Scarecrow Houseplants: Nature Gone Mad

Nature Gone Mad Scarecrow Houseplants
What if nature went a bit haywire and

Brighten up boring houseplants with a
some of our body parts grew out of
family of scarecrows.
proportion?
Night Light Scratch Pattern Paint

When you go to bed , do you always Picture
want to have just a little bit of light How about adding detail to painted
showing through somewhere? pictures - whilst they're still wet?
Night Masks Seeping Pictures

Ever seen those scary "danger" signs,
Use masking to create night-time
dripping with blood? They work brilliantly
silhouette pictures.
on bedroom doors!
Nodders
Wouldn't it be nice to meet someone
who always agrees with everything you
say? See Thru Ghost
If you've ever thought your house was
haunted, you'll like this Art Attack!
Octoput
Create this octopus for your wall to put
things on.
Sepia Pictures
If you like old pictures, try these tips to
age your drawings.
Official Stamp
Why not make your work look
important with an official stamp! Sketch Lightly First
Here's a great tip to remember when
doing any drawing or painting.
Old Pencil Case

Here's an Art Attack that puts old pens,
broken rulers and other old art Sixties Patterns
materials to use once more! Here's an old but great way of making
a weird but colourful pattern - a
psychedelic ripple pattern.
Olde Worlde Signs
Make your own olde worlde wooden
sign, to hang up outside your olde
worlde bedroom.
Smudge And Smear
Ghosts
A spooky idea for ghosts using chalk
and dark paper...
Old People
If you have trouble drawing old people,
here are some great tips.
Slot Pterodactyl
Are you a dinosaur fan? Here's a way to
get prehistoric pterodactyls in your own
bedroom!
Painted Cardboard
Here's how to make a great, textured
drawing surface using cardboard box
card and poster paint.
Snappy Birthday Card
A great idea for a novelty birthday
Painted Toast card. Mind those fingers!
Make some art that looks good enough
to eat!
Solid Gold Sun/Silver

Paint A White Christmas
How to paint a perfect white Christmas!
Moon
Make yourself a priceless relic - an
ancient, mythical solid gold sun and
silver moon!
Painting With Pencils

You can turn pencil drawings into paint Space City
using water soluble pencils. Ever wondered what houses might look
like in the future?
Paper Under Your Hand

Here's a trick to remember when using
chalk pastels
Spatter Blizzard
Ever wanted to draw a picture of a
winter blizzard, but don't fancy drawing
all that snow?
Party Headband
A great Art Attack that'll make you
stand out at any party!
Spatter Pictures
Pen Pals If you've worn out your toothbrush,
Here's a great idea for brightening up don't throw it away!
dull old pens using salt dough
sculpture.
Perfect Garden
Here's a cheap and easy way to make Spellbinder
your own perfect garden! Keep your artwork safe and secret in
this Harry Potter style binder.
Pet Ghost
Do you love Halloween stories, spooky
movies and other creepy ghoulish Splashes Of Light
things? If yes, then you need one of Do you get confused when you're trying
these - a pet ghost! to show light and dark in a picture?
Pet Monsters
Here's a way to scare people from Splat Monsters
snooping around your room! What lives under your bed? Smelly
socks? Old food? Something horrible
and grimy? Or splat monsters?
Picture Box Shelves

Your bedroom need never be a mess Spooky Self Portrait
again, if you make some picture box Would you like to make a portrait by
storage shelves! candlelight? Well, a torch actually – but
it’s just as good!
Picture Card Stained Glass Window
Here’s a great Art Attack, that involves
A really original idea the next time you
no window and no glass at all – but it’s
need to send someone a birthday card.
very easy to make.
Plaster Cast Stars And Galaxies

Ever wanted to get out of things you There are around a hundred billion
don’t want to do? Well now you can stars in the galaxy. Here’s a way of
with your own authentic plaster cast! drawing the lot in minutes!
Pocket Money Box Stick Animals

Where do you keep your pocket Some sticks have shapes which look
money? How about posting it in one of like certain creatures. So why not make
these Art Attack letterboxes? a model out of them?
Pop-Ups Stormy City

A great way of making things pop out Here’s a great way to make a picture of
at you! a lightning storm over a city at night.
Portable Pet Stuffed Sculptures

This pet is one that you can take
Do you like sculpture? Or do you just
anywhere you like, and it’s quite safe -
think "stuff it"?
even if you have a piranha!
Portholes Superstar Frames

Make someone feel like a real star by
Create a view from a boat window... a
creating this glittery picture frame
porthole complete with real water!
especially for them!
Poster Lettering Swap Picture

Here’s a great way of using strips to
Create professional looking letters on
make a sort of two-in-one swap
posters and cards with some great tips.
picture.
Postman's Dog Swap Skin

Why not make a postman-friendly dog, Why not play around with animal skin
brilliant for keeping your letters, designs? It's a bit freaky, but lots of
postcards and notes in? fun!
Pot Pourri Picture Frame The Sea

How do you do a picture of the sea?
A collage technique using pot pouri to
Plenty of tips here to help you create
make a textured picture frame.
the perfect seascape.
Take Away Pizza
Psychedelic Pictures Notice Board
Are you bored with painting the same Are you completely disorganised? Then
style patterns? you need a take away pizza notice
board!
Teach Yourself Faces

Here's a great tip for teaching yourself
Put Your Foot In It how to draw faces.
Have you ever really put your foot in it?
Not something embarrassing, but
literally put your foot in it?
Teeth
If you're having trouble drawing teeth,
you'll like these tips!
Racing Robot
Here's a fantastic robot that also moves
and races along the floor!
Terror Towers
Try drawing a spooky face and turning
it into a haunted castle! Scary!
Rock Band
How to turn ordinary rocks and stones
from the garden into your own rock
band!
Tissue Paper Baubles

It's really easy to make Christmas
baubles from tissue paper. Find out
how!
Roller Prints
Repeat printing can be fun - but roller
printing can be even more fun!
Tornado Scene
Batten down the hatches and draw a
tornado that's just ripped through a
farmer's field.
Roll In The Clouds

Here's a great way of painting very
realistic skies with watercolours.
T-Rex
Top tips on how to draw a ferocious T-
Rex!
Rub Out Pictures

Make a picture by rubbing it out,
instead of drawing it.
Triangle Sharks
A great way to draw excellent
sharks!
Turn A Mess Into A

Sad Art Masterpiece
Ruined a picture, or drawn something Here's a great trick for creating a really
that you don’t like? Well don’t throw it atmospheric picture.
away!
Turn Yourself Into A

Zombie Do you like scary movies?
The kind with creepy 300-year old
zombies coming out of graves? If you
Salt Dough Sculptures do, you'll like this Art Attack!
Have you ever used salt dough to make
things? It’s great for making
sculptures.
Tut And Cardboard

Here's how to make your own ancient
Egyptian burial mask from a load of old
tut and cardboard...
Salt Water Pictures
Here's an Art Attack that uses salt to
give a great effect to painting.
Perspective Cheater
Pastels Slot City

Some handy tips for pastels.
Swingers
Here's a Art
Attack to Trash Cauldron
rock your
world!
Nature
What if nature went a bit haywire and some of our body parts grew out of
proportion?
You will need:
• Paper
• Pen
Pick any two body parts and make them

look enormous on the page.
Here you can see eyes and feet.
The rule is simple - the other body parts

must be normal size.
So this man has tiny arms and body!

What if we had huge teeth and huge ears?
It's fun because you never know how

these pictures will look when you're
finished!
Here it's a challenge to make the other

facial features fit around the enormous
ones!
Now add everything else normal size!
Wierd!
You can go on for ages creating cartoon

characters like this.
Nature really has gone mad here - and

given this man massive nostrils and a
giant chin!
Neil says his Mum always complains about the size

of her bottom. So what if it really was huge?! Ha ha!
Try it yourself!
Nature Gone Mad
Night
When you go to bed , do you always want to have just a little bit of light showing
through somewhere? If you do, why not make an Art Attack spooky night light?
You will need:
• a small torch
• paper plate
• plastic cup
• newspaper
• sticky tape
• PVA glue
• tissue paper or kitchen roll
• paint
• marker pen
• paper
• boxes
• sweet tubes
• cling film
This is the type of torch you will need for

your night light - one that has tiny
batteries inside it, because this stops it
from burning.
Take a plastic cup that's bigger than your

torch, and place it onto a paper plate,
upside down.
Tape it securely into position.
Scrunch up a double page sheet of

newspaper into a long sausage shape, and
wrap it around the bottom of cup.
Then tape it into position.

Create another sausage of newspaper,
and place it above the bottom one in
exactly the same way.
Make sure that your cup is totally covered.
To make the castle, simply take a small

empty food packet and a folded card roof,
and stick this to the top.
For the turrets, use sweet tubes and cut a

slot in each one.
Slot the turrets onto the corner of your

castle, and tape securely.
For the roofs of these turrets, make some

cones out of paper.
Cut a semi-circle of card like this...
...and bend them round into a cone shape.
Tape into place.

Put a cone on the top of a turret and tape
it into place.
Complete all four corners, slotting sweet

tubes onto each corner.
Make sure you tape everything securely.
To stop everything sticking to your castle

mould, lay cling film over your castle
shape, and tuck it into every nook and
cranny.
Cover the whole of your castle, and press

it down into the shape of the castle.
Cover the whole thing in two layers of PVA

glue and tissue paper, loo roll or kitchen
roll.
This can be a bit fiddly, so take your time.
Leave it to dry.
Remove your mould from the night-light.
This can be tricky, so take your time, as

you don't want to break anything!
Draw in some small windows all over your

castle.
Paint the castle using poster or acrylic

paint. Purple colours look really good,
streaking in darker colours.
Don't colour the windows in. Paint the

rooftops a darker purple colour, the rocks
grey and grass green.
When the paint is dry, add more detail

with a permanent marker.
Finally, place your torch underneath, switch it

on, and turn out the lights.
And there you have it - a night light!
Try it yourself!
Night Light
Night Masks
Use masking to create night-time silhouette pictures.
You will need:
• A sheet of black paper or card

• An old toothbrush
• Paint
• A photograph of a landmark
• Scissors
• Cereal box card
First choose a good picture with a clear

outline - like this one of London's Tower
Bridge.
Either cut out the outline of the photo or

trace around it onto some cereal box card,
so you can then cut it out.
Place the outline on the black paper.
Mix some white poster paint with a bit of

water so that it's slightly runny.
Dip the old toothbrush into it, and tap off

the drips.
Take a scrap of card and flick the bristles

of the brush away from you, so the paint
splatters onto the picture.
This should create a starry effect.
The card silhouette is masking the paper

so the paint doesn't get to it.
Let the paint dry, then remove the mask.
Now to create your firework effect.
Place the card mask exactly where it was.

Then, using a few different brightly
coloured paints, dab on some bigger blobs
and splodges wherever you like.
Dab on some dust trails.
With the tip of your brush handle, scratch

around over the splodges to create sparks
from the firework.
Again, let the paint dry and carefully

remove the mask.
You can experiment with different
masks - this one is New York!
Try it yourself
Night Masks
Nodders
Wouldn't it be nice to meet someone who always agrees with everything you say?
You will need:
• Cardboard box card

• Pen
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Loo or kitchen tube
• Thread
• Sticky tape
• Stick glue
• Cereal box card
• Paint
• Coin
Start by cutting the top from a loo roll

tube.
Draw around one end of the tube onto

some cardboard box card, about 6cm up
from the bottom straight edge.
Then draw the shape of the back end of

the Nodder, around the circle.
Neil's Nodder is going to be a cow, so

that's what he's drawing.
Use the bottom straight edge of the

cardboard box card as the bottom of the
hooves.
When the outline is complete, carefully
cut the shape out.
Place it onto some more cardboard box

card, with the feet lined up along the
bottom edge.
Take a pencil and lightly draw around the

shape.
Use the pencil lines as a guide for drawing

the front of the Nodder.
Once again, when you've finished the

outline, just cut it out...
But this time, you need to cut the top part

off, like this.
Now put stick glue all around the edge of
the loo roll tube.
Stick it to the back end of the body, where

the circle is.
Hold the tube in position, until the glue

has dried.
When it has dried, put more stick glue on

the other end of the loo roll tube, but only
on the bottom half.
Then stick the front end of the cow onto

the loo roll tube, so that there's a gap
above it, like this.
When the glue has dried, you should have

something that looks like this.
Next, paint!
This one has been painted in black and

white, to make it look realistic.
To make the head, draw a loo roll tube-

sized circle onto a piece of cereal box
card, and use it as a size guide to draw
the head.
Go around the circle, and make it cartoon-

like.
When you've finished drawing the head,

carefully cut it out.
Now you can colour in or paint the head.
To make the head nod on the body, you

need to make a mechanism.
For this, you'll need a 12cm strip of thin

cardboard box card.
Make a fold about a third of the way in,
like this...
...and stick a coin at the other end, to act

as a weight.
Tape the short and bent end to the back of

the head.
You must tape it so that the folded bit is

near the top of the head.
Next, you'll need some cotton or thread.
Tie it around the card strip, near to the

back of the head.
You then need to find a position for the

thread - somewhere along the card strip -
where the head balances and will nod
smoothly.
Play around with the thread until the

position right, then tape it into place
underneath.
Then, holding the long bits of the thread so that they
stay outside, place the end of the thin card strip with
the coin inside.
Just pull the thread in place until the head

nods freely.
Adjust the length until you get a good

nodding effect, then just tape the thread in
place on the back of the body.
...or a frog!
Or why not use a kitchen roll tube to make

a sausage dog like this one!
Try it
Nodders
Octoput
Create this octopus for your wall to put things on.
You will need:

• Pen
• Scissors
• String
• Newspaper
• Egg boxes
• Paint
First, draw an octopus with only four legs
dangling down.
The head is a sort of ball shape, and the

legs are S-shaped with a spiral at the end.
The legs need to be about 4cm wide at the

top.
Cut out the whole shape.
Now the other four legs!
Place the shape on another piece of

cardboard box card. Draw around the top
of the head. Then draw another four legs -
popping up above the others.
Move away the first shape, and join up the

legs like this.
Use a pencil to carefully pierce two holes

throught the head.
You could put some sticky tack behind to

protect the surface you're working on!
Now cut out the shape, thread some string
through the holes and tie it together to
make a loop going through.
This will be used to hang up the Octotput

when it's finished.
Line up the two head shapes together.
They should go together perfectly to

create an eight legged octopus!
Glue the two head areas together, using

strong glue so that it is secure.
Part of the string should now be firmly

sandwiched between the two faces.
There'll be a bit sticking out at the back

for hanging.
Draw on an octopus face and some

suckers running down the leg and on the
head.
Make some newspaper rings like these...
...and some bumpy bits from egg boxes

with slits cut in the top!
Tape them down the legs of the octopus to

make 3D suckers!
These will be used to hang things on and

push things into later.
Using PVA glue mixed in equal parts with

water, cover the bumpy bits and stick on
some kitchen roll.
Be careful not to go over the slits in the

egg box bits!
Put another layer of PVA mixture over the

top, and leave to dry.
Now you can paint your Octotput however

you like!
The suckers will appear to stick out more

if you paint them a lighter colour!
Once you've hung him up you can put
things on it - like jewllery, photos or notes
to yourself.
The egg box slits are handy for pushing

things in, like this hanky.
You can make an Octoput in any size - and

decorate it however you like.
Try it yourself!
Octoput
Official
Why not make your work look important with an official stamp!
You will need:
• Crayons
• Coins
For this you'll need two coins, one of

which must be bigger than the other, like
a 2p coin and a 1p coin.
Stamps are usually just thumped on, so

position the bigger coin so that it overlaps
part of your work, then draw around it
with a wax crayon.
You need to make the line broken in
places by stabbing the crayon on and off
the surface, so that it looks like it's been
really stamped.
Next, pop the smaller coin inside the first

circle, and draw around that.
Again, use the broken line technique!
Write the date as neatly as you can, in the

centre of the small circle.
Use the same broken line technique once

more.
Add squiggles in the gap between the two

circles.
You can add writing around the border if

you like, but make sure you use the same
broken line technique.
When finished, give the stamp a smudge

with your finger to make it look more
authentic.
Try some different designs, like a double
stamp...
...or make a rectangular stamp using an

eraser as a guide to draw around.
And you don't just have to use it on your

work - you can use it on anything. Even a
diary, like this!
Try it yourself!
Official Stamp
Old pencil
Here's an Art Attack that puts old pens, broken rulers and other old art materials to
use once more!
You will need:
• Paper
• A selection of old, broken art materials
• Paint
The chances are you've got some old or

broken art materials lying around.
You know the sort of thing - felt tips that

have started to run out, broken rulers,
and so on.
Well, why not put them to use again, one

last time?
Make a start by sketching a picture by

using felt tips that are running out.
Alternatively, you could use old pieces of

wax crayon to do this.
Old bits of sponge can be put to use on

the picture, too - just dip into paint...
...and sponge gently onto the paper for a
great furry texture.
Build up the layers by sponging on darker

colours or higlights.
An old eraser can also be dipped into

paint...
...to be scraped on to the picture.
And once again, using a lighter colour will

give highlight effect.
A broken ruler can be dipped into paint...

