This ‘T Shirt About Me’ activity, is a fun, first week back to school ice breaker. It’s a creative way for teachers and students to learn more about each other. Invite students to respond to 30 prompts and questions in a personal and imaginative way, using doodles, words, ‘graffiti style’ lettering and illustrations. T shirt template 1: Art Activity There are 15 sections to illustrate responses to prompts, including: Self portrait, name, age, grade, favourite color, fruit, vegetable, sport, film, song… T shirt template 2: Writing Activity There are 15 questions / prompts to respond to in written format, including: My top 3 goals this year, something I like at school, something I find challenging, if I were a superhero, I can make the world better by, I feel happy when, I feel sad when, I aim to, I wonder if… The T Shirt templates measure approximately 22 x 18cm / 8 x 7 inches and are designed to fit US Letter and A4 paper size for printing. The finished T shirts make a fabulous display, on the bulletin board or pegged up on a line as a garland. The designs are inspired by Piet Mondrian’s abstract work and the pack includes a poster and garland to make the classroom colourful and inspiring. Photographs of completed and partially completed examples included in the packet, use a black ball point pen and colored markers to create a modern, illustrative style to appeal to slightly older children, year 4+ The pack also contains activities for early finishers, including doodle pages and bookmarks to make. UK/Aus/Can templates with ‘colour’ and ‘favourite’ spellings are included in the pack. All original artwork ©The ImaginationBox/Diane Pagan 2018

Engage children creatively with this Instagram style, mobile phone/tablet ‘All About Me’ art and writing activity. Perfect for the first week back to school. Children can learn more about themselves and their peers and teachers can get to know more about their new students in an imaginative way. 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 written elements inside. The front cover: Illustrate the 9 answers to prompts with thumbnail doodles or drawings, eg age, family, favourite movie, animal etc The 2 fold out inner pages: ‘Let’s Chat’, designed in a text message style, asks more investigative questions including, How will you achieve your goals? What support do you need? ‘More About Me’: Includes, name your 3 goals, 5 fascinating facts Open ended questions to complete, such as ‘I imagine…’ ‘People like me because…’ Considerations, how to use this activity: How can students move beyond words, and ‘draw their answers’ Consider the space around the images you draw How do the 9 images look collectively? Is there an emerging theme or style or colour? What colours do we associate with words? eg carrot: orange and 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. All artwork is designed by me, and is vector based, so can be enlarged without pixelating. Ideal for use as an icebreaker activity or as an art specific lesson. All original artwork ©The ImaginationBox/Diane Pagan 2016

‘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

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

Engage children creatively with this Instagram style, 'tech' mobile phone/tablet 'My Summer Memories' first week back, art and writing activity. Children can reflect, and capture a visual essence of their summer break using pictures and words. Teachers can get to know more about their new classroom individuals in an imaginative way. 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 written elements inside. The front cover: Illustrate summer activities with 9 thumbnail doodles or drawings, favourites may include going to the beach, watching the Olympic games, camping, swimming etc (colour example included) The 2 fold out inner pages invite some written activity in response to prompts including: My favourite memory, something i learnt, I visited, I created...etc Considerations, how to use this activity: How can students move beyond words, and 'draw their answers' Consider the space around the images you draw How do the 9 images look collectively? Is there an emerging theme or style or colour? What colours do we associate with words? eg the ocean:turquoise and 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. All artwork is designed by me, and is vector based, so can be enlarged without pixelating. Ideal for use as an icebreaker activity or as an art specific lesson. All original artwork ©The ImaginationBox/Diane Pagan 2016

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

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.

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 fun making your classroom look all spooky for Halloween with this fun, colorful Halloween Decoration Kit. In the pack, you will receive the following: a) 4 Abstract Wall Posters, with pumpkins, ghosts, spiders webs b) colourfully illustrated 'spooky words' for your bulletin board c) 3 garlands to cut out and make large 'happy halloween, 'ghoulish ghosts' garlands and a mini garland d) full page size illustrations of a bat, pumpkin, ghost and witch's hat - for walls, windows, suspending from the ceiling. All images have been designed in raster format and saved as PDF'S, so you can enlarge them to any size you want without reducing the quality. Happy Halloween! All original artwork ©The ImaginationBox/Diane Pagan 2016

