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Series 270: Arts and Crafts

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Arts and Crafts

This week in Play School we explore various

art and craft forms that are enjoyed by

both adults and children.

This series aims to encourage children to

develop self expression, creativity and an

awareness of the world around them using

a range of activities, stories and films that

are enjoyable and informative. Fine motor

skills, language, colour and shape

recognition are basic skills that will be

extended throughout the series.

Monday

PRESENTERS

Justine Clarke – Andrew McFarlane

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

STORY

Elmer’s Hide and Seek, David McKee,

Andersen Press, 1999.

FILMS

Bronwyn Bancroft in her Studio

(Play School, ABC)

Colourful Birds Montage

(ABC Archival footage)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Go for a walk in the bush or park and

listen and look for different birds.

Do a painting or drawing of your

favourite bird.

Make a pretend art gallery and display

all your work.

SONGS

Flutter, Flutter Butterfly

Composer: Lesley Lees

Publisher: Ward Lock Educational

Do the Cockatoo

Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage

Publisher: Origin/Control

Two Little Dickie Birds

Composer: Traditional

Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing

Oomba Baroomba

Composer: Peter Charlton

Publisher: ABC Music Publishing

What Shall We Do?

Composers: Peter Dasent & Mark Barnard


Looking Song

Composers: Peter Dasent & Arthur Baysting

Publisher: Origin/Control/ABC Music Publishing

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Butterfly Painting

You will need:

Paint

A spoon

Paper

Spoon different coloured paint around the centre of a piece of paper.

Fold the paper in half and use your hands to rub over the paper, squishing the paint in all

directions.

Open up the paper to reveal a colourful butterfly pattern.

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Tuesday

PRESENTERS

Justine Clarke – Jonny Pasvolsky

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

Chicken Licken

(A story told by the Play School team)

FILM

Pot Making

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Press your hands into plaster to make a

mould.

Collect some flowers and press them in a

heavy book, between two pieces of paper

towel. Leave them to dry for a few days

and then paste them onto colourful

cardboard.

SONGS

Making Things (It’s Fun to Make Things)

Composers: S. Aplin & P. Barton


Round and Round and Round

Composer: Colin Buchanan

Publisher: Rondor

Build it Up

Composer: Peter Charlton


Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary



Rig-a-jig-jig



Chicken Talk

Composer: Hooley Dooleys


Making a Hat



Knees Up Mother Brown

Composers: Bert Lee & Harris Weston

Publisher: Albert Music

Everybody Do This



I am the King

Composer: Ron Gamack

Publisher: Control

Looking Song


Publisher: Origin/Control/ABC Music

Publishing

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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Mosaic Plate and a Nature Plate

You will need:

Plaster of Paris

Plastic plates

Play dough

Rolling pin

Plastic pizza cutter or safe plastic knife

Natural objects like feathers, large pebbles, pine cones, seed pods, leaves and

flowers

Mosaic Plate

Roll the play dough out flat with a rolling pin.

Use a plastic pizza cutter or a safe plastic knife to cut play dough into squares.

Make some plaster of Paris, as per packet instructions, and spoon it into the base of a plastic

plate. Flatten out with the back of your spoon.

Poke the play dough squares into the plaster to make a pattern.

Nature plate

Make some plaster of Paris, as per packet instructions, and spoon it into the base of a plastic

plate. Flatten out with the back of your spoon.

Poke natural objects like feathers, large pebbles, pine cones, seed pods, leaves and flowers

into the plaster before it hardens.

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How to Make a Flower Tower

You will need:

Artificial flowers

A wire waste paper bin

Turn the waste paper bin upside down.

Poke artificial flowers through the holes in the basket. Start at the bottom and work your way

to the top, building a flower tower.

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Wednesday

PRESENTERS

Teo Gebert – Leah Vandenberg

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

A Big Day for a Little Duck


FILM

Fountains

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Make a birthday scrapbook from your

old birthday cards, wrapping paper

and ribbons.

Take some plastic jugs into the bath

and have fun pouring!

SONGS

The Dino Stomp

Composers: Judith Simpson & Max Lambert


Three Little Ducks



You Can Stamp Your Feet

Composers: P. Whitfield & J. Reade

Publisher: Essex Music

Looking Song



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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Water Fountain

You will need:

A bath or water trough

Various plastic containers, such as

buckets, colanders, funnels and plastic

baskets

A watering can

Build a plastic container tower in the bath or a

water trough. Some containers might have

holes that water will fall through, others will give

the tower height and let the water run over

them.

When the tower is built, use a watering can to

pour water over the top. Watch as the water

travels down the tower.