...and flicked onto the picture.
If you've got a broken set square, you can

use the small broken edge for drawing
details.
Here's a look at Neil's finished picture. Not

bad, eh?
Try it yourself!
Old Pencil Case
Olde
Make your own olde worlde wooden sign, to hang up outside your olde worlde
bedroom.
You will need:
two large pieces of cardboard box card
• pencil
• 30cm ruler
• scissors
• masking tape or sticky tape
• ballpoint pen or pencil (optional)
• PVA glue
• paper to sketch on
• permanent black pen
• poster or acrylic paint
• newspaper to protect your work surface
Take a big piece of cardboard box card
and draw a frame, the width of a ruler,
around the outside.
Then draw lines from the inside corners to

the outside.
Divide the middle section into 3 long

strips.
You don’t need a ruler to do this, and you

don’t need to be accurate.
Cut along all of these lines.
Again, you don’t need to be neat.
You’ll have all these pieces separately

now, with the 3 sections in the middle.
To start turning these middle sections into
old planks of wood, you need to roughen
them up.
Start by snipping into the ends to make

them look jagged and splintered.
Then tape your scissors closed, and

carefully score a wood grain pattern into
one side of each plank.
Simply create a wood grain with wavy

lines, and the occasional sort of eclipse for
knots in the wood.
You could also press in a ball point pen or

pencil, to create a woodworm effect.
There you have an old, battered and

distressed plank.
Treat all three middle sections the same

way.
Stick these, and your frame pieces, onto

the other piece of cardboard box card.
You will have your planks of wood in the

middle and your frame around the
outside.
When you are happy with their position,

glue them down.
To make it even better, make the frame
pieces look as if they’re made out of real,
chunky carved wood.
To do this, you need to decide on a rough

pattern, and just draw it on - nothing too
intricate - to look like a pattern carved
into the wood, similar to the patterns you
see on old furniture.
Now mix some PVA glue in equal parts

with water.
Take some tissue paper, and dip it into the

glue mixture.
Squeeze out the excess and mould it into

place on your design.
Follow the pattern all the way around, and

when you’ve done it, leave it to dry.
When it is dry, the tissue will go as solid

as wood, giving your basic olde worlde
design.
To design a picture for your olde worlde

sign, it's a good idea to look at some
history books for some old fashioned
pictures to copy.
Sketch your design out on paper first.
Don’t worry about too much detail at this

point, or making any mistakes, as this is
only rough!
When you’re happy with your rough

design, copy it onto your sign across the 3
panels in black pen.
Make it really neat this time, in black pen

(preferably a permanent one).
Now it's ready to paint. Use poster or

acrylic paint for this.
To transform those outside pieces into

solid carved wood, paint them a woody
brown colour, pushing the paint into the
nooks and crannies.
To give it a really carved 3D look, just

streak in some slightly darker brown and
push it down into all that carved ‘wood’.
For the picture itself, use duller wishy-

washy colours for a faded, old and
weathered look.
You don’t need to be too neat.

And there you have it - an olde worlde
sign!
You can create any olde worlde sign.
How about a football theme? You could

even do a different shaped one, like a
shield.
Paint anything you like on them, or make

a name plaque to hang outside your
bedroom.
Try it yourself!
Olde Worlde Signs
old
If you have trouble drawing old people, here are some great tips.
You will need:
• Pen
• Paper
The first thing to remember when you

drawing an old person is that all their
features are droopy, so they will have
droopy lips...
...a droopy nose and droopy eyelids, and

they also have lines on their forehead and
all around their faces.
The more lines around their face, the
older you can make them look.
Their chin and cheeks are droopy too.
The neck is wrinkly and also droopy.
And their ears - you guessed it - are

droopy too!
When it comes to drawing an old person's

hair, old men tend to have tufts of hair on
the sides of their heads.
Old ladies have curly hair.
If you're going to colour it in, it is usually

silver coloured.
To add some more effect to your
drawings, why not add a pair of
speactacles drooping off the end of their
nose!
Remember when you're drawing the body

of an old person, that old ladies tend to be
frail and droopy, and old men tend to be
plump and droopy!
Although there are exceptions! Ha ha!
Try it yourself!
Old People
painted
Here's how to make a great, textured drawing surface using cardboard box card
and poster paint.
You will need:
• cardboard box card

• paint
• chalk
• charcoal
Cut a side from a cardboard box.
Squeeze out some poster paint, in any

colour you like, and paint it onto the
cardboard.
Slop it on, and cover the whole of the
cardboard box card.
When you've finished one side, allow it to

dry. When it has, you'll find that it's given
you a great textured surface that you can
draw on.
This surface is perfect for wax crayons,

chalks or pastels.
Neil used charcoal and chalk to create a

picture. He started with charcoal, to draw
shadows.
Since the blue surface represents the mid

colours in the picture, Neil just added
highlights and reflections with white
chalk.
A final bit of smudging...
...and a beautiful picture emerges!
Try it yourself
Painted Cardboard
Paintet Toast
Make some art that looks good enough to eat!
You will need:
• Bread
• Toaster
• Pen
• PVA glue
• Paintbrush
• Paint
Make some art that looks good enough to

eat!
Start by toasting a piece of bread.
When the toast has cooled down, cover

one side completely in PVA glue.
Leave the glue to try, then flip the toast

over and do the same on the other side.
Use a pen or pencil to draw toppings.
Start with the outside of an egg, then add

the yolk.
Then add on some beans!

When you've finished the drawing, paint it
It's best to use acrylic paint for this as it's

nice and thick.
If you haven't got any acrylic paint, mix

some poster paint with PVA glue and it
will have the same effect.
When you're painting, try to make the

food look as realistic as possible.
Do an orange-yellow yolk with a highlight

to make it shine!
And there you have it - egg and beans on

toast.
You can try other toppings too - how

about tomato and mushrooms?
Or even the full works!

And you don't have to do foods.
Toast makes a great canvas for all sorts of

art work.
And the crust makes a great frame for a

picture!
Painted Toast
paint
How to paint a perfect white Christmas!
You will need:
• Pencil
• Paper
• Paint
• Paintbrush
• Toothbrush
Start by roughly sketching a wintry scene

onto blue paper.
Mix up some watered-down white paint...

...and begin by painting the snow that's
settled on the ground.
Don't worry if some of the paper shows

through - it'll add to the final effect!
Make the snow lighter in the foreground

and darker in the distance.
Next, paint in picture details, like a

fence...
...trees, a wall and a log cabin in the

distance.
Now mix up some thick white paint and

dab fresh snow where it would settle.
Don't forget to add a snowman!

Dab the paint on nice and thick on the
trees...
...the tops of the fences...
...and the roof of the log cabin!
Now mix up some pale blue paint to help

the fresh snow look nice and fluffy.
You can also use the pale blue paint to

add some shading to the snowman.
Why not add in some footprints, too?
Finish off by dipping an old toothbrush

into the runny white paint...
...and flick onto the picture to create the

effect of falling snow!
Try it yourself!
Paint A White Christmas
painting
You can turn pencil drawings into paint using water soluble pencils.
You will need:
• Water soluble pencils

• A glass of water
• Cotton wool balls
• Paper
• Paint brush
These magic pencils usually come in tins

and are labelled water soluable or have
the word aqua in the name.
They work as ordinary pencils too - so you
can build up a landscape first using them
as normal...
... so your picture looks like a regular

pencil drawing.
Then dip a brush into water...
...and paint over the drawing. The colour

should just dissolve the pencil.
The thicker you've drawn with the pencil,

the deeper the colour.
When the paint's dry you can add some

detail with the pencils again.
You can mix and match pencil drawing
with paint, going over the painting with
crayons.
And there you have it - a pencil drawing

that's magically turned into a painting. Try
it youself!
Painting With Pencils

Paper
Here's a trick to remember when using chalk pastels.
You will need:
• Paper
• Pastels
Chalk pastels can create quite delicate

effects, but smudge really easily.
So it's often helpful to put a piece of paper

under your hand. This way, you mask the
part of the picture that you've already
done.
As your hand moves about while you work

on a different area, the part underneath is
protected.
So when you take the paper away, the

colours haven't smudged and the drawing
isn't ruined.
Try it yourself!
Paper Under Your Hand
Party
Here's a great Art Attack that'll make you stand out at any party!
You will need:

• ruler
• felt pen
• string
• scissors
• newspaper
Measure the width of your head from ear
to ear with a ruler.
You can get someone else to do this for

you
Mark the width of your head onto some

cardboard box card.
Take a piece of string to measure across

the top of your head, from the bottom of
one ear, up and over to the bottom of the
other ear, and cut the string to length.
Lay the string down in a sort of upside

down U shape on your card. Take a pen
and draw the same shape onto your card.
Follow the string all the way along, trying
not to move it as you go along.
Remove the string, and neaten up the

curve, making it about 1cm thick all the
way along.
Do it on the outside edge of the line

you've already drawn, otherwise it won't
fit your head properly.
Cut it out to form a basic headband shape.
Check it for size on your head before

continuing.
To strengthen it, take a thin strip of
twisted newspaper and tape it all the way
along the card.
Cut off or trim any excess paper.
You should now have a strong headband.
Take another bigger piece of cardboard

box card, and lay this onto the headband.
Draw the object that's going to go through
your head. Neil is drawing a sword. It
doesn't need to be neat - just mark it in
roughly. Consider drawing the middle bit
where your head will be, so that you can
draw it right.
Remove the headband, and join up the

ends of the handle and the tip.
Cut out these two pieces and place them

either side of the headband.
Tape them securely into place.

Use poster or acrylic paint to decorate,
adding the design on both sides. You
could devise lots of different designs, like
a snake or an arrow.
Try it yourself!
Party Headband
Pen
Here's a great idea for brightening up dull old pens using salt dough sculpture.
You will need:
• Pen
• Flour
• Salt
• Water
• Mixing bowl
• Cling film
Start off by taking an ordinary pen and

wrapping it in a couple of layers of cling
film.
The idea is to make sure that the nib part

isn't covered.
Pop the pen, nib down, into a ball of

modelling clay so that the clay comes up
to the cling film.
Next, you'll need two cups of flour, one

cup of water and one cup of salt.
These are the ingredients for salt dough!

To make it, empty the contents of the
cups into a large bowl and mix them
together.
When you've finished mixing the dough,

you can start sculpting.
Grab a handful and mould it into a

sausage shape to wrap around the pen.
The idea is to mould it so that it's a bit

fatter nearer the top.
Next, mould some features out of the

dough.
Here's a quick tip - if you dab water on

using a paintbrush, it acts as a sort of glue
for the smaller detail.
Use a cocktail stick to add detail.

The other thing that's good about salt
dough is it dries itself.
When it has dried, it'll look a bit like this.
All you have to do then is paint!
And there are loads of design possibilities.
How about a witch?
Or maybe an elephant?
Or how about a rocket?

Or an ice cream?
Try
Pen Pals
perfect
Here's a cheap and easy way to make your own perfect garden!
You will need:
• Tray
• Modelling Clay
• Paper
• Pen
• Scissors
• Sponges
• Pencil
• Mirror Tile
• Cocktail Stick
• Drinking Straw
• Sand
• Soil
• PVA Glue
• Elastic Band
• Bird Seed
• Old Chess Piece
First, it's best to plan the layout of your

garden on a piece of paper, so that you
can check it will fit into the tray.
You can do any type of garden you like -

this plan has a pond, a patio, a path, a
lawn and even a washing line!
Once you've completed your design, you

can start to build.
You can use many different things to

make the garden - old sponges, lolly
sticks, twigs and bird seed. Plus you'll
need a kitchen tray to use as a base.
For a pond, an old mirror tile is perfect.
The reflection it gives is very realistic.
Position the mirror tile in one corner.
To create the lawn, roll out some green

soft modelling clay onto a board.
It needs to be about 0.5cm thick.
Use a plastic knife to cut through the

modelling clay to create whatever shaped
lawns you like.
Once you've cut the lawn shapes, lay them

carefully in position on the tray.
To give the modelling clay a more realistic

texture, use a plastic knife, a fork or
cocktail stick to create tufts of grass.
Plants are next.
To make a green potted palm you'll need a

couple of old green scouring pads.
Cut out some leaf shapes using scissors.
When you have cut enough leaf shapes,

hold them together with glue, a bag tie or
elastic band.
When you've made a few bundles, tie the

whole lot together with wire.
Position the potted palm where you want

it, in another corner of the garden.
To make a tall leylandi tree, all you need

are some torn up bits of sponge and an
old pencil.
Use strong glue to stick the bits of sponge
onto the pencil, building up layers until
you have the shape of a tree.
To make a rose flower bed, tape some cut-

down drinking straws together to make a
surround.
Position it then fill with soil.
Pop in some small artificial flowers or

cake decorations.
For the path, pour in bird seed.
It looks just like gravel.
To turn the pond into a fancy fountain, all

you need is an old toy or figure.
An old chess piece is perfect!
Coat it in PVA glue.

Roll it in some fine sand, to give it a stone
look.
Shake off the excess and allow to dry.
Place it in the middle of the mirror tile, to

make the pond look like a posh fountain!
You can also add a washing line made

from string.
Why not make some clothes out of paper?
Paint to finish off - the leylandi should be

a bright green and the cut-down drinking
straws should be a wooden brown.
To make a patio, you need a light coloured

modelling clay.
As before, just use a cocktail stick to etch

a tile pattern into it.
You can also make a swimming pool by
using some aluminuim foil.
Different shades of green modelling clay

will give you a striped lawn!
If your ideal garden is a snow-covered

winter scene, just use white modelling
clay and some glitter to give it a cool
frosted effect.
Try it yourself!
Perfect Garden
pet
Are you afraid of the dark? Do you love Halloween stories, spooky movies and
other creepy ghoulish things? If yes, then you need one of these - a pet ghost.
They are so easy to make!
You will need:
• paper or plastic cup

• newspaper
• sticky tape
• PVA glue
• plastic bag or bin liner
• cling film
• water
First you need to make a frame. Take a

disposable paper or plastic cup, turn it
upside down, and tape it onto a plastic
bag or bin liner that’s stretched out flat
and taped to some cardboard.
Screw up a ball of newspaper, about this

big, and tape it securely to the top of the
cup.
This will be the head.

Make two newspaper sausages, and stick
them onto the side of the cup to form
arms.
They need to be quite firm and thick. Make

sure they point up in the air, like this.
Cover it with some cling film. Lay it over

the top and just push it into the shape of
the head and the arms, but not the cup.
Let it droop down over the sides, like this.
To make the actual pet ghost, you need a

plant spray gun. You can buy these very
cheaply from most garden centres and
DIY stores. There might even be one
already in your house!
Fill it with PVA glue in one part to three

parts water.
Spray the glue mixture over the entire

frame, making sure there’s plenty of
newspaper underneath to avoid getting
PVA glue everywhere!
Lay some strips of tissue paper, kitchen

roll or loo roll for the head, the arms and
the body. Let them droop or dangle over
the shape. Spray some more glue on
them. It’s important that some of these
strips reach down onto the plastic bag, as
this will help the ghost stand up when it’s
dry.
Add a couple of layers of glue and tissue.
Make sure some of the strips are ripped or

torn to create a real spooky effect.
When you’ve covered it all, leave it to dry.
Pull it carefully off the plastic cup frame.

