This football template invites students to respond to prompts in a personal, way using doodles and graffiti style lettering.
16 Instructions/prompts on the ball template include:
Name, Age, Self Portrait,
Favourite Song, Food, Book, Sport and Colour
Activities: Colour this, take a line for a walk, draw circles, squares, triangles, lines.
This resource also includes the following:
‘A Ball About Me’ garland for students to decorate and display.
With 2 letters per page, this will make a large welcoming banner for the new classroom or bulletin board.
For early finishers and relaxation time:
Make a football bookmark
Explore pattern, shape and colour with two additional abstract football doodle worksheets.
Materials needed:
You will only need basic materials for this activity - good quality paper for printing, coloured pencils and marker pens, string or pegs for the garland.
The photographed colour example included in the pack uses a black ball point pen and marker pens to create a modern, illustrative style to appeal to year 3’s and above.
The finished artworks make a fabulous eye catching group wall display and also work well laminated and suspended from the ceiling. Watch them spin!
They also look great as personal journal or sketchbook covers for students.
Ideal for use as an icebreaker activity or as an art specific lesson.
UK/Aus/NZ version, with ‘favourite colour’ spelling is included in the pack
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this resource, I am always keen to help,
Thanks for visiting my store!
Diane
I have designed 10 Father's Day card templates for children to colour.
The preview shows all 10 designs which include the popular themes of ties, footballs, rosettes, medals and also cards where children can finish the sentence, such as , 'I love you more than...."
The designs are modern and imaginative, and created to encourage exploration of colour, design, pattern and abstract shape.
Card designs are placed on half the page and ready to fold.
They can be printed on A4 or US letter size paper and then trimmed to the border which measures 7x5 inches.
I hope you like them! If you have any queries, please email me
diane@theimaginationbox.com
These 'modern art' hidden Easter Egg and Rabbit worksheets are a challenging creative activity for kids. They can help young artists and designers explore graphic design, and the impact of different color palettes - hot, cold etc.
Use felt tips, crayons, pastels, watercolours, collage - depending on time available, age, level of ability.
Amazing Animal Doodles - this is the perfect eye-catching art and creative writing project for your Winter or Animal Themed Classroom.
This detailed resource is inspired by Folk Art around the world, using bold, simplistic geometric and floral shapes and bright colours highlighted against black and white.
These doodle animal templates have been designed to really engage your students creatively, spark their imaginations and inspire them to explore and experiment with colour, shape and pattern.
The resource pack contains:
1. outline templates: owl, stag, fox, bear, squirrel, rooster, hare
2. completed colored examples to use as inspiration and posters
3. pattern making template pages to experiment and design new patterns
4. a selection of background patterns to place cut out animal shapes onto
5. a creative writing activity page for each template - answer questions, write a short story and create a poem around your chosen animal
6. make your own ‘Folk Art Doodles’ banner to help display your students finished artworks
7. descriptive words and titles for the bulletin board
Key materials needed:
1. good quality heavyweight paper for printing
2. Choose from felt tips / markers, colored pencils, crayons for the art activity
The examples were created using Sharpies, black is important.
3. scissors, glue, string for banner
Are you looking for a creative, fun Mother's Day art and craft activity for kids to make and take home to mum to treasure?
This imaginative 'keepsake box' can be personalised by each student on the outside and filled with special surprises inside.
This art and craft activity is suitable for 7-12 year olds - it involves design, colour, pattern, shape, careful cutting, construction, doodles, writing, wordsearch, card making and weaving with yarn.
The resource pack contains the following:
Instructions for use
Photographs of the finished box and it's contents
Box templates - with shapes and a blank for students to create their own
Coloured example of the finished box
Templates for mini cards and envelopes to go inside
Template for fold out mini message to go inside
Hearts and starts template with gift tags for yarn wrapping activity
Daisy greetings card template
Daisy doodle page
Tulip greetings card template
Tulip doodle page
Mother's Day Word search activity - make your own special message
This activity is designed to be printed on A4 and US letter suze paper
Gift messages and word search activities contain both UK/Australia and US spellings
Enjoy Mother's Day!
Create a positive, inspiring and respectful learning environment in your classroom with these imaginative, fun growth mindset posters, colouring pages, garlands and bookmarks.
Contents:
Growth Mindset Poster
Positive affirmations, including, ‘I love a challenge, I am determined to succeed’
Fixed Mindset Poster
Encourage an awareness that this doesn’t help us move forward
’I’m just not good enough, there’s no point in trying’
Questionnaire to encourage creative problem solving and personal growth:
‘3 ways I can’… be more imaginative, be an explorer, find inspiration…
Ten colorful posters to decorate your classroom:
Create Art, Dream Big, Get inspired, Be an Explorer, Be Awesome, Be Kind, Just Imagine, Try Again, Respect others, Just Be You
All ten posters are included as outline colouring page templates
Each poster is included as ‘4 to a page’ postcard size ‘affirmation cards’
A coloured garland to decorate the classroom
Garland outline colouring template for students to decorate
Photographed examples of 4 finished poster artworks to inspire your students.
Ten ‘motivational words’ for the bulletin board or to use as student bookmarks:
Solve, Design, Invent, Inspire, Create, Dream, Imagine, Enjoy, Explore, Smile!
Ideal classroom decor to wow your students during the first week back!
Are you looking for a fun, creative apple themed resource pack to celebrate the End of Year?
