Welcome to the RAW Resources Section!
This was initially set up during the Coronavirus crisis in 2020 as a resource for families looking for creative activities to keep them occupied whilst socially distancing.
Keep scrolling down this page to find something you'd like to make / do.
Feel free to download the resources here for your own personal use. When you see the 'PDF Download' logo you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open it on your device.
This was initially set up during the Coronavirus crisis in 2020 as a resource for families looking for creative activities to keep them occupied whilst socially distancing.
Keep scrolling down this page to find something you'd like to make / do.
Feel free to download the resources here for your own personal use. When you see the 'PDF Download' logo you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open it on your device.
You can download Acrobat Reader by clicking on the icon
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Feel free to share your original artwork with us at Facebook or Twitter, using the hash tag #JosephTheUsefulCardboardBox
Have Fun!
Have Fun!
Autumn trees
This is a simple but effective way of painting - WITHOUT ANY BRUSHES - using acrylics, palette knife and fingertips!
Click our tutorial PDF and have a go yourself. Happy painting.
Click our tutorial PDF and have a go yourself. Happy painting.
| painting_autumn_trees.pdf |
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Joseph The (Useful) Cardboard Box:
Story Animation / Song & Activity and Colouring Book
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Watch and read the Story Animation together as a family
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Learn the song and singalong together as a family
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Click the PDF link below to download the song lyrics
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Click the link below to download the Activity and Colouring Book
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Download the image and colour it in. You could do this using an app! Post your artwork on our social media.
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Here are the pages of the activity book which you can download on your computer / device. Remember to share your creations on our social media!
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'The Story of Mowgli' from 'The Jungle Book' adapted by Real Arts Workshops
Sit back and enjoy the re-telling of this story.
See below for some craft making ideas around the story then you can act it out in the comfort of your own home! Enjoy.
See below for some craft making ideas around the story then you can act it out in the comfort of your own home! Enjoy.
Examples of masks of characters and props used in the story
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Download the PDFs for more details of how to make the masks and instruments
Don't forget to post your creations on our social media! See the video below showing a tutorial for children to make plastic bottle shakers |
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How to make a plastic bottle shaker instrument |
Bare Necessities song performed by Alex Vann |
BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE RESOURCES
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There are many benefits to learning British Sign Language (BSL). These include:
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Right handed Finger spelling alphabet
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Left handed Finger spelling alphabet
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Fingerspelling Game
Take the finger-spelling challenge! Click the image to go to an fun online speed game.
Values / emotions vocabulary |
Numbers 0-10
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Everyday Vocabulary
Support Life : 'Wolves in Wolves' design |
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Wolves in Wolves was an extremely successful art trail around Wolverhampton in 2017.
Alex Vann, Founder of RAW, designed several wolves, including 'Support Life' which is now housed at University of Wolverhampton.
Use the templates to create your own Support Life wolf and don't forget to share and tag us on social media.
Alex Vann, Founder of RAW, designed several wolves, including 'Support Life' which is now housed at University of Wolverhampton.
Use the templates to create your own Support Life wolf and don't forget to share and tag us on social media.
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Make a Wishing Tree / Tree of Hope |
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Making a Wishing Tree:
- Draw the shape of a tree - similar to the guide above on a sheet of card - as large as you like (or use the A4 size printable template file above if you have a printer at home)
- Cut out the shape with either a craft knife or scissors
- Use this first flat 'tree' as the template for a second one
- Make a slot from the top to the middle of one and from the the bottom to the centre of the other
- Slot the 2 pieces together and tape together where necessary.
- You can also use 2 strips of card as a base if necessary
- You can make holes on the 'branches' or cut grooves on the top of the branches for tags to be tied / slotted on
- Write positive messages of hope on tags, or coloured paper cut to shape and stapled / glued / tied on.
- You could add your own pictures and share on social media.
- You could use your tree as a Covid-19 diary - write on your feelings / things you did / want to do.
- Why not put your tree in your front window for people on their daily exercise to see?
'Virtual' Trees of Hope 14.4.2020 and 16.4.2020
We held a virtual art session with a group from Mossley estate in Walsall using a conferencing app. It was great creative fun and we each created our own Tree of Hope. We will post more here over time...
Tin Can Crafts |
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Can Tin Craft Creations at various virtual sessions
Newspaper Mosaics |
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A simple and effective way to create beautiful artwork for your home.