Carefully poke out some sinister eyes with
a pencil, or maybe even tear a droopy
mouth – and there it is - your pet ghost!
It looks even better lurking in dark

corners with the lights out. Spooky! In
fact, you can make lots of these ghosts
when you’ve made your mould. You could
also hang them from the ceiling with
cotton, or maybe pour watery poster paint
on them for added effect.
Try it yourself!
Pet Ghost
pet monsters
Here's a way to scare people from snooping around your room!
You will need:
• Newspaper
• Balloon
• PVA Glue
• Ping Pong Ball
• Tissue Paper or Kitchen Roll
• Sticky Tape
• Cereal Box Card
• Paint
• Marker Pen
Blow up a balloon until it's roughly the

size of your head.
Stand it in a bowl or shoe box with the tie

at the top.
Mix some PVA glue and water, and paste it

onto the balloon.
Then cover the balloon with strips of

tissue paper or kitchen roll. Go right up to
the tie, but don't cover it.
After two layers of glue and tissue paper

or kitchen roll, leave to dry.
Once it has dried, cut the tie off the
balloon, and when the balloon has
deflated pull it out.
To make the eyes for the monster, fold a

sheet of newspaper along the long side,
then roll it into a rough sausage shape.
Give it a twist to hold it in place.
Next, wrap a ping pong ball up in one end,

like this.
Hold it in the middle then fold the paper

across, to trap it. Twist the ends and tape
in place.
You can make as many of these as you

like.
Next, stick them onto the monster using

plenty of sticky tape.
To make lips, roll some newspaper into a

thin sausage shape and then make it into
a ring shape. Use sitcky tape to hold it in
place.
Use the same method to make some
nostrils for the monster.
To make a tongue, cut out some cereal

box card and cover it in newspaper...
...then tape it into position!
Legs are made by rolling more newspaper

into sausage shapes.
Again, use sticky tape to hold them in

shape!
Tape the legs to the bottom of the balloon.

Use more PVA glue and layers of tissue
paper to strengthen the legs.
When dry, you can paint!
And when the paint has dried, you can add

detail.
For example, add pupils to the ping pong

balls to make them look more like eyes!
That completes your pet monster.
Looks good, doesn't it?
You can make different coloured

monsters...
...and you could even make your monster

to a different design.
How about this one?

You can even compine more than one kind
balloon for a totally different shape!
Try it yourself!
Pet Monsters
picture
Your bedroom need never be a mess again, if you make some picture box storage
shelves!
You will need:
• two empty shoe boxes

• sticky tape
• PVA glue
• pencil
Take two empty shoe boxes and place one

on top of the other.
Tape them together using loads of sticky

tape, to make it really strong.
To give your shelves extra strength and

support, draw around each of the sides
and the bottom of your shelves onto the
card and cut them out.
Cover the back, top, bottom and the sides
in the cardboard box card.
Use lots of strong glue to stick it into

place.
Tape around the edges as well, so that the

card is very secure.
These are the basic box shelves.
When you’ve taped cardboard onto both

shoe boxes, you’ll have something that
looks like this.
To turn these into picture box shelves, you

need to design some pictures for their
fronts.
Draw around your shelves onto some

more cardboard box card.
Mark on the card where each end of the

shelf is.
Take the box away, and draw in the shelf
as a guide across the middle.
Now decide on a theme.
Draw the pictures for the top and the

bottom and the sides of your shelves onto
the cardboard box card.
You must not go over the bottom line or

the shelves won't stand up!
When you've drawn your design, cut it

out.
Tape the pieces onto your box using lots

of tape.
To strengthen your picture box shelves
even more, mix some PVA glue in equal
parts with water, and paste it onto your
shelves.
Add on strips of kitchen roll or tissue

paper, and then paste more PVA/water
mixture over the top again.
Cover all of the joins and shelves and even

the bottom, the back and the inside.
Go over the whole thing, including the

picture parts.
Leave it to dry.
Before you paint it, you might want to

draw the pictures back in.
Paint it using poster or acrylic paint and

leave to dry.
There you have a picture box storage
shelf, to keep all your bits and pieces in!
You can design any picture box shelves.
How about one with a sport or animal

theme?
And you don't have to use shoe boxes - a

few smaller boxes stuck together will do.
Try it yourself!
Picture Box Shelves
Picture card
Here's a really original idea the next time you need to send someone a birthday
card.
You will need:
• thin card
• pen
• paper
• felt tips or paint
• scissors
• sticky tape
• sticky tack
• stick glue
• cotton
• cocktail stick
Start by taking a piece of pale coloured

card.
Fold it in half, and on the front, draw a

circle in pen.
You can use a saucer or compass to do

this.
On a separate piece of white paper, draw
a circle which is exactly the same size.
Write your message on the front of the

card, inside the circle.
Make sure you stay inside the circle!
Then, on the paper circle, draw the picture

you want to see on the front of the card.
Colour it in and cut it out.
To make the pulling mechanism, carefully

fold your paper picture in half, so that the
picture is on the outside.
Fold it in half again - twice.
And then fold it in half again - for the third

time.
Take a pair of scissors, and snip along a

curved line, about 1cm away from the top.
The idea is to cut a line almost all the way

across, but don’t go all the way!
Then, turn it over, and do the same again,

about half a centimetre from the last line.
And do it again - turn it over and cut
about half a centimetre from the previous
one.
The idea is to keep going all the way until

you’re about a centimetre away from the
middle.
Then - the tricky bit - open it out.
Be patient and very careful!
It can be fiddly, so be careful not to rip

the paper after all your hard work!
Then press it flat against the table.
Take a small strip of sticky tape, and just

stick it onto the centre of the paper at the
back.
Then push a small hole through the tape.

The best way to do this is to use a cocktail
stick. Put some sticky tack underneath it,
and just push through.
Then, you need to take a long piece of
cotton. Thread both ends through the
hole.
You need to do it from the picture side.
Pinch the two ends together, give them a

lick, and push them through.
When it comes through the other side, tie

a knot that’s big enough to stop it going
back through.
It’s always a good idea to pop another

square of tape over the end of the string,
so that it’s secure.
Then, take some glue, and put a thin line

of glue around the edge of the card circle -
no more than 1cm thickness, but keep the
glue inside the line.
Carefully place your paper picture on top

and leave it to dry.
Test it out to see if it works.
And there you have it, a pull-a-picture

card!
You could do lots of other picture cards.

How about a throbbing heart, or even put
the message on the front to reveal a
picture?
Try it yourself!
Picture Card
Plaster
Ever wanted to get out of things you don’t want to do? Well now you can with
your own authentic plaster cast!
You will need:
• bandage or gauze bandage

• PVA glue
• newspaper
• sticky tape
• white paint
Take a piece of A4 sized thin card, such as

cereal box card.
Roll it around the arm that you don't write

with.
Lay your arm on top of it - palm up - and

roll it around. Then tape it into place.
You don't want to make it too tight as you

need to be able to get your arm into and
out of it.
To pad it out, take three double sheets of

newspaper, and fold them all roughly into
thirds.
Press along the fold to flatten it.

Lay the tube on top of the newspaper and
wrap the paper around the tube, taping it
securely into place.
Take some more paper, folded in exactly

the same way, and wrap it around the
other end, like this.
Again, tape it securely into place.
Then loosely roll up another sheet of

newspaper, and flatten it so that it's about
4cm wide.
Put your arm through the cast, and with

your broken arm palm up, hold one end of
the strip on the cast on the little finger
side like this.
Fold it across diagonally over the palm of

your hand between your thumb and first
finger so that your thumb is in the gap,
like this... and grab it.
Tape the two ends of the strip into

position securely.
Mix some PVA glue with a little water, and

paste it on quite thickly onto the cast.
Then wrap around strips of bandage or
gauze bandage (you can get this from
most chemists), and paint more glue
mixture onto the top. Add loads of glue
and wrap more bandages around.
You could always use kitchen roll for this.
Cover the whole thing in one bandage

layer. When the whole cast is covered and
dry, it'll look something like this. You now
need to paint it white to neaten it up.
To make it look really authentic, add some

graffiti with a permanent marker, like
noughts-and-crosses, or different
messages and drawings.
And when you've finished, you'll have

something that looks like this. Put it on,
and see how many people you can fool
with it!
Try it yourself!
Plaster Cast
pocket
Where do you keep your pocket money? How about posting it in one of these Art
Attack letterboxes?
You will need:
• newspaper
• cylindrical crisp or biscuit tube
• scissors
• black felt pen
• PVA glue
• sticky tape
• corrugated cardboard
Take a cylindrical crisp or biscuit tube.
Draw a slot that's about four centimetres

down from the lid, but make it wide
enough to fit your money in.
When you're happy with the size of the

slot, cut it out.
To do this, take a sharp pencil first, push

it through the tube, and then take you
scissors and cut out the slot. You might
want to ask an adult to help you do this.
You should now have something that

looks like this.
Take a double page spread from a

newspaper, and mould it into a sort of
shallow dome shape.
Tape this into place on top of the plastic

lid.
Make sure that you don't go over the edge

of the plastic lid.
To finish the top of the letterbox, cut
some corrugated cardboard into a strip
about 2cm in width, with the corrugations
running from top to bottom.
Put some glue along it, and wrap it around

the lip of the lid.
Hold it into place until it's dry, to form the

basic shape for the top of your post box.
Next, you need to pad out the bottom.
Take a few sheets of small newspaper,

and fold the short side up three times, to
form a strip about a third of the length of
your tube.
Wrap it all the way around the bottom of

your tube like this, and tape securely into
position.
Make some small sausages of newspaper,
and stick them around the edge of the slot
to form a rim and a 3D shape.
Cut out a rectangle of card and stick it to

the front, for the information board.
To really strengthen it all, mix some PVA

glue in equal parts with water, and slosh
it all over the tube.
Lay on strips of tissue paper, kitchen roll

or loo roll, and work it into all the nooks
and crannies. Don't forget to go over the
lid, but don't glue it to the tube!
Cover the whole thing in two layers of

tissue and glue mixture, and leave it to
dry. Don't forget to let the tube and the lid
dry separately.
Paint it using poster or acrylic paint. Use a

traditional post box red.
When the red paint is dry, paint on other

details. Outline the slot and other bits of
detail with a black pen, and there you
have it - your own money box! Insert your
money through the slot. To get it out
again, just open the lid!
Try it yourself!
Pocket Money Box
Pop-ups
A great way of making things pop out at you!
You will need:
• old magazines with big photos of faces

• thin card
• felt pen
• scissors
• paper
• sticky tape
Look through some old magazines to find

a big photo of someone’s face, and cut it
out carefully.
Stick it to a piece of thin card.
Take another piece of thick paper, and

draw two silly eyes on it.
Cut them out, colour them, and you’ll have

two silly eyes like this.
To make this even sillier, you must make
it look like the eyes are popping out of the
face.
To do this, you need to make some paper

springs.
Cut two strips of paper, about 30cm long

and 1cm wide.
Lay the end of one strip on top of the

other so that they are at right angles, and
tape (or glue) the strips together.
Fold the strips alternately over one

another. This is the first fold.
And this is another fold from the other

side.
Eventually you get into a rhythm of fold

and lift, fold and lift, etc.
Keep folding one strip over the top of the

other.
When you get near the end, put some glue
on the end, fold the last one over and
press it together.
And there you have a waggly paper

spring.
Make another one in exactly the same way

so that you have two.
Then put some glue on the back of one of

your drawn eyes, and stick it onto the end
of one of your springs.
Then glue the other end of the spring, and

pop it onto an eye of the photo.
Hold it in place until the glue has dried.

If you do likewise for the other eye, you’ll
have something that looks like this!
And there you have it - pop up eyes!
Try it yourself
Pop-Ups
portable
This pet is one that you can take anywhere you like, and it's quite safe - even if
you have a piranha!
You will need:
• fast food meal box

• acrylic paint
• paintbrushes
• scissors
• cereal box card
• felt pen
• string
• sticky tape
• glue
Save one of the boxes you get from fast

food restaurants with the handles.
Carefully pull the glue edges apart, and

try not to rip it.
Cut the circle shape out.
Lie it flat with the plain side up.

In each of the big blank bits, draw a
rectangle with three straight sides, and a
wavy bottom.
The rectangle needs to be about 1.5cm

from the edges and you need to do the
same with all four bits. Don't worry if it's
not perfect, as the lines don't need to be.
Cut out the middle bits so that you are left

with a box with four windows.
Paint and decorate the box all over to suit

the pet you're making.
Use acrylic paint as it sticks better to the

shiny card, and will cover up any design
already on it.
Because we're making a fish, on the inside

it's blue, with waves in silver pen.
On the outside, we have some nice stripes

for the fish tank.
When you've painted it all, and the paint

is dry, fold it all back into its proper
shape, and glue it carefully together.
Once you've glued it back together, you
need to make a flat base to neaten it up
on the inside. To do this, draw around the
bottom of the box onto some cereal box
card, and decorate it.
Add some glue on the back, and stick it

into the box.
While it's drying, make your pet. Draw

your pet onto some cereal box card, cut it
out, and then drawing around this one
onto some more card, and cut that one out
too. The design should face one way on
one side, and the other way on the other
side.
Paint and stick them to either side of a piece of

string that's about 10cm long.Finally tape your
pet to the inside of the roof, on your cage, and
there you have it - a portable pet.
And you can do whatever pet you like - how

about a spider, or even an octopus?
Try it yourself!
Portable Pet
portholes
Create a view from a boat window... a porthole complete with real water!
You will need:

• Pen
• Scissors
• Paint
• Old pictures of underwater images
• Water
• A small, clear, self-sealing plastic sandwich bag
• Sticky tape
• Glue
Cut out two circles from some cardboard

box card.
They need to be the same size - you could

draw round a plate.
Place a smaller plate or saucer inside
each, and draw around them as well.
Cut out the middle section of one of the

circles, to leave a porthole shaped frame.
Stick some small circular bits of card

around the rim so they look like bolts.
Then paint it all in a metallic colour!
Now you need to create a view for your

porthole, to put onto the other piece of
card.
Choose some pictures from old holiday

brochures or magazines.
Arrange the scene you want.

Build up a picture to cover the whole inner
circle. When you're happy with the layout,
glue all the pieces into place.
Put some water into the self-sealing bag

that's a similar size to your picture. Do
this over the sink and make sure the bag's
sealed properly. Don't add too much water
- you don't want it to burst or leak! Use
sticky tape to strengthen the seal.
Carefully tape the bag over the picture,

making sure the sticky tape is underneath
where the rim's going to go so it won't be
visible.
Now, place the porthole frame over the

top. Fix it into place using glue or tape.
Remember to tuck in any overhanging

corners.
When the frame is secure you're ready to

look through your porthole! Give it a
squeeze to create a wave!
Try it yourself!
Portholes
poster
Create professional looking letters on posters and cards with some great tips.
You will need:
• paper
• felt tips
• marker pens
• sticky tape
Simply tape two black pens together.
They need to be taped so that the tips are

level with each other.
Experiment to see what different effects

you can make.
In this one, you can see the word "ART".
It's important to make sure that you keep

the pens in the same position as you
draw.
Once you’ve done that, just join the lines

between each letter.
It’s a case of looking for the open ends,

and closing them up with a line.
Now for the fun bit - colour!
Colour each letter using different shades.

