Some interesting research about art and emotional well being:

Large Collage is great fun with little ones. See more on this blog post:

Read my blog on large mark making inspired by the wild weather we had at the beginning of the year.

Toddler Group Christmas craft - great fun today. The younger ones needed collaboration from mum but most were threading, pressing and creating on their own. Great results.

Materials used: glitter pipe cleaners, metallic pony beads, glitter pom poms, jingle bells, feathers and colour clay.

The toddlers this week have been enjoying gluing and sticking with circle collage. Circles are all around us and here we've used cake cases, buttons, tissue, foam, milk bottle tops, coloured card and glitter board all stuck down with good old PVA glue.

What I love about this picture is the child's choice of colours, careful placing of each item as well as letting the circles break the boundary of the card making this an exciting piece to put on the front of any fridge!

Today we've been exploring yellow and blue paint. The children discovered mixing green and really enjoyed making hand prints and the feel of the paint as they rubbed their hands together. We've also started to paint on a box which we will add to each time we paint.