Rainbow Creations - Art and Craft for Children - Blog

We have be helping busy Mum, Clare Thomas on Google+ with craft ideas for her children's Eisteddfod in school. Clare needed to know how she could help her children make a model daffodil and leek. We discussed many ideas including: For the daffodil -  - an egg box segment for the trumpet - yellow card for the daffodil petals - green pipe cleaners, lolly sticks (either round or flat) for the stem - paper leaves either sugar paper or card For the leek- -kitchen roll covered in crepe paper, -for the bulbous leek base build up with tissue and plenty of glue -for the roots - string, wool, thin fabric strips After much thought and input from her children, Clare decided to make the daffodil and leek from paper mache and lots of paint to the delight of her little daughter. Don't they look just great? They had worked together to decide what would be the best materials to use and how to use them. Their art work is their own and her two children have

Tip: when buying paint for your children to paint with it is unnecessary to buy several colours. By mixing the primary colours, yellow, red and blue, you can make additional colours. Then by adding white paint you will make several more. The options are endless, you can even make brown.