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Have you ever used Mod roc ?  Mod roc is the name given to bandage covered in plaster of paris. It is used to make large structures and models with the advantage of being light in weight and easy to use. Once dry, the model will be strong. Mod roc is a superb art material for building scenery, making masks, puppet, castings and sculptures. Children can use Mod roc under adult supervision. This Mod roc hedgehog was constructed with scrunched up newspaper, Mod roc and cocktail sticks by Elliot, Year 10. To make a Mod roc model   It is necessary to decide what you will construct the model's support from. A structure can be formed from cardboard, wire, scrunched up newspaper, cotton wool, foam, card board tubes, pipe cleaners or even a blown up balloon. Use plenty of tape to create the basic shape. Once the structure is made Mod roc is draped over the structure. This will level and make your structure continuous. It will smooth out and manipulate the shape ...

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.

Children develop so quickly, progress being seen month to month. All children are different and develop at different rates but each child follows the same path. At the age of 3 years children's fine motor skills, concentration, patience and hand and eye coordination are all beginning to increase rapidly and by the time they have reached 7 years old their skills will have very much matured. Art and craft activities with children at this age need to be simple and fun. But, firstly what might you expect from a child of this age? As a guide only : Children aged 3 years can -Begin to cut paper with scissors -Draw a person with a head face and limbs (no body) -Control a pencil with a tripod grasp -Can thread large beads on a lace Children of 4 years old can -Thread smaller beads with large holes -Draw people with a head, body, arms, legs and fingers. -Can recognise and name a range of colours -Can write own name What  you can provide- age 3-4 years :  chubby crayons,...

Once children are old enough, knitting is a great pastime for them to learn. By teaching your child to knit you are giving them the choice, throughout their life, of a hobby which can be picked up again at any time to give pleasure, achievement and creativity. Many children learn, but don't knit again for several years. However, when the time is right, or there is space in their life they may be thankful for having acquired the skill when younger. Children might wonder what knitting is. Knitting is simply using yarn and two needles to create a piece of fabric. The fabric is created by working along the stitches on the row, then the needles are turned and the stitches on the row are each knitted again. As the procedure is repeated, the knitting hanging from the needles grows in length. These days, knitting is a hobby. Children might be interested to know that knitting was originally used to create clothing and that today most of their own clothes are produced by machines. By k...

When buying beads for your children, you might wonder how many beads, what type and what type of thread to use. As a general guide, here are some points to take into consideration: Firstly, and most importantly - No beads are suitable for children under 3 years old and adult supervision is recommended for children older than this. All our beads are safe for children over this age and our wooden beads are made using lead free paint. Size : The younger the child, the larger the bead. Young children will need a bead with a large threading hole. Our plastic pony beads are best. They have the largest holes and the shaped pony beads are chunky beads for little hands to hold. As their hand and eye coordination develops they will be able to use smaller beads with smaller holes. Patience is required too. We have chunky wooden beads for young children. These are best thread onto tipped laces as the plastic lace tip is easy to control whilst pushing through the bead. Our shape...