I'm passionate about creativity. I believe in the power of art as education - it helps kids develop self esteem, problem solve, play, imagine, relax, work as a team and express how they feel.
My printable art and design resources enable children to explore seasonal project activities in an imaginative way.
I'm passionate about creativity. I believe in the power of art as education - it helps kids develop self esteem, problem solve, play, imagine, relax, work as a team and express how they feel.
My printable art and design resources enable children to explore seasonal project activities in an imaginative way.
Create ‘A Ball About Me’, a fun, first week back to school creative activity.
Students can explore what they like and get to learn more about each other.
This is a helpful insight for the new teacher too.
This football template encourages children to consider the instructions (listed below) and to illustrate their answers in a personal, imaginative way using doodles, mark making, graffiti style lettering and imagery.
The colour example uses a black ball point pen and felt tips to create a modern, illustrative style to appeal to year 3’s and above.
Invite students to consider the style of their favourite artist (eg Andy Warhol, Lichtenstein) or author (eg Liz Pichon who writes and illustrates the popular Tom Gates books)
Instructions on the ball template include:
Name
Age
Birthday
Self Portrait
Favourite song, food, book, sport and colour
Doodles: Colour this, take a line for a walk, draw circles, squares, triangles, lines.
The finished footballs will make a great group wall display and would also work well laminated and suspended from the ceiling.
Also great as personal journal or sketchbook covers for students.
This pack also includes ‘A Ball About Me’ garland for students to decorate, cut out and display.
With 2 letters per page, this will make a large welcoming banner for the new classroom or bulletin board.
All artwork is designed by me, and is vector based, so can be enlarged without pixelating.
Ideal for use as an icebreaker activity or as an art specific lesson.
This 41 page detailed football themed creative art activity pack has been designed to enthuse and engage children in a fun, experimental way.
Templates and activity sheets have been created to encourage the exploration of colour, shape, abstract pattern, graphic and sportswear design.
All designs are original and have been hand drawn and scanned or digitised by me to create unique activities.
The 41 page pack also includes football inspired bunting and flags for the classroom or homeschool environment.
There are also templates for medals, rosettes and trophies which are useful for end of term celebrations, awards and sports day activities.
Ideal also for football themed kids parties or as handy time fillers on vacation or whilst travelling this summer.
The pack includes the following templates with several colour examples for easy use in the classroom:
‘All about me’ football activity sheet
Bunting, flags, medals, rosettes, trophy templatesto colour and make
Finger puppets and soccer pitch templates for fun competition and play
Design templates, to create football team strips, tops, shorts, socks, caps, football boots
A selection of imaginative, creative doodle sheets and challenging coloring pages - includes footballs, football nets and more
This ‘Pop Art Box About Me’ art and getting to know you resource, is a fun, first week back to school ice breaker for both girls and boys.
It is a really creative way for teachers and students to learn more about each other.
Invite students to create a unique ‘All About Me Box’, following the template prompts using Pop Art style doodles and words.
Box prompts include:
Age, name, grade, self portrait, favorite colors, favorite fruit, my top goal, I love…
Students can then fill their boxes with a selection of question cards and work in pairs or small groups to explore their learning goals, aspirations, likes and dislikes.
36 question cards are included, along with blanks for students to have some fun and invent their own questions and games, for example, ‘Would you rather…’
Another task is to make a ‘card to myself’ with a message or goal, or a kind note for a friend.
For example, students can give these to their teacher to open at the end of the year.
The coloured, finished example included features a girl’s face.
However the actual face template has a ‘generic bald head’ so both boys and girls can create a self portrait from this outline.
Classroom Decor includes Pop Art inspired garlands and posters to colour and display.
There are doodle pages to keep early finishers occupied.
UK/Aus/Can spelling options of favourite and colour are included in the templates.
Boxes measure 2.6 x 2.6 x 2.6 inches / 6.6 x 6.6 x 6.6cm when finished.
The entire box template is designed to fit one sheet of US Letter or A4 sized paper.
A larger box template is also included if you have access to an 11x14 or A3 printer.
The finished boxes make a fabulous display, on the bulletin board, pegged up on a line as a garland or suspended from the ceiling with clear thread.
Photographs of completed examples are included in the pack.
These 'modern art' hidden Easter Egg and Rabbit worksheets are a challenging creative activity for kids. They can help young artists and designers explore graphic design, and the impact of different color palettes - hot, cold etc.
Use felt tips, crayons, pastels, watercolours, collage - depending on time available, age, level of ability.
The first week back at school....
The class meets up again after the long holiday.
Children get to reflect over their summer memories, catch up with friends, get to know more about their new teacher.
