Modelling & Making

Playdough and clay can be used and handled in countless ways. One of the cleaner crafts for kids, it’s a favourite at home, school and playgroups...

The importance of music in a child’s growth and development should never be understated. It helps develop important listening skills, a keen sense...

Cutting is a basic skill used in nearly all crafts for kids. It’s easy to forget that it's a good craft in its own right. The First Cuts Very...

Quality play is an essential part of a child’s life. The best example of this is role play. Role play uses a variety of different props that extend...

Kinetic mobiles are an art form pioneered in the early twentieth century by a talented sculptor called Alexander Calder. Kinetic mobiles were used...

The green revolution means that every household is now used to sorting and separating their rubbish every day. This routine has helped to promote...

Anybody who knows children will recognise the extraordinary phenomenon of the child that tosses aside a new present so they can play with the...

Take one simple paper plate; open the doors to your craft cupboard at home and you open a world of innovative and easy crafts for kids. Plate...

Nature offers a vast, free-of-charge store cupboard providing materials and inspiration for lots of crafts for kids. There are so many unusual...

There are huge numbers of enthusiasts who build and create miniature homes brimming with antique furniture and fully functional electric...

‘Papier mache’ is French for chewed up paper, not an inspiring craft you might think! However, it’s an incredibly exciting activity. Kids paste...

Sand is not just for beaches, it’s also a great ingredient in lots of exciting kids crafts! Use it for modelling or with paint and other materials...