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 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.
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!
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!
Celebrate Earth Day and bring creativity and colour to your classroom with this globe doodle art and poster resource.
The globe art activity has been designed in sections so that students can experiment with using shades of greens for landmass and shades of blue for the ocean and then doodle over the finished artwork with words and symbols to create imaginative, original and modern artworks.
The pack contains:
1. A digitally coloured poster to print out for the classroom
2. A poster template for students to colour and decorate their own
3. A globe template with painted examples for reference.
4. A fact sheet with ten facts about Earth Day
Happy Earth Day!
Doodling and colouring is a great activity for kids of all ages (and grown ups too!)
It encourages time away from screens and technology, relaxes us, and stimulates our imagination.
This summer theme activity pack contains 26 outlines, all designed by me for kids to decorate with colour, patterns and doodles, using pens, pencils, crayons, paint or collage.
A handy download pack for the classroom, home schoolers, summer play dates or a family on hoilday.
The pack contains the following templates, in vector format, so they can be enlarged without pixelating.
1. beach hut
2. ‘summer is here’ postcard
3. beach towels
4. 4 pineapples
5. 12 orange/lemon/lime slices
6. 3 watermelon slices
7. large watermelon slice
8. 12 popsicles/lollipops
9. large pineapple
10. large popsicle/lollipop
11. abstract sunshine squares
12. 12 starfish
13. 6 apples
14. 3 dolphins
15. flip flops
16. mini bunting
17. blank postcard
18. abstract waves 1
19. abstract waves 2
20. 6 flip flops
21. 2 wetsuits
22. 3 swimsuits
23. 6 shorts
24. 6 t shirts
25. 5 surfboards
26. 6 volleyballs
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.
These vintage fairground-inspired A to Z alphabet uppercase letters and posters have been designed and individually created by hand on Adobe Illustrator and make a great visual impact on classrooms for all age groups.
Ideal decoration for the first week back to school.
These letters can be individually cut out and coloured/decorated or used as they are.
Or for instant zing, print onto coloured paper of your choice - or a variety of colours for a carnival garland feel.
In the 40 page pack, you will receive the following jpeg files:
1. A-Z large letters, one letter per page, measuring 19cm/7.5 inches high, ideal for garlands and larger displays
2. A-Z small letters, 4 per page, measuring 10cm/4 inches high,
ideal for bulletin boards, titles and name making activities
3. Five bulletin board posters, US letter size, with the words:
Our Bulletin Board
Welcome Back
All About Me
Best Class Ever
Reach For The Stars
Celebrate Chinese New Year 2018, The Year of The Dog, with colour, imagination and fun!
This detailed creative Chinese New Year Art activity pack has been designed to enthuse and engage children in a fun, experimental way. The templates and activities aim to encourage the exploration of colour, shape, abstract pattern and graphic design whilst also providing Chinese New Year themed decor for the classroom or home.
Use this range of creative activities throughout the festival period, for full art lessons, early finishers, fun stuff or creative homework.
All ready to print and go' templates are formatted to print on US/A4 paper and only a simple range of art materials are needed - pencils, felt tips, oil pastels, glue, paints, string for garlands
This 45 page pack includes:
1. Garlands to cut out and hang:
Happy Chinese New Year 2018
Lantern bunting (includes colour your own and ready to hang)
2. Year of the Dog, a colouring and card making activity
3. Rooster activities, with templates and examples:
A feathered/oil pastel rooster
A 'hidden' geometric rooster
A folk art inspired doodle rooster
3. Make a swirling snake mobile, with template and photographed example
4. Beautiful blossom projects:
Make blossom bookmarks
Oil pastel large blossom group art
Blossom doodle page
Finger print blossom branch activity - which can be made into a Chinese lantern
5. Design a Chinese Bowl and chopsticks activity, describe the foods inside
6. Chinese Boys and Girls traditional costumes
Have fun designing patterns for these outfits - what would you wear?
7. Doodle dragon template and example
8. Chinese fan design
9. Lanterns
4 templates and pattern sheets to explore
I hope you enjoy this activity pack! I've certainly enjoyed creating it - all images are original and have been hand drawn or computer generated by me.
Sample my art projects here with my Free Year of the Dog activity available in this shop.
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.
This 27 page Easter creative colouring pack has been designed by the Imagination Box. The download contains
1) a 14 page Happy Easter bunting pack for the classroom to decorate and make - each letter inside an egg is A4/US letter size to make approx 10 feet of bunting.
2) 10 Easter card templates for children to colour, including chicks, eggs, rabbits. The designs are modern and imaginative, and created to encourage exploration of colour, pattern and abstract shape. Card designs are placed on half the page and ready to fold.
Suitable for children age 3+ using a wide variety of materials such as water colour, pastels, collage, depending on age and ability.
Celebrate Chinese New Year 2024, the Year of The Dragon with this FREE Lunar New Year engaging art activity. Use these dragon colouring page worksheets to create an eye-catching Chinese New Year art display in your classroom.
This no-prep print-and-go Chinese New Year art activity encourages students to use their imagination and sense of colour. The challenge is to see if the Year of the Dragon silhouette stands out from the background when the colouring page is finished.
Digitally coloured posters to display - two colourways for inspiration
Colour palette examples and worksheets to encourage students to become experimental and confident in their understanding of how colours work together
Templates to colour - you can choose from 2 worksheet options.
More confident students can draw their own diagonal lines to add more complexity to the activity
Print onto heavyweight paper or card stock for the best results
Use felt tip pens, watercolour paints, oil pastels, crayons or pencils
Learn more about Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year
An experimental art lesson
A handy sub-plan
A fun Friday afternoon activity
A brain break from tech
A lesson about colour, shape, and line
Add to a New Year unit
Build creative confidence
Create a wonderful classroom display for 2024!
I love creating this freebie every year :-)
Please get in touch with me if you have any questions regarding this resource, I am always keen to help,
Thanks!
Diane