They explore their learning preferences, likes, dislikes, skills and challenges, they set new goals for the coming year.
And the new teacher starts to build a picture of each child - what a lot is going on!!
This is where we need ice breakers, all about me activities, student surveys, teacher questionnaires.
I've researched and compiled a 2 page free '50 question' resource.
It can be used in full in the classroom, or as a reflective homework activity with parents.
Or you may wish to select just the questions that feel right for you.
The activity includes general 'All About Me' questions such as age, birthday, favourite food etc, and also 'digs a bit deeper' with questions such as,
'how do you feel this week, what challenges you, what support do you need' along with some open ended sentences to complete, such as , 'I imagine, I aim to, I wonder....'
I hope it's useful!
I have also developed some creative, art based back to school activities, with bulletin board decorations to make that you may like to view:
All About Me Pictures, Words and Doodles
All About Me Creative Artist Activity
Are you looking for a colourful and creative way to commemorate Anzac Day with students in Australia, New Zealand and around the world?
Use these abstract, eye catching poppy templates and posters to create stunning artworks and Anzac Day displays for the classroom.
Contents:
1. 2 coloured posters to print out and decorate the classroom
2. coloured bookmarks to print and cut out
3. ‘hidden poppy’ poster template
4. two ‘abstract’ poppy colouring sheets
5. draw your own poppy template
6. simple poppy template
7. make your own bookmarks template
Examples:
3 coloured examples are included to give you ideas, using paints, pastels and felt tip pens
Simple key materials needed:
1. heavyweight paper
3. felt tips / pencils / oil pastels / crayons / watercolour paints and brushes
4. scissors
5. string / tape / pegs if you would like to make a poppy garland
Artworks are ready to print on A4 size paper and use UK/Australian spelling of 'colour'
Please take a look around my shop, where you’ll find lots of inspiring and affordable
art resource packs to spark young imaginations and keep creativity flowing.
This ‘Robot About Me’ art and writing activity, is a delightful first week back to school ice breaker and a really creative way for teachers and students to learn more about each other.
Invite students to respond to prompts and questions in a personal and imaginative way, using doodles and words, to create a unique robot character.
The pack also contains robot themed classroom decor and activities for early finishers.
Contents:
• Robot templates to decorate and construct, 2 x challenge level options are included
a) Single page activity
b) Robot activity with fold out booklet for writing and image making
• Construction directions and photographs of finished examples for inspiration.
I suggest teachers make a finished fold out example to show to students
• Classroom decor - garlands, mini garlands and posters, in both colour and outline format
• Doodle pages and bookmarks to keep early finishers occupied
The finished robots make a fabulous display, on the bulletin board or pegged up on a line as a garland.
Photographs of completed and partially completed examples are included in the packet, using a black ball point pen and colored markers to create a modern, illustrative style to appeal to slightly older children, grade 4+
The pack also contains activities for early finishers, including doodle pages and bookmarks to make.
This 2 page worksheet is an imaginative way to introduce children to the Olympic Games in Brazil .
'Close your eyes and imagine that you are a World Class athlete who will be participating in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. You will travel from your country to Brazil to compete in your sport. Afterwards you will have time to soak up the carnival atmosphere and cultural sites of Rio, sample the local food and then visit the Amazon Rainforest before returning home.'
This free, 2 page creative activity sheet presents a series of questions and drawings boxes, for children to imagine themselves as an Olympic athletes and to stimulate learning and conversation about Brazil's cities, culture, sport, food, rainforest and more.
Ideal for classroom use or a creative homework activity.
If you enjoy this resource, you may like to view my other Olympic resources;
Bumper 30 page Summer 2016 Rio Olympic Games Creative Art Activities Pack and Classroom Decor
Summer Olympic Torch and Flame creative art activity template
I have designed 10 Father's Day card templates for children to colour.
The preview shows all 10 designs which include the popular themes of ties, footballs, rosettes, medals and also cards where children can finish the sentence, such as , 'I love you more than...."
The designs are modern and imaginative, and created to encourage exploration of colour, design, pattern and abstract shape.
Card designs are placed on half the page and ready to fold.
They can be printed on A4 or US letter size paper and then trimmed to the border which measures 7x5 inches.
I hope you like them! If you have any queries, please email me
diane@theimaginationbox.com
This detailed creative Halloween Art activity pack has been designed to enthuse and engage children in a fun, experimental, imaginative way. The templates and worksheets aim to encourage the exploration of colour, shape, abstract pattern, mark making and graphic design.
The examples and suggestions included, use watercolour paints, oil pastels and felt tips so projects are accessible and easy to set up. Crayons and coloured pencils can also be used.
