Art & Design projects
8 projects for age 5 · page 1 of 1
Projects
Fallen Leaf Ghost Parade
A leaf hunt becomes a ghost-making session, with each leaf's shape suggesting a different character. Children sort and compare leaves, learn to name a few trees and notice why leaves fall in autumn.
Egg Box Bat Garland
Cutting and painting egg box cups builds scissor control, and making matching wings on both sides is a simple lesson in symmetry. It is also a chance to learn how real bats find their way in the dark using echoes.
Glowing Jack-o'-Lantern Jar
Turns an empty jam jar into a pumpkin lantern and shows the difference between translucent materials, which let light glow through, and opaque ones, which block it and make the face shapes.
Vegetable-Print Tote Bag
Dipping cut vegetables in fabric paint and stamping them shows how a shape can be printed again and again, and reveals the surprising patterns hidden inside everyday veg.
Symmetry Butterfly Puzzle
Making a butterfly whose wings match exactly teaches line symmetry, where one half mirrors the other. Recognising patterns and mirror images is an important part of maths and visual problem-solving.
Leaf & Bark Rubbings
Rubbing reveals the hidden textures — veins on leaves, ridges on bark.
Blow-Straw Painting
Moving air pushes the runny paint into branching, spidery shapes.
Junk Robot
Design and imagination - planning a build from the parts you have.