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Tate Kids is a dedicated art website for 5-13 year olds to play games, do quizzes, make and share art. All resources are free.

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Tate Kids is a dedicated art website for 5-13 year olds to play games, do quizzes, make and share art. All resources are free.
Art and Music
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Art and Music

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Make a 3D moving artwork inspired by music! Find the full activity here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/performance/art-and-music
How to be an artist - screen printer, street artist, illustrator, designer  - videos
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How to be an artist - screen printer, street artist, illustrator, designer - videos

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Introduce your class to all the ways to be an artist How to be a screen printer http://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/kids-view/meet-printmaker How to be a performance artist http://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/kids-view/meet-performance-artist How to be an illustrator http://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/kids-view/meet-illustrator How to be a designer http://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/kids-view/meet-okido-designers How to be a street artist http://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/kids-view/meet-street-artist
Make a Sensory Sculpture
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Make a Sensory Sculpture

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Do you know what your senses are? When you touch, smell, see, taste or hear something, you are using one of your senses. A sensory sculpture is a sculpture that uses your senses. You might be able to see it, hear it or smell it! YOU WILL NEED A glass or plastic bottle or a jam jar with a lid Some plasticine or sticky tack to fill the top of the bottle Scissors Tape Water Food colouring To add the ‘sensory’ parts of the sculpture you could choose from many different objects. Here are some ideas: Coloured card, scrap paper or newspaper Tissue paper or crepe paper Fabric (maybe an old sock, scarf or t-shirt that you don’t use anymore and can be cut up) Tin foil or baking parchment Shiny plastic wrappers or sticky-back plastic Baking beads Find the full resource on Tate Kids: www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/sculpture/make-sensory-sculpture
Who is Paula Rego?
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Who is Paula Rego?

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As a young girl Rego spent hours drawing in her playroom at her grandmother’s house. She had a great imagination, and remembers that she was ‘afraid of everything’. Her parents encouraged her to become an artist, so she came to London to study at art school. Rego’s pictures are often inspired by stories – from the traditional folk tales and nursery rhymes she heard her grandmother tell when she was a young girl to books that she has read more recently. Many of her paintings include different characters, and some groups of work tell a story that unfolds over a series of pictures. Learn more about the artist: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-paula-rego
How To Make A Paper Sculpture
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How To Make A Paper Sculpture

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Grab some paper, scissors, glue and card and make your own DIY 3D paper sculpture, inspired by a sculpture by Michael Bolus. You will need: coloured paper, newspaper or scrap paper old cardboard or card from a cereal box scissors glue stick Find the full activity here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEI3clnsyyU
Who Is Etel Adnan?
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Who Is Etel Adnan?

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Settle in for a story about artist Etel Adnan. How did she decide to become an artist? What inspired her? Find the full story here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-etel-adnan
How To Make A Mud Painting
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How To Make A Mud Painting

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Let’s make a messy mud painting! A mud painting is where you use mud on paper and scratch a design into the surface. This activity is inspired by an artwork by Jean Dubuffet called ‘Large Black Landscape’ where he scratched into the surface of the paint on his canvas. To make a mud painting inspired by artist Jean Dubuffet, you will need: some soil (only a small handful) a glass of water a bowl a stick and some other objects to scratch into the surface with. We used a coin, a rock and a crayon Find the full activity here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/paint-draw/make-mud-painting
Quiz - Which Arty Fruit Are You?
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Quiz - Which Arty Fruit Are You?

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When life gives you lemons, do you make lemonade? Or will you go bananas? Stock up on your fruit puns and discover which arty fruit you are! Play at: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/games-quizzes/quiz-which-arty-fruit-are-you
Who Is Anthea Hamilton?
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Who Is Anthea Hamilton?

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Welcome to the wonderful (and weird) world of Anthea Hamilton. Explore the artist’s life and work: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-anthea-hamilton
How To Draw A Dancer
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How To Draw A Dancer

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Join artist Joey Yu and learn how to paint or draw to a piece of music. Interpret the sounds and draw a dancer dancing across your page! You will need: paper paint (any type will do, or you can use something to draw with like pencils or pens) brushes cardboard to use as a palette water to clean your brush Find the full activity here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/paint-draw/draw-dancer
Play With Collage
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Play With Collage

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Follow along with the video to make a collage using bold shapes, and a collage portrait You will need: Scissors Glue stick Plain or coloured paper Colouring pencils, crayons or felt tips Old magazines, flyers or newspaper. Look for images of things you like or that represent you! Full activity here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/cut-paste/play-collage
Draw A Friend
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Draw A Friend

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Follow along with artist Joey Yu to draw someone you love and then make them into an installation. WHAT YOU NEED Colouring pencils, crayons or felt tips White and coloured paper Recycled cardboard or thick card packaging Scissors Glue stick Find full activity here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/paint-draw/draw-friend
Go On A Colour Walk
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Go On A Colour Walk

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Take a colourful treasure hunt walk through your neighborhood or around your house Full activity here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/cut-paste/go-on-colour-walk
How To Make A Unicorn Puppet
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How To Make A Unicorn Puppet

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Have a dig in the recycling bin for some of the materials for this fun DIY make inspired by Swiss artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s Dada marionettes. You will need: two empty loo rolls or a kichen towel roll tape string glue stick two lollypop sticks to hang the puppet from four bottle tops for the feet a piece of old tin foil scissors pens or coloured pencils white paper a pin or thumb-tack any other bits you want to decorate with (we used a few paper straws to cover the string for the legs, and a googly eye!) Find the full activity here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/sculpture/make-unicorn-puppet
Quiz - Which Future Should You Live In?
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Quiz - Which Future Should You Live In?

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Do you like the hustle and bustle of city streets, or do you think gravity is so last year? Maybe you think we should all live underwater or share our future with talking animals? Hop in our time machine and find out which future you should live in! https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/games-quizzes/quiz-which-future-should-you-live-in
Make A Criss-Cross Sculpture
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Make A Criss-Cross Sculpture

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Be inspired by weaving, words and patterns to make a relaxing artwork. What you’ll need: Garden mesh fencing Scissors Ribbons or other strips of colourful material Grid paper Colouring pencils Find the full activity here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/sculpture/make-criss-cross-artwork
Who Is Marisa Merz?
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Who Is Marisa Merz?

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Knitting needles, staples and paint! Take a closer look at all the unusual materials used by Italian artist Marisa Merz Full story here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-marisa-merz
Use Your Body To Make Art
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Use Your Body To Make Art

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Stretch out, warm up and join artist Harold Offeh to use your body to make art! Harold shows you how to create shapes with your body, and then make a body print. This 30-minute activity is perfect for teachers to assign as home-learning, or for families to do together. Find the full activity here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/performance/use-your-body-make-art
Quiz: Which Artist Should Be Your BFF?
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Quiz: Which Artist Should Be Your BFF?

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Should you be friends with someone who makes you feel one in a million, or with someone you can adventure with? Play this quiz to find out which artist should be your BFF! https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/games-quizzes/quiz-which-artist-should-be-your-bff