Luck of the Irish Poster
Print this St Patrick's Day poster for the classroom. We've got the same poster in black and white to colour in, too, here: St Patrick's Day colouring pages
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Luge Fuse Bead Pattern
Few people are brave enough to try to luge at the Winter Olympics, but it is often one of the most exciting events! Have a go at this Luge Fuse Bead Pattern with your hama or other fuse beads. We used a large square base.
Lunch Lady Colouring Page
Print and colour this lovely picture of a cheerful lunch lady - always a welcome site during the school day! Click the link below for the printable version.
Make a Basket
This paper basket craft can be adapted and decorated for almost any occasion and made by any age of child (with help as appropriate).
Make A Beanbag Tossing Game
This project is an excellent way for bored children to pass some time, as the planning and preparation of the game will take a while, and the game itself can be played on many different levels and stored easily for the future.
Make A Can Cooler
What a useful gift! Kids can have great fun decorating and personalizing a can cooler for everyone in the family, a favourite teacher, or friends.
You will need:
Make A Christingle
We made this Christingle. When we took this photo we had forgotten to tie a red ribbon around the middle of the orange!
Make A Christmas Bookmark
Here's an idea for children to make a personalized Christmas bookmark as a little Christmas gift - great for grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles and godparents, or even "best friends". We've got ideas for making even quicker bookmarks below, too.
Make A Christmas Sleigh
Make a Christmas sleigh for your table centrepiece, the sideboard, entrance way or classroom, and use it to display your smaller Christmas presents this year! It looks great filled with Christmas crackers, too. Or perhaps the teddies would like a sleigh ride?
Make A Daffodil Badge
In Wales it is traditional to wear a daffodil or leek on St Davids day, why not make our simple badge so you can wear yours. This is also a fun craft to celebrate the arrival of Spring!
Make A Dreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher's are a Native American tradition from the 1960s and have to some extent become a symbol of Native American culture. Traditionally, good dreams travel through the holes in the dreamcatcher's web; bad dreams are caught and kept away from the person sleeping beneath.
Make A Dreidel
Print, colour and fold your own dreidel toy. You can learn a little about it here, too.
Make A Garden Plaque
Here is a clever craft idea for summer. Kids can make this garden plaque extra special with all their treasures and display it in the garden to admire - or give it as a very special gift!
Make A Gingerbread House
It is definitely a labour of love to make a gingerbread house, but it can become a family Christmas tradition and when the weather isn't great outside, who wouldn't enjoy the smell of baking gingerbread, the sticky fun of the icing and the anticipation of eating your wonderful concoction!
Make A Glasses Case
Here is a simple craft idea that kids can make for parents, teachers, grandparents - perfect for a pair of beside reading spectacles!
Make A Greek Mask
Actors in Greek theatre wore masks to depict different characters and emotions. Very few of these masks survive though many images can be found on pottery and sculptures.
Make A Greek Shield
The Greek soldier, or hoplite, usually carried a large wooden shield into battle. We made this simple, but very impressive, shield, using two large circles of cardboard.
Make A Greek Vase
We made some pottery inspired by Ancient Greece using simple terracotta pots
Make A Hoplite Shield
Ancient Greek soldiers were also known as Hoplites. They carried a large shield often made of wood. These were painted by the individual soldiers to their own design. Our hoplite shield below is made out of a paper plate and some imagination!