Arts & Crafts

The aim of this group work exercise is to crate one huge painting that each member of the group has contributed to.

This is a group activity to illustrate that a successful team is made up of individuals. Young people work together to complete a picture, if one member doesn’t do their part then the picture remains incomplete and the task unfinished.

Marbled paper or 'marbling' was very popular with the Victorians, who used it to decorate inside book covers. It's called that because it's a way of making a pattern on paper that looks a bit like marble rock. This activity shows young people how to make simple, but effective, marbled cards.

This is an introduction to the ancient wax art of Batik, which can be traced back to Asia, India and Africa.

This activity is a quick and really effective introduction to the basic principles of photography that can be used anywhere. All you need is daylight!

This activity uses recycled plastic drink bottles and tissue to create patterned ‘vases’.

This activity shows how to make initial plaques out of silver foil and recycled card. The plaques can be put together to make a group display.

This recycled art activity enables young people to explore the power of advertisements and how products are marketed and sold.

This activity shows young people how to make paper kites out of mainly recycled materials.

This group work activity creates a ‘bouquet’ of flowers using coffee filters to signify the diversity amongst young people.