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Planning an Arts week

Suggested themes

We have used many different themes for Arts weeks, and the following are some of the more successful.

Countries and places - Africa, India, Australia (Aboriginal), China, Japan, America etc.

The art and craft activities are:

Mask making

Block printing

Batik (non-wax)

Kites (China and Japan)

Animals/Insects - this can also relate to a place (eg rainforests).

The art and craft activities are:

Mask making

Felt-making

Mini beasts (large bugs)

Nature - this can include lots of activities such as sculpture (e.g. Andy Goldsworthy), life drawing outside, rainforests around the world, landscape - artists & actual drawing and painting.

The art and craft activities are:
Felt-making
Wax batik
Animal masks
Weaving (landscape)

Sea life - this could include mythical stories, sea monsters as well as other tales.

The art and craft activities are:

Masks/sea monsters
Felt-making
Block printing
Clay tile making
Drawing still life fish (smelly but fun!)
Weaving

Transport/flight - this can go in several directions. It is possible to look at birds draw them, make masks etc. or use Kites as the link. Kites also link to China and Japan.

The art and craft activities are:
Animal masks
Kite

Performance/theatre - relate this to a visit or production or study of a specific plays.

The art and craft activities are:
Masks
Puppets
Block printing

Our Project Teaching Packs  include resources to support work during an Arts week and suggest where to obtain more information.

Please contact us if you would like us to be involved with organising or running part of your Arts Week in London, Hampshire or Surrey.

Choice of arts and crafts >>>

Masks created during an Arts week

The full range of Project Teaching Packs, each containing detailed instructions on how to undertake many different Art and Craft projects.

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DVDs explaining wax batik and screen-printing now available.

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Download a leaflet that describes all of  our art and craft resources >>>