This easy to use, ‘print and go’ fun bumper Canada Day maple leaf themed art and craft resource pack has been designed to encourage students to explore shape, colour, design and pattern in an abstract, contemporary, experimental way and to provide plenty of Canada Day themed decorations to have fun making and to enhance the classroom / home / summer camp environment. 42 Page Contents overview: 1. ‘Happy Canada Day’ bunting to cut out and make 2. Bookmarks to print and cut out - outline and coloured versions 3. Canada Day Facts Page 4. Design worksheets for creating Canada Day flip flops, baseball caps, t shirts 5. 4 challenging abstract maple leaf art activities, ‘hidden’, ‘overlapping’ and ‘musical’ 6. Posters for the classroom 7. Decorative border pages for creative writing 8. ‘O Canada’ 9. Canada Day wristbands to make and wear 10. Canada themed words for the bulletin board 11. Decorative papers for craft activities Examples: Photographs of actual examples are included to give you ideas for the art activities, using paints, pastels and felt tip pens Key materials needed: 1. good quality paper for printing 3. felt tips / pencils / oil pastels / crayons / watercolour paints and brushes 4. scissors 5. string / tape / pegs if you would like to make garlands and wristbands 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. All original artwork ©The ImaginationBox/Diane Pagan 2017

Bring some fun and visual arts into the first week back at school with this creative activity and bulletin board decor pack, inspired by ‘the artist’s paint palette and the colours of the rainbow’. A great way to learn more about your new students and also to encourage them to find out more about each other. In this 15 page pack, you will receive the following: 1. Activities and Templates: - ‘All about Me’ activity worksheet - a paint palette to complete, with name, age and 8 questions to explore - ‘My Top Ten Goals’ activity worksheet, where students write their aims for the year along 10 paint brushes, and can add colour or design and pattern too. - My favourite colours activity worksheet - develop creating colour palettes - Doodle design activity worksheet - design, colour and describe 9 unique patterns - Blank artist palette templates in colour and outline, for freestyle activities 2. Bulletin board and classroom decorations: - Artist paint palette ‘Welcome!’ garland to cut out and hang - Picasso Display Poster, ’ Every Child is an Artist’ - Matisse Display Poster, ’ Art takes Courage’ - Coloured paint splodges for bulletin board ideas - Outline paint splodges for bulletin board ideas and messages, words etc All designs are individually created by Diane at The Imagination Box on Adobe Illustrator. These are vector images, so the worksheets can be enlarged without losing quality or looking pixelated.

Have fun celebrating Halloween creatively with this modern, 'tech' tablet 'Spooky Selfies' art resource pack. Invite students to create a spooky self portrait using one of the 6 hand drawn outline images provided in the pack: Witch Vampire Ghoul Pumpkin Spider Bat This activity encourages working imaginatively, thinking about portraits in an abstract way, whilst celebrating all the spookiness of Halloween. In the pack you will find: Instructions for use 6 outline templates 4 coloured examples, using oil pastels A display poster to accompany the finished artworks I hope you have fun! All original artwork ©The ImaginationBox/Diane Pagan 2016

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.

This free abstract soccer / football template offers a great opportunity for students to explore colour, shape and design. Experiment filing the sections with pens, paints, collage, texture, pattern - extend the challenge according to age and ability. Assess if the ball is visible / hard to see / recedes / emerges from the page in relation to the colours chosen Peg up as a garland to decorate the classroom if a large number of participants are available

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

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!

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.

Have fun this Christmas and engage students creatively with this Instagram style, 'tech' mobile phone/tablet Christmas Doodle App 'Art Phone', drawing and writing activity. This activity invites students to cut out and make their own festive doodle art-phone, and then to complete the 'Texting Santa' questions and to write a 'Dear Santa' letter. The finished templates measure 4.8 x 9.5 inches. 1. The doodle page: Illustrate the 9 festive objects with thumbnail doodles or drawings, Christmas Tree, Bauble, Angel, Snowman, Snowflake, Santa, Gift, Holly, Stocking. Two options are included: - a template with drawings to colour (hand drawn by me) - a template with words to draw your own images 2. Dear Santa - write a letter 3. Texting Santa - answer his questions (honestly!): Ho Ho Ho! Have you been good this year? What would you like me to bring you? What do you love most about Christmas? How can you help others this Christmas? 4. A Christmas card template is included, entitled 'appy Christmas' - print out, decorate and fold to complete. Considerations, how to use this activity: Consider the space around the images you draw How do the 9 images look collectively? Is there an emerging theme or style or colour? What colours do we associate with words? eg Christmas Tree: green Work imaginatively! The included example uses felt tips The completed art-phones will work well pegged up as a garland or can decorate a wall, door or bulletin board. Templates are designed by me on Adobe Illustrator, and are vector based, so can be enlarged to any size without pixelating if you prefer to work to a larger scale than the templates provided. These templates are designed to print on US letter/A4 size paper Have a fun Christmas! All original artwork ©The ImaginationBox/Diane Pagan 2016

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.