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A challenging Christmas 'Modern Art' Activity for kids

25/10/2014

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Using oil pastels, paints, felt tips or coloured pencils, these 'modern art' Christmas colouring activity sheets are designed to keep children of all ages occupied!
Older children can experiment by filling with patterns or collage, fabrics, beads or magazine cuttings for example.
Finished masterpieces can be displayed as festive decorations on a mantelpiece or made into beautiful cards for someone special.

Download the templates here, for the tree, star or angel.
The examples below were coloured with oil pastels.
Have fun!

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Neon Trees

22/10/2014

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I picked up some really bright neon card pieces today and found myself cutting them into tree shapes.

I cut slots and Ta-dah! Simple but effective 3d tree ornaments.

I would like to experiment further I think by doodling on them....

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Old school 70's spirograph

15/10/2014

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I loved spirograph as a child, with the endless options and always wished I could do them as well as the ones in the catalogue!

Some 35 years on, I bought a few incomplete original sets quite cheaply from ebay to use with my own kids and also for the creative sessions I run in schools and hospitals.

I found that biro/ballpen works the best and they look great coloured in with felt tips.

Hope you like the images!

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For The Love of Colour

7/10/2014

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Loving these colour trends info graphics from Shutterstock :-)

Infographic: Shutterstock's 2014 Color Trends

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