It’s also a good idea to use different
colours in the different sections of the
letters.
When you’ve finished, it’ll look something

like this!
The great thing is that you can have
different effects depending on the way
you hold the two marker pens.
Here, one pen is held on top of the other.
Whichever way you choose, don’t forget

to keep the pens in the same position.
Once you’ve finished and coloured it in,

you’ll have something that looks like this.
Here are some other examples of this

technique being used.
It’s a really easy way of doing very

professional-looking lettering.
You can use it for lots of other things too,

like party banners and cards.
Try it yourself!
Poster Lettering
postman
Why not make a postman-friendly dog, brilliant for keeping your letters, postcards
and notes in?
You will need:

• pencil
• ruler
• scissors
• PVA glue
• acrylic or poster paint
• string (optional)
• sticky tape (optional)
• newspaper to protect your work surface
Take a big piece of a cardboard box card
and draw a ruler length down it, marking
the halfway point.
At that central point, draw a ruler’s length

across on one side, and then do the same
on the other side.
Then join up the ends of this cross with a

nice smooth curve to create your oval.
Carefully cut this out.
Place this oval on top of another big piece

of cardboard box card.
Draw around half (the longer, stretched

side) of the oval onto the bottom piece of
card to get a curved line.
Take the top piece of card away and join

each end of the curved line with a wavy
line.
Carefully cut this shape out.
Turn it over and glue just along the

bottom edge. Use strong glue for this. You
need about 1cm of glue in from the edge.
Glue all the way around the bottom

(curved) edge. Whatever you do, don’t put
any glue along that top (wavy) edge!
Now stick it to the bottom of your oval.
Line it up along the bottom, press it down,

It's a a good idea to place some heavy

books on the top while the glue dries, just
to keep it flat.
Once it has dried, you have the mouth of

your postman’s dog.
The reason you didn’t put any glue along

the top part of the lip is so that it leaves
an opening to slot your letters.
Now you need to design the rest of your

dog’s body.
Draw the other body parts onto some
more cardboard box card.
Make sure you do them the right size to fit

around your dog’s mouth.
Make them nice and cartoon-like.
You need to make two back legs, two

front legs (slightly smaller than the back
ones), and the facial features - a snout,
angry eyes, and floppy ears.
When you’ve done all the pieces, carefully

cut them out and arrange them around
the mouth.
Tuck the back legs underneath the back,

and then tuck the front legs underneath.
The head goes nicely on top.
When you're happy with the position, glue

all the bits into place and leave to dry -
and you should end up with something
like this.
When it is dry, draw on some more detail.
You could put a nice big highlight on his

nose to make it look wet.
You could give him vicious postman’s dog

eyes, or make him a spotty dog.
In fact, you can do any design you like!

Now you can paint him - any colour you
like.
Use acrylic paint or poster paint. Once

you’re done, leave it to dry.
Now all you need to do is slot the post in

to create his teeth and give him a vicious
grin!
You can put some pictures in there,

letters, postcards, secret love letters,
photographs - whatever you like.
And you don’t have to make a dog. You

just start with your card oval and bottom
lip stuck into place. Then you draw and
cut out different body parts for different
animals.
How about a nice wiggly body and a

forked tongue for a snake?
Or how about two nice big sticky out eyes,

two front feet, and two big back feet for a
frog? Even a shark!
Using exactly the same method, you just

glue all the bits into place and then paint
them any colour you like.
Try it yourself!
Postman's Dog
pot
A collage technique using pot pouri to make a textured picture frame.
You will need:
• Pot pourri
• PVA glue
• Scissors
• Pen
• Ruler
• Sticky tape
Take the picture you want to frame and

draw around it on some cardboard box
card.
Put the picture to one side and draw

another rectangle about 1 cm inside the
one you've already drawn.
It doesn't have to be neat at this stage.
Then draw another rectangle about a

ruler's width outside these two.
Cut out the middle and outside bits,

leaving you with a rim like this.
This makes up the basis of your frame.
Slop on some PVA glue, covering the

frame all the way round.
Now take some pot pourri!
You can use some old stuff, or buy it

cheaply from a craft fair or supermarket.
Arrange the bits of pot pourri however

you like all around the frame, pushing it
down into the glue carefully.
You could glue things on top of each

other, to create a double layer.
This will also help to cover up the

cardboard box card.
Let the glue dry, and this is what you're

left with.
It smells nice too!
Place the frame over the photo and tape it

into place.
You can experiment with different types

of pot pouri and pictures in different
shapes and sizes.
Try it yourself!
Pot Pourri Picture Frame
psychedelic
Are you bored with painting the same style patterns? Here's a way to help create
a pattern that you can go wild with!
You will need:
• Thick Paper
• Felt Tips
• Water
• Paint
Mix a little water into some poster paint,

to make it slightly runny.
Randomly pour a few blobs of paint

mixture onto your paper.
Now pick up the paper and tilt it slightly,

this way and that, to make the paint run
in streaks across the page, in any
direction you like!
Once you're happy, lie it flat and allow to

dry.
When the lines of paint have dried you can

colour in the sections using paint, to make
a pattern.
Your paper doesn't even have to be white,
you could use black paper...
...and you don't have to colour in the

sections with paint - you could use felt
tips!
Or how about going crazy with something

really over the top like this.
Try it yourself!
Psychedelic Pictures
foot
Have you ever really put your foot in it? Not something embarrassing, but literally
put your foot in it? If you're wondering what we mean, check out this Art Attack!
You will need:

• paper
• PVA glue
• sticky tape
• newspaper
• felt pen
• strong glue
• scissors
• water
• paintbrush
To make your Put Your Foot In It boot,

first take a piece of cardboard box card
like this one here.
Draw a sole shape on the cardboard.
You could draw around a shoe if you want

to.
Once you've done that, carefully cut it out,

and you'll have something that looks like
this.
Then take a small newspaper, and roll it

up loosely, lengthways.
Tape that into position like this.
Place this on the heel end of your sole,

and again, tape it securely into position.
Use plenty of tape. This will form the leg.
To make the rest of the boot shape, screw

up a ball of newspaper and just tape it in
front of the tube.
Then scrunch up a bigger ball of
newspaper, and put this on the front of
the boot, at the toe end.
Again, tape it securely into place.
Roughly scrunch up a page of newspaper,

and wrap it around the back of the leg,
like this. Once again, tape it securely into
place.
This is now the basic foot shape.
To strengthen it, and give it a leather

texture, mix some PVA glue in equal parts
with water, slop it onto the newspaper
boot, and pop on some kitchen roll, tissue
paper or loo roll.
Cover the whole thing in two layer, and

try to place the newspaper so it looks like
the outside of a boot shape.
This might take you some time, but when

you've done it, and you've left the whole
thing to dry, you'll have something that
looks like this. The boot will have gone
rock hard, and be ready to paint.
Use poster or acrylic paint, in any colour

you like.
Next, make the hole in the ceiling... but

not literally!
Just take a piece of cardboard box card

about 40cm by 40cm, and draw a dot
roughly in the middle.
Then draw lines from this dot like this,

almost to the edge.
Then pop a hole in the middle with a

pencil, and cut along all of the lines
almost to the edge.
When you've done that, you'll have

Then roughly tear some paper triangles
(and they don't have to be neat), dab
some glue along the outside edge, and
stick these paper triangles with the points
facing inwards.
Do them all the way around, and when

you've done that, you'll have something
that looks like this.
Bend back all the paper bits and

cardboard so it looks like the whole thing
has been burst through!
Then take another piece of card, cut it the

same shape, and paint one side
completely black.
Glue the two pieces of card together with

lots of strong glue along the outside
edges, so that the piece of card you
painted black is facing out of the hole.
And then finally stick your boot into the

hole, using both glue and plenty of tape to
secure it.
Finally, stick it to the ceiling or a door...
and there it is - put your foot in it!
Try it yourself.
Put Your Foot In It
racing
Here's a fantastic racing robot that also moves and races along the floor!
You will need:
• Plastic salad bowls

• Bottle lid
• Two party bowls
• Hot drink top
• Drinking straws
• Paper cups
• Polystyrene balls
• Newspaper
• Sweet tubes
• Cardboard tubes
• Sticky tape
• Strong glue
• Acrylic paint
• Two toy cars
Stick two plastic salad bowls together to

make the body of your robot.
Slightly smaller bowls used for nibbles at

a party make a good head - with a bottle
lid for the neck.
Try adding a hot drink top for the chest
plate. Stick everything together however
you like with tape or strong glue.
Use whatever you like to build up your

robot.
Neil's using polystyrene balls for the eyes,

attached with drinking straws...
...and sweet tubes stuffed with newspaper

for the arms.
Whatever the shape of your robot, make

sure the legs are sturdy.
Card tubes like these are perfect.
Now you've built up the whole robot,

apart from his feet.
This is where his secret power comes in!
Use two toy cars of a similar size.
Don't worry, they're not going to get

damaged - you'll be able to use them
again.
Find a container that will sit over your
cars so the wheels still show slightly
underneath.
This paper cup works well. If the car

doesn't fit snugly you could stuff the top
of the container with newspaper.
Tape each car into place at the bottom,

but don't tape up the wheels, because
they still need to be able to move.
Now stick the feet to the bottom of the

legs.
Make it secure so the robot stands up in a

balanced way and moves without falling
over. Use lots of tape or good strong glue.
Now you're ready to paint your racing

robot.
Acrylic paint is best as it sticks to almost

anything! Use bright metallic colours to
make him stand out.
Why not get someone else to make

another robot so you can race against
each other?
This dog is powered by a remote control
car stuck underneath.
Use whatever old rubbish you have lying

around and be creative with sizes and
shapes.
Try it yourself!
Racing Robot
Rock band
How to turn ordinary rocks and stones from the garden into your own rock band!
You will need:
• a large round stone

• a fine black felt pen
• scissors
Find an oval stone that’s quite smooth.
Take a piece of cardboard box card.
Lie the pebble down, and line it up so that

the bottom of the pebble is lined up with
the bottom of the card.
Draw around the pebble, just to get the

shape, and put the pebble to one side.
Decide what rock musician you want to
make.
This one will be a guitarist. Just draw your

chosen musical instrument onto the shape
of the pebble, so that the bottom of the
instrument sits along the bottom of the
card.
Try to draw it so that the bottom edge of

the instrument is flat, because this will
help it to stand up.
Once you’ve drawn it, it’s ready to be

painted.
Paint it in nice bright colours, using poster

or acrylic paint.
Once you’ve painted it, cut it out, and

you’ll have something that looks like this.
It’s a good idea to go over all the detail in

a fine black felt pen.
Next, you need to create your rock

musician.
Take the stone, and hold the instrument

roughly in place. Make a mark just above
the instrument.
Use a pen or pencil to draw in the

character.
Draw the facial features above the mark

you’ve just made, so that you can see
them above the guitar.
When you’re happy with the design, paint
it.
It’s very important that you use acrylic

paint if possible, but you can use poster
paint. Just remember to mix it with PVA
glue so that it will stick to the stone,
rather than flake off!
When you’ve painted the whole thing, and

let it dry, you’ll have something that looks
like this.
Finally, you need to add some PVA glue

(don’t mix it with water this time) on the
back of the instrument, and stick it down
on your musician. You'll have to hold it
into place until the glue has dried.
You could do other instruments as well,

like a keyboard player, a singer or a
drummer, or you could design your own
rock footballers!
Rock Band
Roller prints
Repeat printing can be fun - but roller printing can be even more fun!
You will need:
• Modelling Clay
• Rolling Pin
• Cotton Reel
• Paint
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Cocktail Stick
Start by finding an empty cotton reel.
Then roll out a strip of soft modelling clay

to about 15cm long, and the same width
as the cotton reel.
Wrap the modelling clay around the cotton

reel, then carefully trim off any excess
with a pair of scissors.
Smooth the two ends together.
Next, push a pencil through the middle of

the cotton reel, to make a handle.
Use a pencil or cocktail stick to carve a

pattern into the soft modelling clay.
It can be quite fiddly, so take your time.
You can use any shape you like to make

the pattern.
When you're satisfied with the pattern,
brush some paint onto the roller.
Make sure it's quite thick.
Now you can grasp the handle to roll the

reel over the piece of paper.
It gives you a great repeat print effect.
If you want to use a different coloured

paint, wash the roller off with a little
water and then brush on the new colour.
You can use this method to print all kinds

of things.
Roller Prints
Roll in theClouds
Here's a great way of painting very realistic skies with watercolours.
You will need:
• A drawing book or pad

• Watercolour paints
• Paintbrush
• A mixing palette
Mix some extremely thin runny yellow

using lots of water, some slightly thicker
blue and even thicker grey.
It's very important that they're slightly

different consistencies.
Tilt your drawing book up towards you at
about 45 degrees.
Before you start painting remember one

rule - once you've started DON'T stop to
let the paint dry!
Start off with the yellow paint,at the top

of the page.
Swirl the brush down the page to create a

wash, leaving about a quarter of the paper
empty at the bottom.
Straight away, put some thicker blue over

the top.
It'll be watery and start to run slightly.
Make the blue thinner as you go down the

page so the yellow shows through.
Lie the picture flat, and clear the excess

paint off your brush.
Then do some big chunky grey clouds at

the top of the page...
...and slightly thinner lines of cloud as you

go down the page.
This creates a feeling of space and

distance.
Now the fun bit - rolling the clouds! First
dab off the excess paint from your brush.
Then, simply turn it on its side and start to
roll it across the paper. As it rolls it'll pick
the paint up off the picture. This creates a
fluffy cloud effect!
Keep rolling - and every now and then get

rid of the excess paint from your brush.
When your picture is dry, mix up all the

colours you've used in the sky to make a
sort of sludge colour.
Use it to paint a silhouette at the bottom

of your picture.
You could use thinner paint brushes to

add detail.
Try different coloured skies - this one is a
sunset over a city, using pink instead of
yellow.
This is called "Storm At Sea" and uses

different shades of grey over a yellow
wash.
Roll In The Clouds
Rub art picture

Make a picture by rubbing it out, instead of drawing it.
You will need:
• charcoal
• erasers
• paper
First, use a stick of charcoal to cover a

piece of white paper, like this.
Then create a picture using a rubber.
Just simply rub out the charcoal with the

rubber, to reveal the white paper
underneath.
You can use different types of rubber to
create different effects, and for different
levels of detail.
Use thick rubbers for thick lines, and fine

rubbers for fine lines.
You can also get different types of

shading depending on how hard you press
the rubber down.
Just keep rubbing out with different

rubbers. If you rub off a bit too much, you
can easily put it back on again with
charcoal!
And there you have it - a rub out picture.
Try it yourself!
Rub Out Pictures
Sad art
Not everything you do goes according to plan. Have you ever drawn something that
you don't like, or rip up a picture because it's rubbish? Or you've spoiled it by
mistake? Well don't throw it away! Turn bad stuff into an art form! It's great fun to
do.
You will need:
• a ruined picture
• scissors
• coloured paper
• felt tips
• black marker
• stick glue
Here's a picture Neil's done, but a coffee

mug stain in the bottom left corner has
ruined it.
To make it really sad, cut it up a bit, by
cutting it in half, but do it neatly.
The idea is to make it look like you meant

every single mistake.
Then, to get rid of the really spoiled bit,

cut it out in jagged lines, a bit like a bite
mark, to make it look like it was meant to
happen.
Tear along the top to make it look like a

crack, just by ripping it.
You can even draw black lines around

these cut bits to make it look like it was
meant to happen
Now go over the top!
Scrunch the picture up a bit, and stick it

wonky onto some backing paper.
Make the picture look even sadder with

some very bad repairs.
Take some more paper, and draw a

cartoon plaster, some bits of cartoon
sticky tape, or maybe some cartoon
planks of wood.
Colour these in, using cartoon colours,

and you'll have loads of 'repair' things to
stick on your picture like these here.
Finally, just place these onto the picture
to make it look like you've tried to repair
it - badly! When you're happy with all this
sadness, glue them all down and there
you have it. So next time you ruin one of
your pictures - don't just throw it away…
think how you can turn into sad art,
instead!
Sad Art
Fisch
Have you ever used salt dough to make things? It's great for making sculptures. Try
this one...
You will need:
• 2 cups of plain flour

• 1 cup of salt
• 1 cup of water
• oven
• knife
• board
• rolling pin
• paintbrushes
• baking tray
Choose something to draw, like a fish.

Make it bold, simple and cartoon-like, but
don't be too detailed.
Once you've done this, you're ready to

make your salt-dough.
The recipe is simple. The picture shows

you the size of cup required.
Tip two cups of flour into a large bowl.