This detailed apple themed art activity pack has been designed to enthuse and engage children in a fun, experimental way. The templates and worksheets aim to encourage the exploration of colour, shape, abstract pattern, and graphic design, whilst also providing colourful, apple inspired decor for the classroom, homeschool or summer club.
Students can enjoy art activities, along with making a card for their teacher and wristbands and bookmarks for themselves. There are posters and bunting to bring fun and colour to walls and noticeboards
Contents of the pack:
1. best ever teacher colour poster to decorate the classroom
2. best ever teacher poster template to colour
3. best ever teacher card to make
4. abstract oil pastel art activity - with template and coloured example
5. apple border pages for creative writing and drawing activities
6. doodle apple colouring page for early finishers
7. apple wristband and bookmark making activities with sentences to finish
8. decorative apple bunting for the classroom, just cut out and hang
Key materials needed:
1. heavyweight paper
3. felt tips / pencils / oil pastels / crayons / watercolour paints and brushes
4. scissors
5. string / tape / pegs if you would like to make a mini garland with the doodle apples
This art pack is suitable to use for End of Year, Teacher Appreciation Week, or as an abstract art project at any time of year - especially around Autumn and harvest time.
Please take a look around my store, where you’ll find lots of inspiring and affordable
resource packs to spark young imaginations and keep creativity flowing.
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day and engage children creatively with this fun, modern fold out Instagram style, 'tech' mobile phone/tablet art activity.
This activity invites students to cut out and make their own fold out booklet style art-phone, and then to complete the image making on the front cover and the wordsearch and 'release your inner leprechaun' selfie drawing activity on the inside pages.
The finished 'artphone' measures 5 x 10 inches / 13 x 25.5cm.
It can be printed on US letter or A4 paper and is spellings are suitable for US, UK and Australia
The front cover:
What is your leprechaun name?
Create thumbnail doodles or drawings for the 7 sections:
Shamrock, Irish flag, pot of gold, rainbow, leprechaun hat and shoes, lucky horse shoe
The 2 fold out inner pages:
1. word search activity - find the18 words relating to St. Patrick's Day
2. Release your inner leprechaun!
Have fun creating a leprechaun selfie with the template provided
Considerations, how to use this activity:
Consider the space around the images you draw
How do the 7 images look collectively?
Is there an emerging theme or style or colour?
What colours do we associate with words?
eg shamrock: green
Work imaginatively!
The included example uses a black ball point pen and felt tips
The completed art-phones slip comfortably into a back pocket.
They will work well pegged up as a garland or can decorate a wall, door or bulletin board.
This detailed creative Autumn/Fall themed Art activity pack has been designed to enthuse and engage children in a fun, experimental way. The templates and worksheets aim to encourage the exploration of colour themes, geometric shape, abstract pattern, mark making, doodling and graphic design, whilst also providing Fall themed decorations for the classroom or home.
Shapes include acorn, oak leaf, maple leaf, apple, pumpkin
This 30 page pack contains the following:
1. Classroom decorations
a) Acorn Garland/bunting: both coloured and outline, ‘make your own’ options
b) Fall is Here’, ‘Autumn is Here’ decorative posters, coloured and outline options
c) Leaf Strips for bulletin board borders and making bookmarks
2. Creative writing / project page decorative Fall borders
a) coloured leaf border
b) outline leaf border
c) outline acorn border
3. Creative Abstract Art Activity Templates with coloured examples and photographs, using watercolour paints, oil pastels, felt tip pens to give you ideas of how to use them
a) hidden acorn in squares
b) hidden acorn in diamonds/triangles
c) hidden oak leaf in squares
d) hidden oak leaf with random lines
e) hidden maple leaf with random lines
f) hidden apple in squares
4. Simple shapes for general use
a) Maple Leaf
b) Pumpkin
c) Acorn
d) Apple
e) Oak Leaf
Thanks for considering my activity pack.
This detailed creative Halloween Art activity pack has been designed to enthuse and engage children in a fun, experimental, imaginative way. The templates and worksheets aim to encourage the exploration of colour, shape, abstract pattern, mark making and graphic design.
The examples and suggestions included, use watercolour paints, oil pastels and felt tips so projects are accessible and easy to set up. Crayons and coloured pencils can also be used.
This 38 page pdf bumper pack contains the following:
1. 5 Halloween card designs to decorate
2. Pumpkin border pages for creative writing activities
3. Spooky bookmarks to make
4. Experimental / abstract activity templates
a) ‘hidden’ ghoul
b) ‘hidden’ pumpkin
c) ‘hidden’ witch’s hat
d) ‘hidden’ bat
Photographs and examples are included, to show a range of ways to approach these activities.
5. Wonderful webs - 3 spiderweb activity sheets, ideal for fine motor skills
6. A selection of doodle sheets and simple templates for wall decoration, early finishers etc
Including pumpkins, bats, ghouls, witch’s hats
I hope you like the activity pack!
Have some creative colourful fun with this free Spooky Halloween ‘Hidden’ Pumpkin Art Template.
Experiment with felt tip pens, paints, oil pastels, crayons, pencils.
For a more challenging activity with older children, try filling some of the shapes with pattern or collage.
Encourage children to think about the range of colours they choose, to make the
pumpkin stand out from the background.
Happy Halloween!
This modern geometric Easter Egg Card template is ready to print, fold, colour and send.
Children of all ages can have fun selecting colours and filling in the triangles.
Great for practicing fine motor skills and developing a sense of colour and design.
You can also cut the eggs out and use for bunting or other classroom or home decor.