How to Make a Dough-a-saurus

You will need:

Play dough

Create your own dinosaurs from play dough!

Make dinosaurs with spikes, long tails, horns

and wings!

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How to Make a Scrapbook Diary

You will need:

A scrapbook

Paste

Coloured pencils, markers or crayons

Bits and pieces that remind you of special outings and holidays such as tickets,

wrappers, photos, drawings, leaves, sand, etc.

Draw pictures of special outings or holidays on the pages of your scrapbook.

Paste in bits and pieces you have collected or kept that remind you of these special outings

and events. You may have kept train or bus tickets, wrappers from sweets or ice cream or

leaves and sand from the park or beach.

Make pages to remind you of lots of different events, such as a day at the beach, a day at

the museum, your birthday, or a day spent out in the garden.

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Thursday

PRESENTERS

Teo Gebert - Leah Vandenberg

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

What If?


FILM

Chalk Art

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Create your own chalk artwork on a

blackboard or path.

Play a “What’s in My Pocket?” game!

Hide an object in your pocket or in a

bag, and allow a friend to feel it. They

have to guess what it is without looking!

SONGS

Spots Are Great



Let Me See You Do the Monkey

Composer: Genevieve Jereb

Publisher: Gellybean Records

Little Peter Rabbit



Riding in a Helicopter (Wokka Wokka)

Composer: Sean O’Boyle

Publisher: ABC Music Publishing/EMI

Painting a Picture

Composers: Peter Dasent & Garth Frost

Publisher: Origin

Looking Song

Composers: Arthur Baysting & Peter Dasent


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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Fruit Collage or Fruit Painting

You will need:

Fruit

Paper

Paint

Coloured paper scraps

Paste

Look at a few pieces of fruit, noticing their

shape, colour and size.

Use paint to draw some of the fruit. Tear paper

into fruit shapes and paste them onto the

paper to create other pieces of fruit.

Compare the real fruit to your painting or

collage.

How to Make a Jungle Mural

You will need:

Large sheet of paper

Marker

Paint

Green paper for leaves

Crepe paper for vines

Paste

Draw jungle animals on a large piece of paper

with a marker.

Use paint to colour the animals. You can paint

them any colour or pattern you wish.

Paste on some green paper leaves and crepe

paper vines.

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Friday

PRESENTERS

Andrew McFarlane – Emma Palmer

PIANIST

Peter Dasent

TOLD STORY

Dress Up Day


FILM

Ken Done

(Play School, ABC)

IDEAS FOR LATER

Decorate a pair of thongs with artificial

flowers, coloured ribbons or bits of

material.

Take your paper, paint or crayons down

to the beach. Draw or paint whatever

you see.

Make some dress ups from different

things around your home.

SONGS

What Shall We Do?



Swim Like a Fish

Composers: Chris Harriott & Simon Hopkinson


Hey There, What Do You Wear?

Composer: Helen Martin

Friends All Together (Friends, Friends, Friends)



Looking Song

Composers: Arthur Baysting & Peter Dasent


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MAKE AND DO

How to Make a Play Dough Print of the Sea

You will need:

Play dough

Rolling pin

Different objects to press into the

dough and make patterns with, such

as paddle pop sticks, a spoon, a cup,

a dough roller

Paint

Small paint roller

A3 paper

Roll play dough out flat with a rolling pin.

Make patterns in the dough using different

objects. For example:

Use a paddle pop stick to draw waves

Press a spoon into the dough to make

the body of a fish and add fins using a

paddle pop stick

Press a cup into the dough to make a

turtle shell, press a spoon into the

dough to make the turtle’s head and

use the handle of the spoon to make a

tail and flippers

Use a dough roller to make swirly

seaweed

Cover the play dough picture with paint using

a small paint roller.

Place a piece of A3 paper over the dough

picture and gently rub over the paper with

your hands. Lift up the paper to reveal an

underwater print!

How to Make a Finger Painting Print

You will need:

Paint

A work surface you can cover with

paint, such as a thick sheet of

cardboard or a plastic table cloth

A3 paper

Pour some paint onto your work surface and

use your hands and fingers to spread it about.

Make patterns in the paint using your fingers.

Make swirls, zigzags, circles and squares.

Place a piece of paper over your finger

painting and gently press down on it with your

hands.

Lift up the paper to reveal a print of your finger

painting.

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How to Make a Thong Print T-shirt

You will need:

Plain t-shirt

Fabric paint

Cardboard

Old thongs

Cover an old thong with a thick layer of fabric paint.

Put some cardboard inside the t-shirt so the paint won’t go through to the back.

Press the thong down on the t-shirt to make thong prints.

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