Huge piggy attack is real reason for fire of London (make a Tudor street on fire).

Here is our Tudor street on fire, I'd love to take credit for it but I just thought of the street - the fire is all my daughter's idea!

wiggly woggly butterfly picture.

Here is a very easy idea. You can make a 3D picture by cutting out shapes and sticking them up on paper zig zags. In our picture the butterflies and ladybird fly above the leaves!

I hope you like it. Best, Kirsteen

Artists call this great technique wax resist. You probably have all you need at home.

To do wax restst you need wax crayons and watercolour paints. Fortunately most kids crayons are wax crayons and most kids paints are watercolours!!

Its ridiculously easy. Draw with crayons and paint over, the wax keeps the water based paint off the drawing and you get lovely effects.

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Glue sandwiches become little lizards!

You can make dough with white bread and glue. It's really sticky and messy at first but soon cleans up into a lovely smooth dough.
We made lizards from ours, here is how:

Making paper flowers. Art for children.

I think art for children is important. Without free creativity a culture has no future.
I really hope some of these craft and art ideas are useful to other parents.