2016 - craft outline templates with activity photos

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36 outline templates will be added to the site over the course of the summer holidays beginning today with a qwerty play idea .. all the site's outline templates on this page

Pop back each day to see if you can use a craft idea or printable in your activity planning

daily outlines with activity photos

lowercase computer keyboard printable
butterfly puppet line drawn template
decorating spoons
Tortoise mosaics
water lily pad outline templates
Hedgehog outline template



blackberry vine outline picture finger painting berries
rocking horse outline - mane and tail collage
moulted sheep outline template
a waiting vase outline template
bird and folded wing outline template
spiral snake outline activity



soap bubbles and a paint mixture blow/suck activity check
spaceship UFO outline template
broken washing line - outline template sheet
top down view / perspective of a goldfish - outline template
the world - our planet earth outline template



balloon outline template - patterning
drinking straw maze outline template
sail away - boat outline template
postcards and stamps - outline printables
build a parasol outline construction template
the view through my camera outline template



The foods I like - plate, cup and cutlery outline template
beanstalk cloud - fill with yarn/wool tendrils, leaves and green bean pods
paintbrush dip and load - how full is yours? outline template
orange segments outline - front and back paper folding template
acorn nut and cup outline template - crosshatch print using cord wrapped printers dipped in paint
padlock and key - trace around real keys and explore what boxes might open up to reveal



arrows - directional outline template talk about up down sides left and right
guitar music outline template to accompany threading and making instruments with elastic bands
dandelion seed head outline activity sheet
magnifying glass outline - explore how they work
mermaid person - outline template
scales outline template - heavier lighter up and down



tap faucet outline template - what flows from yours?

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qwerty play - keyboard layout printable to support children's computer building, model making, language, literacy and mark making activities.

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Butterfly puppet pattern- outline template

Use drinking straws, sticks or little fingers to role play with individual designs.

Cut out and attach the wings to the body using glue, tape or adhesive pads and modelling compound - playdough recipe as a grassy mound to hold the puppets when not in play.

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Decorating spoons is a great way to express creativity - spoon outline templates

The process can happen as in business, with designs being drawn out and planned on paper before being transferred to the actual product. With a range of materials on offer see who your planners and spontaneous creators are ...

Resources on amazon.co.uk:

wooden spoons
pva glue
glitter sequins and collage materials
permanent marker pens

To have the pens show up brightly on the surface of wood, give them one coat of matte emulsion/acrylic paint, a day or so before the activity is delivered.

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Tortoise shell mosaics using a tortoise outline template

Practice scissor skills on craft foam and snip it into different shapes and sizes. Explore position and quantity as children create a range of different shell patterns.

Tortoise shell pattern google image search

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Create a pond of water surface beauty!

Print the lily pad outlines to green paper or white card if painting, marbeling, colouring with crayon, chalk or pencil. Cut out and place on a blue watery surface.

To make the waterlily flowers, remove the rim from white paper cups, snip down and bend out the newly made strips to create petals.

Using the base of the paper cup and trace around it onto craft foam, card or paper and cut to fit inside. Use other materials to fill the stamen center such as yellow playdough, beads, craft stems, glitter and, maybe add a few wobbly eyes to the activity and see if there's a frog or two about ...

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using an assortment of mathematical equipment and other straight edged tools and shapes, paint dip and mark make to add prickles onto the body of the hedgehog.

Open conversations about size, shape, length, daytime and night time

Hedgehog outline template Maths set and math shapes

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Finger paint blackberries and add vines for them to hang from using pencils and crayons.

Take impressions from blackberry leaves by painting both sides and placing them on one side of a folded piece of paper, when ready fold the paper in half and gently press together. Open out and reveal the imprints.

Small acrylic paint brushes for leaves - acrylic or plastic to avoid animal by-products

paint dabbers or daubers as an alternative to fingertips

blackberry vine line drawn picture

The use of bramble leaves will come at risk. Check each thoroughly to break down as many soft thorns as possible ask, or ask to see if anyone has a thornless plant they'd share some leave from.

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Rocking horse outline template

Have fun with tos and fros, ups and downs as lengths of yarn are cut to build forelocks, manes and tails.



Use Newton's cradle toys to see motion and force in action and build hobby horses to gallop around in whole body play.

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Moulted sheep outline template with some breeds of sheep naturally moulting through spring and early summer, explore how they're able to stay cool in the season's hot weather and display your findings as a wall display.

Wiltshire horn - Soay sheep - Boreray sheep

Describing the temperature of the seasons ..
eg.
Summer - hot
Autumn - cool
Winter - cold
Spring - warm

Man's intervention - sheep & how we use them, shearing and harvesting wool

Yarn and cotton collecting

cotton puffs on amazon.co.uk