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Send us your photos and we'll add them to our Newspaper Mosaic gallery below:
CREATIVE GARDEN PROJECTS
Here are a few ideas for sprucing up your garden if you have one
PROJECT ONE:
Up-cycle old car tyres by painting in emulsion and using to plant flowers / herbs or for garden ornaments
Up-cycle old car tyres by painting in emulsion and using to plant flowers / herbs or for garden ornaments
PROJECT TWO:
You can pick up unwanted wooden pallets from local companies or garden centre. Add shelves and paint to make a unique outdoor presentation case
You can pick up unwanted wooden pallets from local companies or garden centre. Add shelves and paint to make a unique outdoor presentation case
PROJECT THREE:
Convert boring garden furniture into unique works of art!
For wooden furniture:
Convert boring garden furniture into unique works of art!
For wooden furniture:
- prepare by sand papering all over,
- use a good quality primer,
- draw your design in pencil
- paint it in wood paints and
- finish with 2 coats of varnish.
PROJECT FOUR:
Hand decorated terracotta pots
Hand decorated terracotta pots
- Find / buy a terracotta pot - any size you want
- Decide on a design / picture and draw that on
- Use acrylic paints to paint your pot
- Varnish with a good quality varnish
Aboriginal 'Dot Painting'
id you know this style is relatively modern (1970s) although of course indigenous Australian art is ancient.
READ ABOUT PAPUNYA TULA ART HERE
A simple tutorial is attached here also - why don't you have a go?
There is a gallery underneath of dot paintings by people attending RAW weekly Zoom sessions for Mossley Big Local. We think they are amazing - what do you think?
READ ABOUT PAPUNYA TULA ART HERE
A simple tutorial is attached here also - why don't you have a go?
There is a gallery underneath of dot paintings by people attending RAW weekly Zoom sessions for Mossley Big Local. We think they are amazing - what do you think?
Gallery below: Aboriginal style dot paintings by our Art Club attendees (online only during Covid)
Drawing realistic pictures using the GRID METHOD |
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Send us YOUR drawings to add to the People's Gallery:
Portraits - with a difference |
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Have a go at drawing the steps below.
Then either look in a mirror or ask a friend / family member to pose for you as your draw them. Spend 80% of your time looking carefully at the subject and 20% of your time looking at your paper.
Add a 'difference' for example: swap pictures with a partner / add newspaper magazine print / spell words out on / use shapes in the background.
Send us your artwork to add to the 'gallery' below.
Then either look in a mirror or ask a friend / family member to pose for you as your draw them. Spend 80% of your time looking carefully at the subject and 20% of your time looking at your paper.
Add a 'difference' for example: swap pictures with a partner / add newspaper magazine print / spell words out on / use shapes in the background.
Send us your artwork to add to the 'gallery' below.
PORTRAITS GALLERY
Virtual 'Portraits with a Difference' with BID Services Youth and Well being 15.4.2020
Rock Painting
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- Find a nice smooth large rock
- Clean it up and leave to dry is necessary
- Use a pencil to draw on your design
- Use acrylic or emulsion paints to paint your design
- If you have varnish apply this when the rock is fully dry
- Take a photo and we'll add it to our gallery below
Rocks made during 'virtual' sessions with community groups
Cardboard Tubes and Paper Plate crafts
Cardboard Roll Butterflies |
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Paper Plate Ladybird Step by Step Photos
Creations by Mossley Art Club using cardboard tubes and paper plates
More Cardboard Craft Projects
1. Freestanding Waving Hand for Key Workers
2. Aspirational Rockets
- Download and print the template files
- Trace around them on cardboard and cut them out (you need 2 x Rocket Shapes)
- Assemble the rocket by inserting the middle piece between the two rocket sides
- Decorate it with colours or paper
- Use the aspiration_rockets_new file to write where you want to be in future and how you will get there
- Glue them onto your rocket
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3. Build a ROBOT |
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Abstract Canvases
Materials needed:
Method
- An inexpensive canvas - you can get these from most general houseware stores now
- masking tape (or even better, Frog tape)
- scissors
- Acrylic paints
Method
- Use strips of the masking tape to create a pattern on the canvas
- Paint with your acrylics all over the canvas
- Carefully and slowly remove the tape
Nature Art
Loads of ideas here for using things you can find in your garden, together with a little craft materials, to go back and brighten up your garden!
Templates to download and colour in
You could colour this rainbow using bright colour pens or pencils or even an app on your phone.
Then print it and put it in your window for people on their daily exercise to see, as a symbol of hope. #rainbowwindows #rainbowsofhope
Then print it and put it in your window for people on their daily exercise to see, as a symbol of hope. #rainbowwindows #rainbowsofhope
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