Add a cup of salt and one cup of water.
Start mixing and kneading it with your

hands. Keep going until you have a nice
smooth dough.
If it's not sticking together, add a bit more

water.
When you've finished kneading, it should

be nice and smooth.
Now break off a handful of dough.
Take your board, and put your dough on

it.
Use your rolling pin to roll it out about a

centimetre deep.
Carefully cut out your fish's body using

your knife. Be very careful with the knife.
Ask an adult to help.
Use the design you made earlier to help

you, perhaps as a template to draw
around. Remove the excess dough around
your shape carefully.
Place your fish onto a lightly greased
baking tray like this one.
Just neaten up the edges.
Now add the detail, like an eye.
Stick the extra bits on with a small bit of

water, as this acts like glue.
Add some lips, fins, and tail. Brush on

some water so that they stick together.
If you keep adding shapes to build up

your sculpture, you'll have something that
looks like this.
Add on fine detail with a pencil, by

pressing it into the dough.
When you've finished, carefully push a

large paper clip into the dough at the top
like this, so that you can hang it up.
Use two paper clips if you have a bigger

sculpture.
Next you need to cook your sculpture.
Place it in an oven at a low heat - gas

mark 1 or 2, or 120°C. The baking time
depends on the thickness of the dough. As
a general rule, bake half an hour for every
half centimetre.
An adult should help you here.

When it is cooked, you'll have something
Wait until it's cooled down, then press

underneath at the thickest point. If it's
hard, it's cooked. If it's still soft, bake it a
little longer.
Once hard, you can leave your salt dough

sculpture as is, varnish it, or paint it using
poster or acrylic paint. All you have to do
is hang it up now.
Try it yourself
Salt Dough Sculptures
Salt
Here's an Art Attack that uses salt to give a great effect to painting.
You will need:
• Paint
• Paper
• Water
• Paintbrush
• Salt
Start by using a thick paintbrush to

thoroughly wet a piece of paper or thin
card.
When it's still wet, take some light blue

watercolour and wash it over the wet
paper.
You could use watered-down poster or

powder paint for this - just as long as it's
nice and runny.
Next, splash in some strong abstract blobs
of colour, about half way down the paper.
Use another watery colour...
...and another!
These blotches will eventually be exotic

coral on a tropical sea bed!
Next, add vivid blue and greens to the

bottom of the picture, for the sea bed.
And while the paints are still wet, gently

sprinkle on some ordinary table salt.
Sprinkle it randomly, and take care not to

put too much on.
When the paint has dried it will look
something like this.
The best bit comes next - gently shake off

the salt off...
...and you'll see that where the salt

settled it has reacted with the paint and
given it a fantastic tropical coral-like
effect!
How about using the technique to produce

attractive backgrounds for other pictures?
This one has tropical fish swimming

among the coral.
Or how about this autumn woodland

scene?
Try it yourself
Salt Water Pictures
Scarecrow
Brighten up boring houseplants with a family of scarecrows.
You will need:
• a clean, empty crisp packet

• an empty box (about 5cm high, same length as crisp packet)
• lots of string
• sticky tape
• scissors
• a plastic or paper cup
• newspaper
• thin card
• tubes
• PVA glue
• marker pen
Put the box inside the bag.
If you can’t find a box that’s as small as

the bag, you can always cut one into
shape.
Tape the box at the front and the back to

the crisp packet, just to keep it in place.
Wrap a piece of string around the middle

of the bag, tie a knot in it, and cut off the
excess.
Here's a tricky bit - carefully snip about a

third of the way along the bag, and then
flip it over and do the same on the other
side.
This allows you to open up the bottom of
the bag, so you can create the shape of
the scarecrow.
Be careful you don’t tear the bag too

much. If you do, you can easily fix it with
some sticky tape.
Take another piece of string, about 50cm

long, and place it at the bottom of the box,
so that half of it hangs over one side, and
half of it hangs over the other.
Tape it to the bottom of the box, all the

way across.
Stand the box up like this, then pinch the

sides of the crisp packet to make the
shoulders. Press it flat on the top.
Take another piece of string, again 50cm

long, and place that on the top, and
overhang it in the same way so that half
overhangs one side, and half overhangs
the other.
Tape it all the way along to the ends of

the shoulders.
Now you need to make the head.
Scrunch up a page of newspaper, and tape

it onto the top.
For the hat, take a plastic or paper cup,

and cut the top off.
Take the bottom part, turn it upside down,

and draw around it onto some thin card.
It doesn’t need to be perfect, because it’s

a scarecrow’s hat, so it can be a bit
raggedy.
Remove the bottom part from the paper,

and draw another circle around the one
you’ve just drawn, about 2cm bigger all
the way round.
Again, it doesn’t need to be perfect.

Cut it out and you will have a card ring.
Here’s the clever bit.
First, tape the top part of the hat to your

scarecrow’s head.
It’s a good idea to put it at a bit of an

angle, rather than straight on his head.
Then slot the card ring over the hat, and

tape it down.
To make the arms and legs, you need

some small card tubes.
The inside of cling film and foil rolls are

good for this, but sweet tubes will also do.
Cut four in half, so that you have eight

pieces for the arms and legs.
For the hands and feet, take a piece of
card and draw two glove shapes. Make
them very pointy.
The feet are just two large ovals.
Cut the hands and feet out, and place

them all like this.
Mix some PVA glue in equal parts with

water, and slap it all over the scarecrow’s
body and head, and cover it with tissue
paper or kitchen roll.
Be careful not to lose the scarecrow

shape!
The idea is to cover the scarecrow in an

equal layer of tissue paper.
Leave it to dry.
Now to bring him to life...
Draw on some eyes, a mouth, and for his

nose, you could use a small paper cone.
Then paint everything - not just the body

and head, but the arms, legs, hands and
feet too, using poster or acrylic paint.
When you’ve painted the whole thing, it’ll

look something like this.
It’s also a good idea to go over all the

detail in a black marker.
Once you’ve painted everything, you need

to thread it all together.
It’s just a case of loosely threading the

two tubes on each limb, and then taping
the hand or foot into position, and cutting
off the excess string.
And there it is - your very own scarecrow.

You can shape it into any position you
want.
Scarecrow Houseplants
Scratch pattern
The chances are you've seen Neil add detail to pictures when the paint has dried.
But how about doing it whilst it's still wet?
You will need:
• Paint
• Paintbrush
• Coloured Paper
• Pencil
For this you'll need some coloured paper

or thin card, and a different colour or
shade of paint.
Squeeze or pour some paint onto a piece

of paper.
Spread the paint out using a paintbrush.
Next you'll need a cocktail stick, or a

sharp pencil.
Use the point of your cocktail stick or

pencil to make a pattern in the paint,
before it dries.
You can combine any colour of paint, with

any colour of paper and make any pattern
you can think of!
When you have enough sheets of paper,

see if it inspires you to make a picture
using all the patterns.
You can cut the paper into different sizes
to make pieces of a picture.
And you can also cut it into shapes to

make different objects.
Here's a beach scene.
And here's a sheep!
This Art Attack is very good for creating

animals.
How about a tiger?
Or a crocodile, on plain coloured paper?

Or why not go wild and create a detailed
picture using all kinds of patterns?
Don't forget to stick your pieces down!
Scratch Pattern Paint Picture
Seepy signs
Ever seen those scary "danger" signs, dripping with blood? They work brilliantly on
bedroom doors!
You will need:

• Paint
• Black and silver pens
• Pencil or chalk
• Sticky tack
First, you need to make a plank of wood

that's wide enough to cover your bedroom
door. So take a big piece of cardboard box
card, and draw a plank shape - wobbly
lines with jagged edges.
Then cut it out.
Make another exactly the same, so that

they can cross over eachother.
Paint the planks to look like old wood.
Just streak on some different shades of

brown paint!
For the gnarled effect, add some knot
detail using black pen.
Add nails at either side, by using a silver

pen.
You can do as many planks as you like.
Here, Neil has made two to cross over on

his door.
How about a skull to really scare people

off? Mwahahaha!
Simply draw the head shape on some

more cardboard box card!
Carefully cut it out and paint it.
Guaranteed to scare your Gran!
To turn what you've made into a seeping

sign, first decide on a warning message.
Write it in capital letters in pencil or chalk

across one of the planks.
Put the other pieces to one side for now -
things are about to get really gory!
Take some red squeezy paint (we call it

blood in a bottle!) and carefully squirt it
over the writing, keeping to the lines.
To make the sign seep, tilt it gently before

the paint has dried, so that it runs down
the plank.
It's a good idea to put some old

newspaper underneath to catch any stray
drips!
When you're happy with the amount of

seeping, lie the plank flat and put it to one
side to dry.
Whilst it's drying you can add some blood

to your skull as well!
Using the same method, tilt the skull so

that the paint runs down its face.
Eww!
Now you've got all the different parts of

the sign to nail together!
Just sticky tack them across your

bedroom door when you go out, to
frighten people away!
You could try different colours and
warning messages...
...or different creepy designs!
Seeping Pictures
Ghost
If you've ever thought your house was haunted, you'll like this Art Attack!
You will need:
• Black Marker
• Crayons
• Ink
• Paint
• Paper
Start by drawing a spooky picture with

permanent black marker pen on white
paper.
Add in all the detail you want.

Then take a white wax crayon and draw a
ghost on the page.
You'll see why you have to use white wax

crayon shortly!
Ghosts tend to come out at night, so now

you need to make darkness fall in your
picture.
Use a paintbrush to cover the whole of the

page in blue ink. This is the reason why
you need to use a permanent marker pen
so the ink doesn't smudge the rest of the
picture!
You can hide ghosts anywhere in the

picture. You can even draw things like
vampire bats, or skeletons instead of
ghosts!
Try it yourself!
See Thru Ghost
Sepia Pictures
If you like old pictures, try these tips to age your drawings.
You will need:
• Paintbrush
• Water
• Paint
First, draw a scene or picture in pencil.
Next you need the murky water that you

wash paintbrushes in.
Paint the dirty water onto the picture in a

rough oval shape.
Next mix some light brown paint with
plenty of the dirty water, and paint the
middle section of your picture using it.
Mix a darker brown paint to paint on

detail in the foreground.
Sepia Pictures
Sketch
Here's a great tip to remember when doing any drawing or painting.
You will need:
• Light pencil or charcoal

• Paper
Here's a great tip to remember when

you're drawing or painting - sketch lightly
first, then you can adjust your mistakes as
you go.
The idea is to sketch lines so that people

won't see them because they're so light.
So use a light pencil, or charcoal -
anything that makes light, wispy lines,
and gently sketch.
Just sketch in the rough positions.
Adjust complicated shapes as you go.
It doesn't matter if you make mistakes -

you can hardly see them.
You can even re-draw things.
It just doesn't matter if it's lightly

sketched.
When you're happy with your rough
sketch, go over it with heavier lines.
Use the light sketch lines as a guide.
The light sketch lines will gradually

disappear as you go.
Even if you can see some of the light

sketch lines when you have finished, don't
worry - they add character to the picture,
or you can just rub them out.
Here are some more examples.
This picture started out as a sketchy

mess...
...and now looks like this.
Try it yourself!
Sketch Lightly First
Sixties Pattern
Here's an old but great way of making a weird but colourful pattern - a psychedelic
ripple pattern.
You will need:
• paper
• black pen
• felt tips
Take a black felt pen, and draw a sort of

blob shape in the middle of the paper.
Give your blob two ears, by drawing

around it.
It'll look something like a wobbly

butterfly.
Repeat again and again, until you can fit

no more onto the paper.
Colour each individual section of the

pattern in different ways.
When you've coloured every one, you'll have

something amazing like this. You don't need
to stop there - you'll get different patterns
every time if you just experiment.
Try it yourself!
Sixties Patterns
smudge
A spooky idea for ghosts using chalk and dark paper...
You will need:
• Dark coloured paper

• Chalk
• Cotton wool
• An eraser - one on the end of a pencil is best
• White pencil
First you need to make some dusty chalk.
To do this, scribble hard on a piece of

scrap paper so that the chalk dust collects
onto the paper.
Dip some cotton wool into the chalk dust.
Use the cotton wool to smudge and smear

ghostly shapes onto the dark paper.
When you've got the shape you want,

blow away the excess dust.
Using the rubber, pick out some features
for your ghost's face.
Use a white pencil to add some extra

detail.
Neil's giving his friendly ghost a collar and

tie!
These ghosts are so easy and quick to

make - you can keep inventing spooky
characters using different coloured chalk
dust.
This cute green spooky spectre even has

podgy cheeks and a bow tie!
You could create a whole smudge and

smear family!
Try it yourself!
Smudge And Smear Ghosts
Prerodaktili
Are you a dinosaur fan? Here's a way to get prehistoric pterodactyls in your own
bedroom!
You will need:
• Cardboard Box Card

• Pen
• Carrier Bag / Plastic Bin Liner
• Paper
• Scissors
• String
First, draw a side view of a pterodactyl

onto a big piece of cardboard box card.
You could copy one from a picture in a

book, or try it freehand.
To do this, start as if you were drawing

the top of a bottle, then bring it together
with a pointy curve.
Add a head to the neck - a sort of duck's

head, but with a more pointy beak.
Pterodactyls had funny boney bits on their

heads - so add a triangle at the back of
the head.
When you're happy, cut out the shape.

To make wings, you need to make a
template.
Take a piece of paper and fold it in half.
Draw a simple wing shape from the fold

outwards.
Make sure that the wide part of the wing

is on the fold.
Keep it folded and closed, and cut the

shape out.
Open it out to reveal a wing template!
Draw around the template onto more

cardboard box card and cut the shape out.
To make the last piece, use a smaller bit

of card and cut out a sort of curved
archway with legs and feet on the end,
like this.
To assemble, you need to cut three slots

into the pieces.
Use a pencil to make some rough guides

as to where you're going to cut the slots
into the body pieces. On the body the slot
should be about 10cm long and wide
enough to slot the other pieces of card
into.
On the wings, the slot should be 10cm
long, and positioned in the middle.
The feet need a little slot, like this.
Cut the slots out, then you can assemble!
First slot the wings into the back.
Then slot the bottom onto the underside

of the body.
To make your pterodactyl look scaly,

cover the individual pieces in plastic bin
liner.
Alternatively, paint.
Now just make a tiny hole somewhere on
the back of the pterodactyl, thread some
string through and hang it up in your
bedroom.
Slot Pterodactyl
Snappy
A great idea for a novelty birthday card. Mind those fingers!
You will need:
• coloured card
• split pin
• felt pen
• glue
Take some thin coloured card and draw a

cartoon creature on it.
It needs to have a big snappy jaw like the

crocodile here. When you draw the top
jaw, make sure that it sticks out more
than the bottom jaw.
Cut it out.
Cut the top bit of the jaw off, where the

teeth are.
Overlap the top jaw bit with the body
where you want the hinge to be.
If you look, the jaws are now the same

length.
Carefully pop a pencil through the card

where you want the hinge to be.
Put some sticky tack underneath to make

the creation of the hole easier.
Take a split-pin (paper fastener), push it

through the hole, and open it out...
...so that when you test it, the mouth

opens and closes.
Add glue on the back of his body and his

lower jaw.
Don’t put any glue on the top jaw,

otherwise it won’t open.
Take a piece of card folded into a

greetings card shape, and stick your
crocodile onto the card.
You can draw on other bits of detail in the

background to decorate the card.
When you’ve finished, you’ll have
You can see here that the crocodile’s teeth

have been painted white, and that plants,
clouds and stones have been added
around it.
Finally, it’s just a case of opening the

mouth, and writing in your birthday
message - "Snappy Birthday." And there
you have a snappy birthday card. Think
about other designs, like a pumpkin for
Happy Halloween, or maybe a person lying
ill in bed whose mouth opens to reveal
"Get Well Soon."
Try it yourself!
Snappy Birthday Card
Solid Gold Sun/Silver Moon

Make yourself a priceless relic - an ancient, mythical solid gold sun and silver moon!
You will need:
• gold and silver paint

• PVA glue
• newspaper
• string
• dinner plate
• pencil
• tape
To draw the sun:
Take a big sheet of cardboard box card,

and draw around a dinner plate, to form a
big circle.
For the sun's rays, draw four big wavy
prongs.
Then add four medium sized prongs in

between the big ones.
In between the medium sized prongs,

draw some little wavy ones.
To draw the face of the sun, add two big

bulgy eyes.
Draw a big, bobble-like nose, and add a

friendly smile with big, full lips and a chin
at the bottom.
Don't forget to add big podgy cheeks!

