Introducing: “Catch Phrase!” - A Journey Through Words and Art A hands-on activity tailored for Key Stage 2 pupils. From the comforting “There’s no place like home” to the festive “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” and the determined “I’ve started so I’ll finish,” pupils embark on a captivating journey, uncovering the origins and meanings of 10 timeless catch phrases. Each catch phrase has it’s own original poster for inspiration, showing origins and meaning as well as instructions for pupils own poster work. “Catch Phrase!” links Literacy with Creativity: A fusion of language, art and design. Suitable for individual or group work, adapting to classroom needs.

19 different outlines of faces for children to complete. Children can draw or paint in features and feelings. Each page shows a large outline face with 2 small faces. Here, children could experiment with different skin tones, eye colour and expressions. Link to Ourselves, All about me, Art and Design and Feelings.

This is a fun activity where children create their own soccer scene or poster. There are players wearing two different colour kits - red and blue/pink. There is a pitch, 2 goal nets, goalkeepers and a referee. Children could paint their own pitch or enlarge the print out here. Children could add word art or use the poster to advertise a match or Sports Day.

There are ideas here to stimulate children to design and make their own 2D Snow Globes. The templates are in different sizes. These are perfect to hang for decorations or make into Christmas cards.

8 pages of monsters for children to draw, colour and use to spark their imagination for designing their own monsters and to use in their creative writing. Links to Art and Design, Halloween and Space.

An exciting challenge for budding designers and artists who will relish the idea of turning this ‘blank canvas’ space into a stylish room. There are lots of stimulating ideas included, on 12 slides, for children to use and/or be inspired by. This project is easily differentiated dependent on ability and children can work in pairs or groups if they wish. Suitable for KS1 and KS2.

8 sets of Bunting ideas with 2 to a page to stimulate your children’s imagination and creativity for designing and making bunting. There are 8 template shapes included that children can use as a basis for their work. Links to any form of celebrations as well as Art and Design. Add story characters for World Book Day and / or letters of the alphabet. Use a range of materials and media.

A topical resource for children. The worksheet gives them the opportunity to design a football strip. Boots, socks, shorts and front and back of shirt. Links to art and design and sports.

This slide show is useful for your Smartboard or you can print out the individual slides when working with colour. Useful for colour mixing activities and when talking about colour in terms of warm, cool, neutral colours, what happens when you add black or white and primary / secondary colours.

Here are 5 different opportunities for children to begin to design and make their own objects. Mugs T shirts Socks Vases Drinks Cans Children could go on to make some of these using clay, Papier-mâché or other materials. There are some ideas on each project page to stimulate imaginations.

Here are a collection of cartoon faces and features for children to use to practice drawing cartoon characters. There are 2 pages of eyes, a page of mouths, noses, ears and face outlines.

This is a hit resource with small children. There are 10 pages of examples of pictures that indicate what an App might be about: Art, health, drawing, computer games, sport, music, history, geography and French. There are 2 of the same ‘app’ per page for younger children to play matching games. There is a blank template at the end for children to use to make their own designs of an App of their choice. This template is also very good for making into subject cards and displaying as a timetable. Something original and different to the norm.

These monsters are so cute. Children can colour them their own way or copy the patterns they see. Print out twice, cut and laminate the flashcards for matching, sorting and pattern recognition games.

Many children find colouring or designing mandalas to be relaxing and calming. Here are 3 mandalas with animal themes - sea creatures, monkeys and dinosaurs. There are 3 versions of each one: black and white version to colour in semi - coloured version for children to complete outlines for children to draw within using their own designs Links to behaviour management, animals, art and mindfulness.

Two pages of * I can statements* for assessment or monitoring of the skills and techniques covered in Art or Cross Curricular lessons. They can be used as tick sheets or cut out and stuck on the children’s work. There are also 2 Art Awards for you to fill in and present to children for their achievements.

5 colour pages showing popular hobbies and crafts such as sewing, knitting, collage, model making and painting. Each page shows 9 picture cards with matching word cards. The matching borders of the picture and word cards help children with their reading as needed. Cards can be sorted into sets such as sewing, knitting and crafts. This resource can be cut out, laminated and used as a matching, reading game. Links to speaking and listening, reading, art and craft, Ourselves, sorting and hobbies. Useful too, for those learning English language around Leisure time.

Introducing a teaching resource designed for young learners: a set of 10 pages, each featuring 6 colourful skateboards with unique designs including flowers, patterns, hearts, and animals. This resource is perfect for enhancing children’s colour and pattern recognition and creativity. Teachers can cut out and duplicate the skateboards for various matching and sorting activities, making learning fun and interactive. Additionally, a blank skateboard template is included, allowing children to design their own skateboards, fostering creativity and individual expression. Links to Art and Design, Sorting and Matching, Colour and Pattern, Sports.

Here is a fun and creative activity for KS1 children to explore art and design through “20 Design Ideas on Paper.” This resource includes a variety of design ideas: a book cover, t-shirt, ID card, birthday card, plate, stamp, photo frame, floral wreath, for sale poster, gift tag, socks, Christmas stocking, vase, Easter card, new baby poster, gift box, lunch box, butterfly, bird house, and wanted poster. Each page features a picture idea for the design, sparking children’s imaginations, along with a blank template for them to draw their own design. The activity can be extended by providing children with the materials to design and make. This activity can be linked to topics in other subjects, such as creating a “wanted poster” in a history lesson or designing an Easter card in a religious education class, providing a cross-curricular approach to learning.

A fun creative activity where children look at the examples of 10 badges and then use one or more of the 3 template sheets to design their own badges. They can then choose 1 or more of their designs to create and make into a badge.

This is a creative and flexible activity that has a multitude of uses. The idea is to make a tree out of puzzle pieces. On a large scale this looks really effective. Display in class or in the Hall for assemblies. There are a set of instructions for a class or group to use to make their own tree or for an individual to make a puzzle tree. There are then, 8 ideas or ways of using the tree. My favourite is the ‘Achievement Tree’ where the tree starts off with no pieces and then as a child achieves a goal or learns a new skill, then they add a piece of puzzle to the tree. The tree is regularly reviewed and celebrated. This idea supports behaviour manaagement. Other activity ideas include a Story tree, a Number tree, and a 4 Seasons tree. All you need is a box of old puzzle pieces, paint, paper and glue.