A great medium for children to paint with that dries puffy and raised.

An easy winter craft by creating a paper plate polar bear. Watch polar bear spin around and round as you hold it in your hand or give it a gentle blow.

Celebrate winter with children experimenting with colour blending, with these easy to make snowflakes that can be hung around the room or stuck on a window. 

A simple craft for all the children to participate in to create a hanging autumn leaf mobile.

Using natural materials found in the garden during autumn, create these cute and simple stick people. Great for creativity and open-ended learning.

Create an autumn tree with cotton balls and paint to create a colourful autumn effect. 

Children can create these pumpkins as part of Halloween celebrations.

Create these "friendly" skeletons for Halloween. 

This Halloween, create a monster wreath to hang in the room. 

Materials Need: 

• Paper plate
• cotton balls
• black paper (cut into small circles to fit onto the cotton balls)
• white cardboard (cut into triangles as teeth)
• Paint
• Yellow cardboard
• scissors
• glue

What to do: 

• Cut a circle from the middle of a paper plate so it creates a wreath.
• Have child paint around the "wreath". It can be any colour as this is the monster face. 
• After the paint dries, child glues the cotton balls on top of the monster face. 
• On top of the cotton balls, child glues black paper circles (to create the pupils). 
• The white triangles are glues in the middle of the wreath to create the monster teeth. 
• Glue to horns on.
• Hang them in the room, or use them as part of a monster theme Halloween display. 

Hints and Tips: 

• Have the materials ready, so toddlers can create their own monster wreath as well. 
• Use googly eyes instead of cotton balls for the eyes. 
• Have different colours paint for the face, to create colourful monsters. 
• Add a dash of glitter. 

Encourage children to practice their scissor skills by making this simple dandelion.