This 38 page pdf bumper pack contains the following:
1. 5 Halloween card designs to decorate
2. Pumpkin border pages for creative writing activities
3. Spooky bookmarks to make
4. Experimental / abstract activity templates
a) ‘hidden’ ghoul
b) ‘hidden’ pumpkin
c) ‘hidden’ witch’s hat
d) ‘hidden’ bat
Photographs and examples are included, to show a range of ways to approach these activities.
5. Wonderful webs - 3 spiderweb activity sheets, ideal for fine motor skills
6. A selection of doodle sheets and simple templates for wall decoration, early finishers etc
Including pumpkins, bats, ghouls, witch’s hats
I hope you like the activity pack!
This detailed creative Autumn/Fall themed Art activity pack has been designed to enthuse and engage children in a fun, experimental way. The templates and worksheets aim to encourage the exploration of colour themes, geometric shape, abstract pattern, mark making, doodling and graphic design, whilst also providing Fall themed decorations for the classroom or home.
Shapes include acorn, oak leaf, maple leaf, apple, pumpkin
This 30 page pack contains the following:
1. Classroom decorations
a) Acorn Garland/bunting: both coloured and outline, ‘make your own’ options
b) Fall is Here’, ‘Autumn is Here’ decorative posters, coloured and outline options
c) Leaf Strips for bulletin board borders and making bookmarks
2. Creative writing / project page decorative Fall borders
a) coloured leaf border
b) outline leaf border
c) outline acorn border
3. Creative Abstract Art Activity Templates with coloured examples and photographs, using watercolour paints, oil pastels, felt tip pens to give you ideas of how to use them
a) hidden acorn in squares
b) hidden acorn in diamonds/triangles
c) hidden oak leaf in squares
d) hidden oak leaf with random lines
e) hidden maple leaf with random lines
f) hidden apple in squares
4. Simple shapes for general use
a) Maple Leaf
b) Pumpkin
c) Acorn
d) Apple
e) Oak Leaf
Thanks for considering my activity pack.
Celebrate Chinese New Year 2018, The Year of The Dog, with colour, imagination and fun!
This detailed creative Chinese New Year Art activity pack has been designed to enthuse and engage children in a fun, experimental way. The templates and activities aim to encourage the exploration of colour, shape, abstract pattern and graphic design whilst also providing Chinese New Year themed decor for the classroom or home.
Use this range of creative activities throughout the festival period, for full art lessons, early finishers, fun stuff or creative homework.
All ready to print and go' templates are formatted to print on US/A4 paper and only a simple range of art materials are needed - pencils, felt tips, oil pastels, glue, paints, string for garlands
This 45 page pack includes:
1. Garlands to cut out and hang:
Happy Chinese New Year 2018
Lantern bunting (includes colour your own and ready to hang)
2. Year of the Dog, a colouring and card making activity
3. Rooster activities, with templates and examples:
A feathered/oil pastel rooster
A 'hidden' geometric rooster
A folk art inspired doodle rooster
3. Make a swirling snake mobile, with template and photographed example
4. Beautiful blossom projects:
Make blossom bookmarks
Oil pastel large blossom group art
Blossom doodle page
Finger print blossom branch activity - which can be made into a Chinese lantern
5. Design a Chinese Bowl and chopsticks activity, describe the foods inside
6. Chinese Boys and Girls traditional costumes
Have fun designing patterns for these outfits - what would you wear?
7. Doodle dragon template and example
8. Chinese fan design
9. Lanterns
4 templates and pattern sheets to explore
I hope you enjoy this activity pack! I've certainly enjoyed creating it - all images are original and have been hand drawn or computer generated by me.
Sample my art projects here with my Free Year of the Dog activity available in this shop.
Bring some fun and visual arts into the first week back at school with this creative activity and bulletin board decor pack, inspired by ‘the artist’s paint palette and the colours of the rainbow’.
A great way to learn more about your new students and also to encourage them to find out more about each other.
In this 15 page pack, you will receive the following:
1. Activities and Templates:
- ‘All about Me’ activity worksheet - a paint palette to complete, with name, age and 8 questions to explore
- ‘My Top Ten Goals’ activity worksheet, where students write their aims for the year along 10 paint brushes, and can add colour or design and pattern too.