Carefully cut all this out.
To draw the moon, take another sheet of

card, and draw around it in the same way
using your plate.
However, push the plate slightly over to

the right and draw down the left hand
side of the plate to make a moon shape.
Now give the moon some features.
Draw a nose and full fat lips, an eye, an

eyebrow and a big fat cheek.
Carefully cut it out, and you’ll have

To pad out the features of the sun and the
moon:
Scrunch up some bits of newspaper into

balls, and tape them together into shape.
Twist some strips of newspaper.
Tape the balls and twisted strips onto the

sun's features to create a 3D effect.
For the lines use the twisted strips. Cut

them to size and shape.
Don't forget to tape some twisted strips
along the pointed prongs of the sun.
If you do the whole thing in the same

way, padding it out with newspaper, you’ll
have something that looks like this.
If you do the moon in exactly the same

way, you’ll have something that looks like
this.
To strengthen your sun and moon even

more, mix some PVA glue in equal parts
with water.
Paste the glue all over the newspaper and
cardboard bits of your sun and moon.
Lay on strips of kitchen roll or tissue

paper, making sure you push it down into
all the nooks and crannies.
Cover the whole thing in one layer of

tissue and glue, and leave to dry.
When it’s dry, you’ll have something that

looks like this.
To paint your sun and moon:
Using poster or acrylic paint, paint them

both in black first.
To turn the sun into solid gold, cheat!
Scrunch up a bit of tissue paper or kitchen

roll and dip it into some gold paint. Dab
off the excess, and then gently dab the
paint on top of the raised black area.
Stroke it on very gently, picking out the
features and the detail with the gold
paint.
Use yellow paint if you don't have any

gold, adding a touch of green and black to
the yellow paint to make it slightly gold-
like.
Paint the moon silver in a similar way.
Dip some tissue paper or kitchen roll into

the silver paint, dab off the excess, then
dab it on.
Leave them both to dry. Tape string onto

the back if you want to hang the sun and
moon up.
And when you’ve finished, you’ll have

There you have it - a solid gold sun and

silver moon.
Solid Gold Sun/Silver Moon
space
Ever wondered what houses might look like in the future? Yes? Then why not
design and build your own Space City!
You will need:

• Empty Food Packaging
• Pizza Box
• Crisp or Biscuit Tube
• Plastic Bottle
• Paint
• Sticky Tape
To make your own Space City, you can use

almost any shape of old food container.
All of the ones you can see here can be

put to good use!
For example, this plastic bowl could be a

perspex dome!
This food container could be some kind of

observatory.
To make your first pod you'll need an

empty piza box.
Cut along the fold so that you have

separate both halves
Next, put a piece of cardboard box card

between the two halves, and tape them to
it like this.
Now tape an empty crisp tube to the
middle of one side of the pizza box.
There you have your first pod!
To make your next pod, tape an empty

plastic bowl to the bottom of a paper
plate.
Cut the end off of a kitchen roll tube at an

angle, so that the pod can sit on top of it.
You can stick shapes cut from cardboard

box card onto the pods to make antennae.
Empty yoghurt pots and cheese trays can

be used - and empty loo roll tubes too!
This pod was made using an empty
yoghurt pot, a paper plate, some
cardboard box card, a lollipop stick, the
top of a plastic bottle and a ping pong
ball!
When you've made all your pods, paint

them and leave to dry.
Finally, cut a large piece of cardboard box

card to use as a base.
Stick all your pods to the base, and why

not add some paper roads for extra
effect?
Try it yourself!
Space City
spatter
If you've ever wanted to draw a picture of a winter blizzard, but don't want to
spend lots of time drawing dots of snow, here's a great Art Attack for you!
You will need:
• Coloured Paper
• Wax Crayons
• Old Toothbrush
• Paint
Start off with a piece of coloured paper -

ideally blue or grey - and draw an outdoor
country scene, using any materials you
like. Neil used wax crayons.
Don't forget to draw everything at an

angle, to represent it blowing over to one
side. In a blizzard the wind is very, very
strong!
Once you've drawn your country scene,
you need some white poster paint. Don't
mix too much water in with the paint -
keep it quite thick.
Load a paintbrush with the paint and slop

it on, to make a snowy ground!
To create the effect of a blizzard you need

a stiff paintbrush, or an old toothbrush.
Just use a piece of card to flick the paint
off of the brush onto the picture.
Make sure you flick it in the same

direction as the wind in your picture!
This technique is called spattering.
Keep flicking the card along the brush to

make sure you have plenty of snow! Brrr!
Try it yourself
Spatter Blizzard
Spatter pi
If you've worn out your toothbrush, don't throw it away!
You will need:
• paint
• paper
• old toothbrush
• scissors
These pictures look fantastic and are
great fun to create too!
Choose some different shapes and cut

them out from a piece of paper or card to
create a stencil.
Take another piece of paper or card and

place the stencil on top.
Cover your work surface in plenty of

newspaper to protect it from stray paint
spatters!
You can use an ordinary paintbrush to

flick the paint (poster or acrylic), but you
can use an old toothbrush too for a finer
effect.
Dip the toothbrush in paint, then run a

piece of card along the bristles so that the
paint spatters onto the picture.
When you've spattered all the paint you

want, let it dry, then take the stencil away
to reveal the completed picture!
You can also apply the reverse technique
for a great effect.
Use cut-out shapes as masks, and spatter

paint onto paper around them - just like
this Big Art Attack Neil created in the
studio using paint and an air spray.
Try it yourself!
Spatter Pictures
Spell Binder
Keep your artwork safe and secret in this Harry Potter style binder.
You will need:
• A4 folders
• PVA glue
• Sticky tack
• Thinner card or paper
• Brush
• Pencil
• Kitchen roll
• Paint
• String
Glue two A4 folders together, back to

back, so that the flappy parts are at the
top and open easily.
Cut out two pieces of cardboard box card

that are bigger than the folders.
Make sure there's one straight edge on

each piece - but if you do the others
curved, it'll give a medieval effect.
Place the glued folders between the two

pices of card and line them up so that the
stright edges run along the top of the
folder flaps.
Glue into place.
You should now have a sort of book with

places to put your work in!
Next, bind the card bits together to create

a spine.
Do this by cutting a strip of soft card or

paper that is a similar length to the book
and about 10cm wide.
Put some glue down the sides - but not in

the middle - of one side of the paper.
Line one edge of the glued strip along one

edge of the card and stick it down.
Now fold it round the edge and stick the

other side of the strip onto the other side
of the binder.
Leave it to dry.
You could start painting now - or make
some raised bits out of extra bits of
cardboard to make the binder look even
more special and 3D.
Here you can see Neil has added corner

bits and hinges down the spine.
Here's the initial "N" on some raised card,

to stick in the middle.
To keep the book private, you'll need a

key and lock!
Draw a keyhole shape onto a small

rectangle of card and stick it on the right
hand edge of your book.
Now carefully pop a pencil hole through

both pieces of card.
Take care not to damage your work

surface or table - use a ball of sticky tack
or modelling clay to protect it.
To make the catch, turn the book over and

cut a small strip of thin card about 1cm
wide and place it just in from the edge of
the side of the book that opens.
Sticky tape it at either end - leaving a gap

in the middle.
Now you can make the cover of your
spellbinder look old and gnarled.
Using PVA glue mixed with water in equal

parts, stick on some strips of kitchen roll,
and slop more of the glue mixture on top.
There's no need to be neat - it all adds to
the effect.
Cover the whole book - but take care not

to glue up the hole in the lock!
On the back, put kitchen roll over the

sealed bits of the catch.
This will make the seal stronger.
When it's dry it'll look like this.
Neil's even stuck some string on the

border of his initial.
Now you can paint it however you like!
All you need now is a key!
Cut an "L" shaped key out of cardboard

box card about 1cm in width and paint it.
Thread a piece of string through the key
and through the hole in the lock at the
front of your book - and tie it together.
Then put all your artwork inside...
...and simply slot the key through the

catch in the back to keep your work safe.
Very wizardy!
Spellbinder
Light
Do you get confused when you're trying to show light and dark in a picture? Here's a
few tips that should help you see the light!
You will need:
• Paper
• Chalk
• Charcoal
Start by drawing a simple, quick picture or
object with charcoal.
Next, use chalk to draw the light, or

where the light is coming from.
Now that you know where the light is

coming from, you can add light to the
object.
Use the chalk to draw splashes of light

down the edges of the picture where the
light hits it.
Once you've drawn all the light areas, you

need to add the shade using the charcoal.
Add shading on opposite edges.
Now smudge the chalk and charcoal

towards each other, very lightly.
Then you can start adding detail to the

picture, using the same method to
determine where the light and dark will
be.
And that's it - a picture where the light
and the dark are shown perfectly!
Try it yourself
Splashes Of Light
Splat monsters
What lives under your bed? Smelly socks? Old food? Something horrible and grimy?
Or splat monsters?
You will need:
• a carrier bag or plastic bin liner

• PVA glue
• newspaper
• paint
• pencil
• apron
• marker pen
First, lie a plastic carrier or bin bag down,

to protect the surface that you're working
on.
Mix some PVA glue with a small amount of

water. Be sure to make quite a lot.
Tear up six double pages of newspaper
into little bits.
Put the bits of paper into the glue, then

squelch them about with your hands.
The paper will soak up the glue and start

to disintegrate.
To make your monster's body, take a

handful of the resulting newspaper pulp.
Mould it into a rough ball.

Then hold it just above your bin bag and
drop it!
Mould the splat into shape if you need to.
Then push the sides down a bit, so that

your splat monster has a flat bottom.
To make the splats coming out of the

monster's body, take smaller bits of
newspaper pulp, and roll them into splat
arm shapes (sausage shapes!).
Place these arms on the bag so that

they're next to the monster's body.
Mould into shape.
Make another little sausage.

Smooth round the edges of the splat until
you are happy with the shape.
You need to do splats all the way round.
To make eyes, use smaller bits of pulp.
Mould them into little balls, and stick

them in place on the top of the body.
For the mouth, take a pencil, and carefully

push it into the body at the front just
under the eyes.
Wiggle it about a bit to create a toothless

grin.
Leave it to dry, and you’ll have something

Another good reason to make your splat
monster on top of the bag is to allow you
to peel the monster off when it has dried.
To paint your splat monster, keep him (or

her!) on top of the plastic bag.
Give your monster a skin by using

different coloured poster paints.
Pour your first colour over the monster

Pour the second colour on and leave to
dry.
Then pour on your third colour.
Touch up any bits that didn't get covered

with a paint brush.
When all your painting is dry, you can add

further detail such as white eyes, pupils,
or even a mouth, with a black permanent
marker.
When you're at the messy wet newspaper
pulp stage, just before you paint it, you
could cut some little cardboard box card
arms and hands and just stick them in at
the sides.
If you follow that tip, you will end up with

A splat monster that lurks in the murky

dark areas of your bedroom.
Splat Monsters
Spooky portrait
Would you like to make a portrait by candlelight? Well, a torch actually - but it's just
as good!
You will need:
• black paper
• chalk
• torch
Dim all the lights, and shine a torch onto

one side of your face, so that one side of
your face is in light, and one side is in
shadow.
Look at yourself in a mirror. Using green

chalk, follow the line of the light, and
draw your face.
Once you've finished, switch the lights

back on.
Colour those pools of light in with your

chalk, so you'll have something like this.
Gently smudge the chalk, for a smooth
edge effect. Occasionally smudge
outwards, and it will look like it's glowing
in the mist. It might not look exactly like
you, but remember, it doesn't look like
you anyway, because it's in torchlight!
And there you have it - a spooky self-
portrait! There are many different options.
Try white chalk on black paper, black
chalk on white paper, or even a really
sinister blue chalk on purple paper
Spooky Self Portrait
Glass Window
Here's a great Art Attack, that involves no window and no glass at all - but it's very
easy to make.
You will need:
• thin card or thick paper

• sticky back plastic
• scissors
• pencil
• black acrylic paint
• poster paint
• washing up liquid
• paintbrushes
First take a nice big piece of thin white

card or thick paper. Use a pencil or a pen
to draw a picture or design. Make it quite
simple and bold. Draw the picture in fairly
simple sections, like a stained glass
window.
It's very important to make all the

sections in your picture touch another
section.
When you're happy with your design, cut

a piece of sticky back plastic a couple of
centimetres bigger than your picture all
the way around, and carefully peel off the
backing.
Simply place your picture, picture side

down into the plastic.
If you have any bits hanging over the

side, just fold them over and back.
Turn it over to have a sticky back plastic
covered picture.
Next, you need to put some black acrylic

paint in a bottle with a long nozzle.
Squeeze the paint very carefully over all

the lines on your picture.
Do it slowly and carefully, to form fluent

lines. Try to make all the lines of equal
thickness.
When you've covered all your lines on the

picture, leave it somewhere flat overnight
to dry.
The acrylic paint lines will dry solid, and

stick out from the picture, to look like real
lead.
To colour your picture in, you need to mix

two parts of poster paint to one part of
washing up liquid. This will allow the paint
will stick to the shiny plastic.
Mix whatever colours you need, and then

you're ready to paint them on, one section
at a time on your picture. You get a really
good translucent effect. The light shines
through the paint.
The good thing about this technique is

that if you make a mistake, you can just
wipe it off.
Do the whole picture in exactly the same
way. When you've finished, you'll have
something that looks like this - a glass
window picture. And you can do whatever
design you like. Just remember to join up
all the sections of your design.
Stained Glass Window
Stars
There are around a hundred billion stars in the galaxy. If you started counting them
at the rate of three per second, it would take you a thousand years to finish! But
here's a way of drawing the lot in minutes!
You will need:
• chalk
• black paper
Start with a small oval cluster of stars in

the middle.
Then, with the chalk on its side, add a few

spirals going outwards, with some arms
flying out at the sides.
To add a bit of space dust, smudge the

centre of the cluster, and then smudge the
spirals, in the shape of the spirals.
This creates the impression of millions of

stars!
You can add in some streaks going around
the spirals like this.
Now, dot in some stars - first in the

middle, and then following the shape of
the spiral, all the way around.
Don't be neat. You can even add some

clusters together within the spiral.
Why not try this with two hands at the

same time?
Add in a few more clusters of stars,

perhaps in even more distant galaxies.
Finally, to finish off, just draw a C shape.
Smudge it inwards to the centre.
Add a couple of half rings around the

centre of the shape, to create a nearby
planet!
So - hundreds of billions of stars in a
galaxy. There are loads of different effects
you can get by smudging chalk. How
about an exploding galaxy, or even a
whirlpool style galaxy?
Try it yourself!
Stars And Galaxies
Stick animals
Some sticks have shapes which look like certain creatures. So why not make a model
out of them?
You will need:
• a collection of old, dry sticks

• felt pen
• paper
Collect some old dry sticks and twigs.
First, choose a stick and then draw around

it onto a large piece of paper.
Decide what creature you want to turn

your stick into, and draw it onto your
paper.
It doesn’t have to be realistic.

Now take the stick that you drew around,
and paint it white with poster or acrylic
paint.
Copy your drawn design onto the stick,

using a felt pen.
The white paint makes it much easier for

you to draw your design onto it.
When you’ve copied all of your design,

paint your stick using poster or acrylic
paint, using quite earthy colours. When
you’ve finished, it’ll look like a real piece
of ancient tribal art.
It's good isn’t it? Great fun to do, too!
All you need to do is choose a stick, see

what creature it reminds you of, and then
design and paint it.
This is another example. It’s a stag.
Stick Animals
Storm
Here’s a great way to make a picture of a lightning storm over a city at night.
You will need:
• paper
• wax crayons
• black poster paint
• water
Take a piece of paper, and draw a picture,

roughly blocking in your city.
It doesn’t need to be neat. You can draw a

main road that wiggles towards you, and
some side roads.
Switch the lights on in the city, with

yellow wax crayon dots.
The dots in the distance must be fairly

heavy. Along the roads, add squiggly lines
coming towards you, and more dots for
car headlights.
Add in some orange and red dots for other

lights.
Don’t forget some back lights on the cars
Now take a light blue wax crayon.
Starting in one top corner, add a zigzag

bolt of lightning across the sky, with some
smaller ones coming off.
Go over the lightning in white wax crayon.
You won’t be able to see this yet.

