Darrell Wakelam

Sep 8, 2023 | teachwire.net | Darrell Wakelam

PrimaryArt & DesignEnglish Trick or treat! Give your little terrors a feast of fun this 31st October with some great classroom ideas… by Teachwire It’s heading towards that time of year when you might be starting to think about Halloween activities for schools.

Aug 21, 2023 | bloomsbury.com | Darrell Wakelam |J.K. Rowling |Kevin Jared Hosein |Sarah J. Maas

Firstly, you’ll need to halve the tubes and draw a really simple hull for your boat on one of the pieces, so it’s good to have some reference photos to look at. Then cut it out, and tape extra bits of card on if you want to make the design more elaborate. When you are happy with the shape attach the bottom edge of it onto your background, leave the top part open for now. Save any leftover pieces of tube.

Aug 14, 2023 | teachwire.net | Darrell Wakelam

PrimaryArt & Design Help pupils to create artwork that has the wow factor with these inspirational projects, art activities and crafts for kids… by Teachwire DOWNLOAD A FREE RESOURCE! Inspiring KS2 Art Medium Term Plans PrimaryArt & Design Art – it’s a subject that many of us look back on fondly from our own schooldays. Thinking up KS2 art ideas can be another matter though, especially if you don’t feel particularly ‘arty’ yourself.

Aug 5, 2023 | darrellwakelam.com | Darrell Wakelam

1 - Push one side of the tube gently near the edge and it will begin to collapse in, this will make the two ‘ears’ stand up and the top of the head will flatten. 2 - Draw a ‘shield’ shape on the front of the tube. This will be the face shape, but from the bridge of the nose down, so you need to leave a bit of space at the top for the eyebrows and eyes. The point at the bottom of the shield shape can be right at the bottom of the tube. When you are happy with the shape, cut it out.

Feb 28, 2023 | darrellwakelam.com | Darrell Wakelam

Breaking down egg boxes into their component parts is a great way of ‘playing’ with shapes and works well with many natural forms, birds, plants, or maybe insects like these . . . You can even use the leftover pieces of the egg box to make a simple background, maybe some foliage like this. Here I’ve tried to use up every single piece I had left over, what I call ‘pure making’.