- My favourite colours activity worksheet - develop creating colour palettes
- Doodle design activity worksheet - design, colour and describe 9 unique patterns
- Blank artist palette templates in colour and outline, for freestyle activities
2. Bulletin board and classroom decorations:
- Artist paint palette ‘Welcome!’ garland to cut out and hang
- Picasso Display Poster, ’ Every Child is an Artist’
- Matisse Display Poster, ’ Art takes Courage’
- Coloured paint splodges for bulletin board ideas
- Outline paint splodges for bulletin board ideas and messages, words etc
All designs are individually created by Diane at The Imagination Box on Adobe Illustrator. These are vector images, so the worksheets can be enlarged without losing quality or looking pixelated.
This fun 41 page Rio Summer Olympics bumper creative art activity pack for kids is ideal for classroom/home/homeschool use, Olympic themed parties, party bag fillers and holiday entertainment.
This detailed creative art activity pack has been designed to enthuse and engage children in a fun, experimental way and to encourage the exploration of colour, shape, abstract pattern, graphic design, sportswear and logo design.
The worksheets and colouring pages have been hand drawn and digitally created by me.
The pack also contains photographed examples and ideas to get you inspired - including the use of collage, paper mosaic, painting and oil pastels.
The pdf pack includes:
1. Decorations
Get your house/garden/classroom decked out with an Olympic theme!
RIO poster / garland - in both colour and outline format to cut out and make
Olympic Rings garland - in both colour and outline format to cut out and make
Brazil flag-inspired flipflop bunting to cut out and make
2. Experimental / abstract templates and colouring pages including:
‘Hidden’ Olympic Torch (example included)
‘Hidden’ Olympic Rings (colour example included)
Olympic Rings fireworks activity (oil pastel example included)
Christ the Redeemer fireworks over Rio activity (oil pastel example included)
Olympic inspired fun lollipop design activity (example included)
Olympic ring doodles (example included)
3. ‘Design your own’ Olympic sporting templates
Olympic Torch template
Bronze, silver and gold medals template - make your own
T Shirt and Shorts - includes Brazil flag pattern example
Swimsuit
Baseball Cap
Flip Flops - includes Brazil flag inspired pattern example
Volleyball - includes bookmark template to make and colour
Football - includes bookmark template to make and colour
4. 'My Olympic Story’
This 2 page creative activity sheet presents a series of questions and drawings boxes, for children to imagine themselves as an Olympic athlete. The worksheets aim to stimulate learning and conversation around Brazil’s major cities, culture, sport, food, rainforest and more.
Ideal for classroom use or a creative homework activity.
Thanks for considering my activity pack.
I have 25 year’s experience working as both an artist in educational, community and healthcare settings and as a commercial graphic and clothing designer - you can find lots more creative projects and free downloads for kids at my website,
Doodling and colouring is a great activity for kids of all ages (and grown ups too!)
It encourages time away from screens and technology, relaxes us, and stimulates our imagination.
This summer theme activity pack contains 26 outlines, all designed by me for kids to decorate with colour, patterns and doodles, using pens, pencils, crayons, paint or collage.
A handy download pack for the classroom, home schoolers, summer play dates or a family on hoilday.
The pack contains the following templates, in vector format, so they can be enlarged without pixelating.
1. beach hut
2. ‘summer is here’ postcard
3. beach towels
4. 4 pineapples
5. 12 orange/lemon/lime slices
6. 3 watermelon slices
7. large watermelon slice
8. 12 popsicles/lollipops
9. large pineapple
10. large popsicle/lollipop
11. abstract sunshine squares
12. 12 starfish
13. 6 apples
14. 3 dolphins
15. flip flops
16. mini bunting
17. blank postcard
18. abstract waves 1
19. abstract waves 2
20. 6 flip flops
21. 2 wetsuits
22. 3 swimsuits
23. 6 shorts
24. 6 t shirts
25. 5 surfboards
26. 6 volleyballs
Are you looking for a creative, fun Mother's Day art and craft activity for kids to make and take home to mum to treasure?
This imaginative 'keepsake box' can be personalised by each student on the outside and filled with special surprises inside.
This art and craft activity is suitable for 7-12 year olds - it involves design, colour, pattern, shape, careful cutting, construction, doodles, writing, wordsearch, card making and weaving with yarn.
The resource pack contains the following:
Instructions for use
Photographs of the finished box and it's contents
Box templates - with shapes and a blank for students to create their own
Coloured example of the finished box
Templates for mini cards and envelopes to go inside
Template for fold out mini message to go inside
Hearts and starts template with gift tags for yarn wrapping activity
Daisy greetings card template
Daisy doodle page
Tulip greetings card template
Tulip doodle page
Mother's Day Word search activity - make your own special message
This activity is designed to be printed on A4 and US letter suze paper
Gift messages and word search activities contain both UK/Australia and US spellings
Enjoy Mother's Day!