Now to make it nighttime.
Mix some black poster paint with water so

that it’s nice and runny, and brush it all
over the picture from top to bottom. Do
you see what happens?
If you cover the whole picture, you’ll have

It’s a good idea to go over the city again

to make it slightly darker, because the
lightning will have lit up the sky.
Try it yourself!
Stormy City
Stuffed
Do you like sculpture? Or do you just think "stuff it"?
You will need:
• Pen
• Newspaper
• Stapler
• Paint
• Paintbrush
Flatten out a double page spread of

newspaper and draw your design onto it.
It doesn't have to be neat, because you
really only need the outline at this stage.
Cut out your design, and add on more

detail.
Then draw around it on another double

page sheet of newspaper.
Carefully cut the second one out, so that

you have two identical designs.
Next, use a stapler to staple around the

edge of the design.
You need to staple about two thirds of the

way around the design. And be careful
where you put your fingers when using a
stapler!
Now you can stuff your sculpture!
Just lightly scrunch up bits of newspaper

and feed them inside.
If you can't get the newspaper inside, use

a ruler to push it inside.
When you're sculpture is stuffed it should

have the feel of a thin pillow.
Then just staple up the rest of the

sculpture.
Paint next.
Acrylic is best for this, although you could

use poster paint mixed with a little PVA
glue so that it doesn't crack when dry.
When the paint has dried you can add on

extra detail with marker pens.
And that completes the stuffed sculpture.
It looks good, doesn't it?
There are lots of design possibilities...

why not make a seasonal sculpture for
Christmas?
Or for Halloween
You could even get a friend to draw
around you, and then make a stuffed
sculpture of yourself.
Try it yourself!
Stuffed Sculptures
superstar
Make someone feel like a real star by creating this glittery picture frame
especially for them!
You will need:
• PVA glue
• Glitter
• Food dye
• Carrier bag
• Sticky tape
• An old cup
Mix lots of different glitter colours and

some food dye into PVA glue.
You could also add some sequins!
Cut out a carrier bag and stretch it onto

some card, taped down at the edges.
Place an old cup in the middle of the bag,

upside down.
Now pour the glittery glue all around, in a
star shape.
Do the edges first, and then fill in all the

gaps.
If you like, sprinkle more sequins and

glitter on top.
Leave the whole thing to dry, with the cup

still in place. You could put something
heavy on top of the cup to prevent the
glue from seeping through.
When the glue is dry, carefully take the

cup away and peel the frame off the
plastic.
Tape the photo to the back of the frame

using see-through tape - to complete a
fantastic superstar frame!
Play around with different colours and

shapes!
Try it yourself
Superstar Frames
swap
Here’s a great way of using strips to make a sort of two-in-one swap picture.
You will need:
• A3 sized thick black paper or thin card

• white paper
• white pencil
• ruler
• scissors
Take a piece of A3 black paper or thin

card.
Draw a ruler width strip along the top and

the bottom with a white pencil.
Place the ruler down so that it lines up

with the left hand side edge, and draw
another ruler width down the card in
between the top and bottom line. Move
the ruler along, so that it lines up with the
line you’ve just drawn, and do another.
Repeat all the way across the paper.
When you get to the end you’ll notice that

there’s a slimmer strip. Cut along the edge
of this slimmer strip...
...and you’ll have something that looks
like this.
Cut out alternate strips.
The strips with scribbles on are the ones

that you should cut out.
When you’ve cut everything out, you’ll

have something that looks like this - a set
of bars.
Now cut out a piece of cardboard box card

- the same size as the bars - and lie the
bars on top of the card.
Get some tape, about the same length as
the card, and stick it across the bottom
like this.
It doesn’t matter if it’s slightly shorter. It

mustn't be longer, however!
The idea is to put half of it on the bottom,

and then wrap the other half around the
back.
Do the same for the top, and when you’ve

done it, you’ll have something that looks
like this.
You now need to slip a piece of thick A3

white paper inside.
You may have to lift the bars up to do so.
Push the paper in so that the edge of the

paper lines up with the left of the frame.
Now you’re ready to design your picture.

It's a good idea to make it simple so that
you can tell what it is through the bars.
When you’ve done that, move the A3

white paper to the right, and the picture
disappears behind the bars.
Now you can draw your second image on

the blank paper that’s showing.
It’s a good idea to do opposites.

Colour in, and there you have it - a swap
picture!
You could do other designs too. How

about a caterpillar that turns into a
butterfly, or ice cream that melts, or a
little kitten that turns into a ferocious
tiger?
Try it yourself!
Swap Picture
Swap Skin
lots of fun!
You will need:
• Paper
• Coloured Pens
Draw a simple outline of an animal.
Think of the most unlikely skin that

animal might have - this elephant's going
to have a ladybird's coat, for example!
Colour him in - and he becomes a sort of

'elebird'!
Neil's giving this rhinocerus a leopard
skin.
He looks ridiculous - a 'leoponosceros'!
This giraffe's got zebra skin - a 'gebra'!
Have fun making up names for your

animals - this spikey dog's wearing a
hedgehog's coat!
You could even try giving human beings

the skins of animals - here's Neil as a
snake
Swap Skin
The Sea
How do you draw a picture of the sea? Here are some tips to help you create the
perfect seascape.
You will need:
• paper
• paint
• paintbrush
To create a calm sea, first take the picture

that you want to put the sea into.
A calm sea is very flat, and there are no

waves at all.
But that doesn’t mean there’s no drawing

to do - because to show that the sea is
calm, it’s a case of drawing or painting the
reflections of everything around the
water.
Start by painting the reflections of the

headland.
Remember that the reflections are upside

down and come towards you.
Paint very simple squiggles to show the

reflection - but don’t go too squiggly,
because it won’t look very calm then!
It’s really a case of just copying

everything upside down, but not to make
it very clear.
And there you have it - a calm sea.
So - what about an angry sea?
Well, there’ll be lots of crashing waves.

Don’t do waves that go up and down...
just do one side of the wave, the wave
that goes up, like this.
It’s an angry sea, so get angry as you
draw it!
Another good tip is to get smaller and

smaller as you go into the distance.
Don’t worry about having a straight

horizon, because it’s not going to be
straight if there’s a crashing sea!
You should end up with something like

this.
Then, do the other side of the wave, the

bit that goes down, in a lighter blue or a
white.
Just simply flick downwards.
For the foam of the sea, use a really dry

brush and thick white paint.
Stab or flick the paint.
And there it is - a rough sea.
Try it yourself
The Sea
Take away
You know when it comes to letters and notes and other important bits of paper,
are you like Neil, completely disorganised? Well what you need is one of these - a
take-away pizza. Not to eat, but to use as a notice board!
You will need:

• newspaper
• scissors
• acrylic paint
• PVA glue
• cereal box card
• sticky tape
• paintbrushes
• black felt pen
• dinner plate
• string
This is going to be a deep pan pizza, so

find the biggest plate you can and draw
around it onto a piece of cardboard box
card.
Cut the circle shape out.
Pad the middle out with newspaper, so

that it looks like this - nice and spongy
with lots of newspaper and even more
tape.
Take some more newspaper, and make

some long sausages shapes.
Tape a couple of these shapes together.

Simply wrap this around the outside of
your pizza base, so that it looks like a
stuffed crust pizza.
Get some tape, and put that over the edge
to secure it into position.
Now you need to add your toppings.
The sliced pepper is just scraps of leftover

cardboard from the base. The sliced
pepperoni is just scraps cut into circles of
cardboard. The pineapple chunks are
triangles of cardboard. The ham is
crunched up squares of cereal box card.
The olives are scrunched up pieces of
paper into a ball, and the onion rings are
lengths of string wrapped into a loop and
taped.
When you're happy with the arrangement,

glue them all down into position with
strong PVA glue.
Next, you need to bake your pizza!
To do that, paste the whole thing with a

mixture of PVA glue and water in equal
parts. Lay on some tissue, kitchen or loo
roll, and push it into all the nooks and
crannies.
Leave it to dry in a warm place overnight.
Now it's time to paint it. Use acrylic paint

for all the different parts - here, it's brown
and red for the pepperoni.
And here, it's green for the peppers.
Carry on in this way - yellow for

pineapple, and a golden brown for the
crust. Paint all the ingredients.
When you've painted everything, you'll

have something that looks like this.
Now you need to create your notice board.
Take another piece of cardboard box card,

and cut out a circle that's about 4cm
bigger than the pizza.
Paint it blue, but not all the way to the

middle, because this will be covered up
with the pizza anyway.
Here, Neil has given his a nice gold rim

too.
Spread a blob of PVA glue on the middle of

your plate. Don't spread it all the way to
the edge, or you won't be able to slot in
your notes and letters.
Put your pizza on top.

Tape a loop of string on the back so you
can hang it up, and there you have it -
your pizza shaped notice board, where
you can now store all those photos, notes,
messages and other bits and pieces.
Try it yourself!
Take Away Pizza

Notice Board
Teach your self

Here's a great tip for teaching yourself how to draw faces.
You will need:
• Pencil
• Paper
• Mirror
One of the best ways to teach yourself

how to draw faces, is to do it in front of a
mirror.
Just spend some time staring at yourself.
Look at all the bits on your face - the

shapes, and where they're positioned.
The eyes are about half way between the

top of the head and the bottom.
Then look at the shape of them.
Look closely - they're not round, they're

quite flat. A sort of oval shape, with a
pointed end in the corner. And notice how
the eyeballs don't go right into the corner.
So draw what you see - a flat, oval shape

for each eye, with pointy ends, roughly
half way up the head.
Now for the coloured part of the eyes.
Take a look in the mirror and you'll see

that they're round, darker around the
edges and have a black circle in the
middle.
They're also slightly tucked under the top

eyelid.
So, once again, draw what you see.
Another great tip is to leave a highlight in

the black bit.
Shade the coloured part, then do the Do

the same with the other eye.
Keep looking in the mirror to remind

yourself what to draw.
Next, look closely at the curved shapes of

your eyelids and the eyebrows above
them - and draw them.
Just draw the creases of the eyelids, with

curved eyebrows above.
The nose has long sides, a bobbly bit on
the end, and a bobbly bit on each side.
Use the mirror to study your mouth, then

draw it using curves and lines.
Just draw what you see!
If you practice getting everything in the

right position, you'll soon be drawing
perfect faces.
Try it yourself!
Teach Yourself Faces
Teeth
If you're having trouble drawing teeth, you'll like these tips!
You will need:
• Pen
• Paper
The simplest way to create teeth in a

picture is to split the smile horizontally,
down the middle of the mouth, to show
where the two sets of teeth separate.
Alternatively, you could split down the

middle and draw in the individual teeth.
One thing to remember when you draw a
grin is that if the teeth are healthy, they'll
probably sparkle.
Depict this by adding on a few twinkle

shapes!
If you draw two teeth pointing down over

the lips you give the impression of a
person being goofy, however, if you draw
teeth pointing upwards, you make
someone look like a thug or a bully!
When you draw pictures of very young

people, remember they won't have all
their teeth!
The same rule applies to a baby, they

usually have only one tooth!
When you draw teeth on a villain, draw

the smile like any other, but knock some
of his teeth out!
And if you want to draw a monster's teeth
draw them as triangles, all jagged and
pointy!
When you draw an old person with no

teeth, remember their mouth would be all
pushed in!
If someone is punched in your cartoon so

they lose their teeth remember to draw
them flying all over the place!
Finally, remember that if someone in your

cartoon has just had a real beating, they'd
have hardly any teeth left, and a funny
shaped mouth!
Teeth
terror
Try drawing a spooky face and turning it into a haunted castle! Scary!
You will need:
• Water-soluble felt pen

• Paintbrush
• Yellow and white chalk
Using a water soluble pen, draw a spooky
face, complete with angry eyes.
You could do a long, ghostly mouth too!
You're going to transform this face into a

nightmare castle!
First, the eyes and nostrils become

windows.
And then the mouth becomes a portcullis.
Add some long pointy rooves for the

towers.
How about some spooky arms clawing out

to get you?
These arms are really old trees that have

been struck by lightning over the years.
Terror towers is positioned precariously,

on top of an old craggy cliff.
It's got cobwebs hanging everywhere...
...and bats in the belfry (just draw little

"M" shapes!)
Now for the fun bit!
Dip a paintbrush in water, and gently

brush it all over the picture to make the
ink run a little.
It gives a very spooky effect.
In chalk, draw a white moon, and smudge

it for effect.
You could also create some mist around

the castle.
Here, Neil's also done some white edging

around the castle, giving it a moonlit glow
- and added a bit of yellow in the
windows, as if the lights were on!
And there it is - Terror Towers! Spooky!
Try it yourself!
Terror Towers
tissue
It's really easy to make Christmas baubles from tissue paper. Find out how!
You will need:
• Tissue paper
• Saucer
• Cereal Box Card
• Stick glue
• Paper clip
• String or ribbon
• Scissors
Draw around a saucer onto some sheets of

coloured tissue paper.
You need to cut out thirty circles of tissue

paper for each bauble.
You'll also need a circle of cereal box card,

that's slightly smaller than the circles of
tissue paper.
Next, carefully cut the card circle in half,
using a pair of scissors.
Now take the thirty tissue circles and fold

them in half and press well down, to get a
nice centre fold.
Stick glue one the semicircles of card in

the middle of one half of the folded tissue
circles, like this.
Then turn over and repeat on the other

side.
When the card pieces have stuck, open

out the first sheet of tissue paper.
Dab stick glue down the centre fold...

...and three blobs of stick glue at 12
o'clock, 3 o'clock, and 6 o'clock points.
Fold the next sheet of tissue over and

press it down into the blobs of glue you
just made.
Dab more stick glue down the centre fold,

followed by two blobs of glue at 2 o'clock
and 4 o'clock.
Fold over another sheet and gently press

into the glue.
Keep alternating the position of the blobs

of glue on each sheet.
When all the sheets are glued, you'll end

up with this!
Tape a loop of string or ribbon at the top
of one side, at the centre fold, like this.
Now unfold the whole thing completely.
Finish by popping a paperclip on, to keep

it together.
That completes a lovely tissue paper

bauble ready to hang up.
For other ideas, why not alternate the

colour of the tissue circles to give a great
two-tone effect?
Or completely multicoloured, like this

one?
For smaller baubles, you only need twenty
circles that are the same size as the base
of a mug.
Try it yourself
Tissue Paper Baubles
Tornado
Batten down the hatches and draw a tornado that's just ripped through a farmer's
field.
You will need:
• paper
• wax crayons
Draw this shape - which looks like a path

through fields.
Add in the grass with some horizontal

shading of a green crayon - and then go
over it slightly with black.
Add in the grass along the side of the

path, which has been blown sideways by
the tornado.
Now for some fences, or rather some
broken fences, where the tornado has
ripped through.
Add in black shading underneath the fence

too.
A telegraph pole also adds to the effect.

You can use the back edge of crayons to
create really thin lines.
Now for the tornado. This is the basic

shape, so it’s easy to draw.
Add in some shading along the edges.
Now for some swirling clouds, going

around the top of the twister - just
curving around the top.
Get your wax crayon going to create those

swirls!
Chalk or pastels are also good for this.

