Christmas craft along 2022
Step-by-step guides to festive crafts aimed at EYFS, KS1 and KS2 pupils. Watch our webinar recording for even more ideas and help!
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Stage 1
Drawing: Make your mark Painting and mixed media: Colour splash Sculpture and 3D: Paper play Craft and design: Woven wonders Art and design skills Making connections: Landscapes using different media Stage 2
Drawing: Tone and texture Painting and mixed media: Life in colour Sculpture and 3D: Clay houses Craft and design: Map it out Art and design skills Making connections: Superheroes View all Units Stage 3
Drawing: Growing artists Painting and mixed media: Prehistoric painting Sculpture and 3D: Abstract shape and space Craft and design: Ancient Egyptian scrolls Stage 4
Drawing: Power prints Painting and mixed media: Light and dark Sculpture and 3D: Mega materials Craft and design: Fabric of nature View all Units Stage 5
Drawing: I need space Painting and mixed media: Portraits Sculpture and 3D: Interactive installation Craft and design: Architecture Stage 6
Drawing: Make my voice heard Painting and mixed media: Artist study Sculpture and 3D: Making memories Craft and design: Photo opportunity View all Units Lessons
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Assessment - Art and design Stage 1: Drawing Lesson 1: Exploring line Lesson 2: Musical lines Lesson 3: Exploring shapes Lesson 4: Shape in art Lesson 5: Klee portraits
Assessment - Art and design Stage 1: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Making colours Lesson 2: Painting with colour Lesson 3: Printing with paint Lesson 4: Exploring colour mixing Lesson 5: Clarice Cliff plates
Assessment - Art and design Stage 1: Sculpture and 3D Lesson 1: Tube towers Lesson 2: 3D drawings Lesson 3: Tree of life Lesson 4: Giant spider model part 1 Lesson 5: Giant spider model part 2
Assessment - Art and design Stage 1: Craft and design Lesson 1: Is it art? Lesson 2: Wool wrapping Lesson 3: Exploring thread Lesson 4: Warp and weft Lesson 5: Fibre art
Assessment - Art and design Stage 1: Art & design skills Lesson 1: Observational pencil drawings Lesson 2: Drawing faces Lesson 3: Painting to music Lesson 4: Cutting skills Lesson 5: Paper snakes
Assessment - Art and design Stage 1: Making connections: Landscapes using different media Lesson 1: Composition Lesson 2: Beach textures Lesson 3: Shades and colours of the sea Lesson 4: Painting over texture Lesson 5: Beach collage
Lesson 1: Exploring drawing materials Lesson 2: Understanding and creating texture Lesson 3: Exploring tonal shading Lesson 4: Sketching and refining a drawing Lesson 5: Creating an observational drawing
Lesson 1: Colour fun Lesson 2: Texture hunt Lesson 3: Making textures Lesson 4: Collage creation Lesson 5: Developing detail
Lesson 1: Exploring clay Lesson 2: Pinch pots Lesson 3: Applying skills in clay Lesson 4: Designing a tile Lesson 5: House tiles
Lesson 1: Creative journey Lesson 2: Relief maps Lesson 3: Abstract maps Lesson 4: Print possibilities Lesson 5: Creating artwork and gallery experience
Lesson 1: Junk model animals Lesson 2: 3D colour drawings Lesson 3: Repeating patterns Lesson 4: Painting: Roller coaster ride Lesson 5: Drawing for fun
Lesson 1: Drawing expressions Lesson 2: Drawing characters Lesson 3: Understanding pattern Lesson 4: Creating a superhero Lesson 5: Creating a superhero background
Assessment - Art and design Y3: Drawing Lesson 1: See like an artist Lesson 2: Shading Lesson 3: Texture pictures Lesson 4: Botanical drawing Lesson 5: Abstract flowers
Assessment - Art and design Y3: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Exploring prehistoric art Lesson 2: Charcoal animals Lesson 3: Prehistoric palette Lesson 4: Painting on the cave wall Lesson 5: Hands on a cave wall
Assessment - Art and design Stage 3: Sculpture and 3D Lesson 1: Structural shapes Lesson 2: Constructing in 3D Lesson 2: Constructing in 3D - Christmas themed Lesson 3: Seeing space Lesson 4: Abstract sculpture Lesson 5: Surface decoration
Assessment - Art and design Y3: Craft and design Lesson 1: Exploring Ancient Egyptian art Lesson 2: Designing scrolls Lesson 3: Making paper Lesson 4: Scroll making Lesson 5: Making zines
Assessment - Art and design Y4: Drawing Lesson 1: 3D pencil drawings Lesson 2: Sense of proportion Lesson 3: Drawing with scissors Lesson 4: Wax resist Lesson 5: Power prints
Assessment - Art and design Y4: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Tints and shades - Option 1 Lesson 1: Tints and shades - Option 2: Christmas themed Lesson 2: Three dimensions Lesson 3: Painting techniques Lesson 4: Composition Lesson 5: Still life
Assessment - Art and design Y4: Sculpture and 3D Lesson 1: From 2D to 3D Lesson 2: Soap sculptures Lesson 3: Working with wire Lesson 4: Shadow sculpture Lesson 5: Recycle and recreate
Assessment - Art and design Y4: Craft and design Lesson 1: Inspired by the rainforest Lesson 2: One picture, four views Lesson 3: Creating patterns Lesson 4: Repeating patterns Lesson 5: Fabric design
Assessment - Art and design Y5: Drawing Lesson 1: Space imagery Lesson 2: Drawing decisions Lesson 3: Teis Albers Lesson 4: A vision of the future Lesson 5: Revisiting ideas
Assessment - Art and design Y5: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Poem portrait Lesson 2: Developing drawings Lesson 3: Self-portraits Lesson 4: Changing faces Lesson 5: Mixed-media portraits
Assessment - Art and design Y5: Sculpture and 3D Lesson 1: What is installation art? Lesson 2: Space and scale Lesson 3: Everyday amazing Lesson 4: Creative concepts Lesson 5: Viewer experience
Assessment - Art and design Y5: Craft and design Lesson 1: Observational drawing - houses Lesson 1: Observational drawing - Option 2: Christmas themed Lesson 2: House monoprint Lesson 2: Winter tree monoprint - Option 2: Christmas themed Lesson 3: Be an architect Lesson 4: Friedensreich Hundertwasser Lesson 5: Monument
Assessment - Art and design Y6: Drawing Lesson 1: Experimental mark making Lesson 2: Symbolic imagery Lesson 3: Chiaroscuro Lesson 4: Street art Lesson 4: Street art - Christmas themed Lesson 5: Powerful imagery
Assessment - Art and design Y6: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: David Hockney - Option 1 Lesson 1: Richard Brakenburg - Option 2 Lesson 2: Paula Rego - The Dance Lesson 3: John Singer Sargent - The Front Line Lesson 4: Fiona Rae - Option 1 Lesson 4: Frank Bowling - Option 2 Lesson 5: Lubaina Himid Lesson 6: Research and planning Lesson 7: Making art!