Add trees and houses in the distance, and
shade in the rest of the sky, and there you
have it - a tornado scene!
Try it yourself!
Tornado Scene
T rex
Top tips on how to draw a ferocious T-Rex!
You will need:
• paper
• pencils or crayons
To get the rough shape of a T-Rex’s body,

draw a nice big diamond shape. It doesn’t
need to be neat!
For the head, draw a slightly smaller

diamond shape, and for the big back legs,
just draw a mini diamond shape pointing
down.
Then add on a tail, two little arms at the

front for claws, and to complete the shape
of the back legs, draw a line backwards,
then forwards, and then add the foot.
Now to turn it into a proper dinosaur.
Start with the face - an evil smile with a

mouthful of teeth, and then dark sinister
eyes!
For the shape of the head, do lots of

lumps and bumps and a very prominent
bottom jaw.
For the rest of the body shape, just keep

thinking of muscle and flabby skin.
This is how to do the back.
Just break up the outline shape into lots

of bumps and curves.
To make it look even more muscly, draw a

few lines along the length of its back and
stomach.
Draw curved lines in the other direction,

connecting with the previously drawn
lines, to suggest scaly skin.
Finally, add shading to the dinosaur, and a
small shadow on the ground.
To make it really ferocious, add in red

eyes, and blood dripping from its mouth.
So - from a "diamond-saur," to a
dinosaur!
T-Rex
Triangle
A great way to draw excellent sharks!
You will need:
• Pencil
• Paper
Look at this picture - it's a shark drawn

with a collection of triangles!
Round them off and add gills to complete

a great drawing of a shark!
The technique even works for different
views of a shark.
Here's a drawing of a shark coming at

you.
And once again, round the triangles off.
If you like, why not draw the triangles

lightly in pencil, then rub them out when
you've finished going over them.
You can draw any view of a shark using

triangles.
Here's one turning.
Again, round off the triangles.
And here's one swimming as though it's

above you in the water.
Rounding off the triangles completes the
picture.
Try it yourself!
Triangle Sharks
Mess
Here's a great trick for creating an atmospheric picture by turning a mess into a
masterpiece!
You will need:
• Paper
• Paintbrush
• Poster paint
• Black felt tip
Here's a great trick for creating an

atmospheric picture by turning a mess
into a masterpiece!
Take two colours of poster paint. This Art

Attack works best if one of the colours of
poster paint is yellow.
Mix each of the paints with a bit of water,

then paint stripes across a piece of white
paper using one of the colours.
The stripes don't have to be neat or

perfect, they just need to go right across
the paper.
While still wet, use the yellow to paint
more stripes on the paper, between the
red ones you just painted.
Make sure they go right across.
You'll see that they start to blend with the

first stripes.
As you get towards the bottom of the

paper, streak in some more yellow stripes
over the first ones.
And there you have it - a real mess.
But don't worry. Just leave it to dry

thoroughly.
When it's completely dry, you turn your

mess into a masterpiece by drawing
silhouettes using a black felt tip pen.
Just block them in...
...adding detail as you go...

...and you'll soon see that the silhouettes
make the mess look like a beautifully
atmospheric sky.
Use a finer pen to add detail, too.
You can try different colours, too...
...and experiment by changing the yellow

for another colour - like light pink on this
one.
Try it yourself
Turn A Mess Into A Masterpiece
Zombie
Do you like scary movies? The kind with creepy 300-year old zombies coming out of
graves? If you do, you'll like this Art Attack!
You will need:
• Pen
• Paper
• Wax Crayons
Draw out a rough sketch of your face in
pencil. It doesn't have to be very
accurate!
Now take a black felt pen.
A zombie's hair will be anything but neat,

so go crazy with your pen to create a
really scruffy hairstyle!
The teeth will have gone bad and some

will be missing. Colour some teeth in
black to show that they've fallen out.
You can even add a few scars and warts to

the face, and how about a loose eyeball,
too?
Why not add a couple of bolts in the neck,

like Frankenstein's monster!
The skin will have started to flake and fall

off, and there would probably be a few
boils here and there!
The clothes will have torn after such a

long time, so draw a few tears in them.
Next, to colour the skin you need wax
crayons.
Choose a light, but sickly shade of green!
Don't forget to colour the skin green

where it shows through the rips in the
clothes.
Around the wrinkles, ears and eyes, use a

darker shade of green to add contrast to
the skin.
Colour the scars in red to look like blood,

and colour the teeth a sickly shade of
yellow!
The neck bolts would be rusty, so choose

a rusty brown for them.
It's looking good, isn't it?
Colour the hair any colour you like...
...and finally don't forget to add a little

brown to the clothes because after 300
years in the ground your zombie wouldn't
be too clean!
Turn Yourself Into A Zombie
tut
Here's how to make your own ancient Egyptian burial mask from a load of old tut
and cardboard...
You will need:

• PVA Glue
• Sand
• Newspaper
• Sweet Box
• Sticky Tape
• Mask
• Paint
• Paintbrush
To start, you'll need an old face mask.
You might have one of these lying around

somewhere, maybe left over from a party.
If you haven't, take a look in joke shops,
party shops or pound shops - you might
find one there.
Stuff some scrunched up paper behind the
mask to make it a bit more solid.
Leave some of the newspaper poking out

of the top to complete the shape of the
head.
Hold the paper in place at the back, and

tape the whole of the mask and paper
down onto a big piece of cardboard box
card.
Use plenty of sticky tape, and make sure

that the newspaper is tucked in behind
the mask.
Next, take some more sticky tape and

place it over the eye holes on the mask to
close them up.
Repeat this with the mouth and nostrils

on the mask.
Take an empty chocolate box. The kind

you need is narrower at one end than it as
at the other.
Cut it in half, lengthways.

Place the halves of the box on either side
of the face, so that the narrower ends are
at the top, level with the forehead, like
this.
Tape both halves of the sweet box into

place, with plenty of sticky tape.
Next scrunch up some newspaper and

position it in a bridge shape so that it
connects the two halves of the sweet box,
over the forehead.
Tape into place.
Now scrunch up a little twist of

newspaper to make a sort of snake's head
shape, like this.
Use plenty of sticky tape to ensure it stays

in shape!
Position this on the forehead of the mask.

Scrunch up another piece of newspaper
for the chin.
Line everything up, so that you're happy

with the positioning, then use plenty of
sticky tape to make sure everything is
secured to the cardboard box card
securely.
When done, you should have something

that looks like this. No gaps, no holes!
Next, use a big brush to cover the whole

thing in white PVA glue.
When the whole thing is covered, but

before the glue dries, take some sand and
cover it all over the mask.
Cover the whole sculpture - all the nooks

and crannies!
Let it stand for about five minutes to allow

the sand to stick.
Then, gently tip off the excess sand.
Leave to dry thoroughly, then use blue

poster or acrylic paint to paint stripes
around the head.
When done, it'll look like this.
Try it yourself
Tut And Cardboard
Perspektive
Here's a cheat's way of getting perfect pictures.
You will need:

• 15cm ruler
• Scissors
• Card or cardboard box card
• Split pins or paper fasteners
Here's a line drawing of a cardboard box.
It doesn't look quite right, does it?
Now here's the same drawing, this time

superimposed over a picture of the box.
You can see how the lines are out - the

perspective is wrong.
If you have trouble getting perspective right in

your pictures, you need to cheat by making
one of these - a Perspective Cheater!
It's just two pieces of card and a split pin (or

paper fastener).
You use it by holding it up to your eyes and
lining it up with whatever you want to
drawing.
So to do the road in this view, you'd open it out

to the same angle as what you see...
...then hold it very still and transfer to a piece

of paper.
Then just draw lines at the right angle...
...like this!
You do exactly the same things for other

angles, like this...
...and transfer to paper.

The Perspective Cheater is really easy to
make.
Just draw around a small ruler, twice, onto a

piece of thick card, or cardboard box card,
and cut the shapes out.
Pop a hole in the end of each...
...and join the pieces with a split pin.
The idea is to pop the pin through both pieces.
Try it yourself!
Perspective Cheater
Pastels
Some handy tips for pastels.
You will need:
• Oil or chalk pastels

• Paper
• Paintbrush
• Paint
Oil pastels give you deep, vibrant colours

and their waxiness means you can use
them for lots of different effects.
For example - the oil is water resistant, so
you can paint over them without spoiling
your picture.
There are also chalk pastels.
These can give your artwork a different

feel - a much softer effect.
The dust they make goes a long way - so

pictures drawn with pastel are really easy
to smudge.
Try it yourself!
Pastels
Slot City
Make your own house - using only cardboard box card!
You will need:

• Pencil
• Scissors
• Paint
• Paintbrush
Draw and cut out the basic outline of a

house.
Then draw round the house shape onto
another piece of cardboard box card, so
that you have two house shapes.
Now take a ruler and draw a pencil line in

the same central position on each house.
Take your time with this because they

have to be perfectly central!
Measure and mark half way down each

line, like this.
Again, be as accurate as you can with this.
Draw a slot from the top of one house, to

the middle mark...
...and on the other, draw a slot from the

bottom to the middle mark.
Make them the same thickness as the

cardboard box card.
So, when the slots are cut out, the two

pieces of cardboard box card will slot
together, like this.
Take them apart for now, and draw on
some detail.
Then design all the other sides of the

house.
Use poster or acrylic paint to give the

house some colour...
...and when the paint has dried, just slot

the pieces back together to create the
house.
You can make any kind of building you

like - here are a couple of cottages and a
shop!
And you can keep building until you have
a street...
...a town...
...or even a city!
Try it yourself!
Slot City
Here's a Art Attack to rock your world!
You will need:
• Four toothpaste boxes

• Scissors
• Stick glue
• Paint
• Paintbrush
• Drinking straws
• Pencil
• Modelling clay
• Long split pin or paper fastener
• Card
To make the frame you'll need four

toothpaste boxes.
On one, cut one side out completely...
...and on the opposite side, cut a slot

that's a couple of centimetres wide.
This goes at the bottom of the frame.
Place the other boxes around it...
...and glue them into position.
When the glue has dried, draw around the

frame onto some cardboard box card, and
cut it out.
Glue the cardboard box card to the

toothpaste boxes, to make the frame nice
and neat.
When the glue has dried it'll be very solid.
Now you need to design what goes inside.

Neil drew a boat, bobbing about on the
sea.
Place the frame onto some thin card and

use a pen to make a couple of marks on
the inside of the frame.
The idea is to use these as a guide to draw

the sea.
Draw a straight line to join the marks...
...then about 8cm up, add some waves.
At the end of the waves, add on a couple

of tags that stick out to the side.
Then cut the shape out, and paint it blue.
On another piece of card, draw a boat...
...then cut this out too, and paint it.
To make the boat swing you'll need a long

split pin or paper fastener, a ball of
modelling clay and some drinking straws.
Turn the boat over and tape a drinking

straw onto the back.
Next, take the sea and pierce a hole in the

middle near the bottom.
The idea is to just punch a pencil through

the card, into the modelling clay.
Now line up the sea with the boat, and
make a mark through the hole in the sea
onto the straw.
Pierce this hole using the pencil and

modelling clay again.
Now you need to join the pieces together

using two very small pieces of drinking
straw like these.
Start with the sea, and pop the split pin or

paper fastener through.
Add on one of the small pieces of drinking

straw...
...followed by the boat...
...another piece of straw...
...then open the split pin or paper fastener

out to hold everything in place.
Next, fold over the tabs on the ends of the

sea...
...then take the whole thing and poke the

straw through the slot in the bottom of
the frame.
Tape or glue either side of the frame using

stick glue on the side tabs.
When everything is in position, roll some
modelling clay into a ball...
...and push it onto the end of the long

drinking straw, to act as a weight.
Make a background by cutting out a piece

of cardboard box card that's the same size
as the frame.
Paint a sky onto it, with more sea at the

bottom.
Pop some stick glue all around the edge...

...and place the background on the back of
the frame.
Finish off by painting the frame a bright

colour.
When you've finished painting and the

paint has dried, you can hang it up.
For other design ideas, how about a plane

flying through the clouds?
Or a granny rocking in a chair?
Here are some woodcutters sawing

away...
...and here's a waving hand!
Try it yourself!
Top tips for tracing!
You will need:
• Tracing paper
• Soft pencil
• Sharp pencil
• Paper
Take a piece of tracing paper and lay it

over whatever drawing you want to copy.
Use a soft pencil to copy the outline.
Include as much detail as you want - just

go around the lines.
When you've done, flip the tracing paper
over and then roughly shade over the
back of those lines.
Make sure you cover all of the lines as you

go round.
Next, take a fresh piece of paper, flip the

piece of tracing paper back over, and lay it
over the paper.
Use a sharp pencil to trace over the

original lines, pressing firmly.
When you remove the tracing paper,

you're left with a faint pencil line that's an
exact copy of the original drawing.
Try it yourself!
Trasc
Make a themed bin for your room.
You will need:
• Balloon
• Bowl
• Sticky tape
• Newspaper
• PVA glue
• Paintbrush
• Paint
• Coloured tissue paper
• Scissors
For the main part of the cauldron, you
need to paper maché a large balloon.
It's a lot easier if you put the balloon,

knot down, into a bowl, and secure it in
place with a couple of pieces of tape to
keep it steady.
Brush on some PVA glue mixed with a

little water.
Then paste on some ripped-up pieces of

newspaper.
Paste a couple of layers all over the top

part of the balloon.
When it's dry, you can pop the balloon!
Trim off all of the edges, to give yourself a

cauldron shape, like this.
Next - details!
To make the rim around the top of the

cauldron, roll up a couple of sheets of
newspaper...
...and bend it around the top edge.
Tape it into position as you go.
Next, cut a kitchen roll tube into three

equal lengths for the legs...
...then stuff a ball of newspaper into each

piece of tube. Tape the ball into place, to
make rounded feet!
Stick the feet onto the underneath of the

cauldron, so that it stands up!
Other detail can be cut from cardboard

box card - like a plaque with your initial
on.
And how about a handle?
For this, stick a card triangle to either side

of the cauldron...
...then make a thin twist of newspaper
and stick the ends to the triangles using
more tape.
Next, take more PVA glue mixed with

water, and use a paintbrush to paste a
layer of kitchen roll all over the cauldron -
inside and out.
This will make everything really solid, and

will seal over all the joins.
When it's covered, and dried, it'll look

something like this.
Next, you can paint the cauldron.
Start by giving it a coat of black paint.
When the black paint has dried, take a dry

brush and dip it into some silver paint.
Just lightly brush it over the cauldron.

The silver paint picks out all the texture
and detail.
You can even add some green, too, to give

a tarnished effect.
When the cauldron is painted, it really

looks like it's made from iron!
To make the lid, measure the width of the

inside of the cauldron...
...then draw a horizontal line onto some

cardboard box card.
Now draw a second line that's the same
length vertically, to make a cross.
Use this as a guide to roughly draw a

circle.
Cut the circle out and trim any bits so that

it fits snugly.
Next, cut out a spoon handle shape from

some cardboard box card, and paint it.
Fold the end over, and tape it to the lid.
Scrunch up some coloured tissue paper

and glue it to the lid to give the effect of a
bubbling potion.
You don't have to be neat with this!
For extra detail, you could add some

gruesome eyeballs made from ping-pong
balls...
...and some pipe cleaner worms!
And if you have them, add on some plastic

creepy crawlies!
When you're happy, just glue everything

into place.
That's it - you can use the cauldron as a

bin!
Try it yourself!

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Pastels Slot City

You will need:

Pick any two body parts and make them

Here you can see eyes and feet.

The rule is simple - the other body parts

So this man has tiny arms and body!

It's fun because you never know how

Here it's a challenge to make the other

Now add everything else normal size!

You can go on for ages creating cartoon

Nature really has gone mad here - and

Neil says his Mum always complains about the size

You will need:

This is the type of torch you will need for

Take a plastic cup that's bigger than your

Tape it securely into position.

Scrunch up a double page sheet of

Then tape it into position.

Make sure that your cup is totally covered.

To make the castle, simply take a small

For the turrets, use sweet tubes and cut a

Slot the turrets onto the corner of your

For the roofs of these turrets, make some

Cut a semi-circle of card like this...

...and bend them round into a cone shape.

Tape into place.

Complete all four corners, slotting sweet

Make sure you tape everything securely.

To stop everything sticking to your castle

Cover the whole of your castle, and press

Cover the whole thing in two layers of PVA

This can be a bit fiddly, so take your time.

This can be tricky, so take your time, as

Draw in some small windows all over your

Paint the castle using poster or acrylic

Don't colour the windows in. Paint the

When the paint is dry, add more detail

Finally, place your torch underneath, switch it