1. Take a wooden (preferably) cotton reel and hammer four nails into the top so that the nails are protruding fully.2. Thread some wool through the middle of the reel.3. Wind the wool once around each nail so that each nail has a ‘loop’ around it.4. Wind the wool once around the ...

1. Cut two circles from cardboard about the size of the pom poms to be created.2. Cut a circle out of the middle (fold the card in half to cut out this circle).3. Place the two cardboard circles together, then wind a ball of wool through the centre hole and around the outside.4. ...

1. Cover the floor with newspaper, as this is a messy activity.2. Blow up a balloon; sit the end in a cup.3. Tear newspaper strips about 15cm long, dip them in papier mâché paste (one part flour, two parts water) and spread them across the balloon, covering everything except the ...

1. Fold the two opposite ends of a square piece of paper to make a triangle, then fold the opposite ends of the triangle to make a smaller one.2. Open the paper up and fold a corner into the centre point, repeat with the opposite corner – you should now have a square.3. Turn the ...

1. Look at some examples of mosaic designs, then choose a central image – it could be a truck, a moon or a face that inspires your designer.2. Sketch your design or paste a picture of the object on the back of a paper plate to create a template.3. Using colourful magazine pages, ...

, Usborne Publishing, £6.99.Cooking With Kids by Linda Collister, Ryland Peters & Small, £10.49.Crafting With Kids by Catherine Woram,  Ryland Peters & Small, £14.99. Creative Child by Dorothy Einon, Hamlyn, £14.99.Creepy Creatures by Julie Sharp,  GMC Books

taste and texture, whether they are sweet, salty, sour, spicy, bitter.6. Make craft dough  Mix two cups of flour with one cup of salt and 2/3 of a cup of water. Knead the mixture until it is doughy. Add food colouring or glitter. Make shapes

1. Chalk drawings  Draw a large ‘frame’ on the driveway, give your child some coloured chalk and set them the task of making a mural. Suggest a few objects they can use as ‘stencil shapes’ – boards, plastic containers – for their Cubist masterpiece.2. Consequences  You need a gro...

’s head and wrap her in some big gypsy-style jewellery, then set up a selection of origami fortune tellers (see Origami Fortune Tellers in our Arts & Crafts section) from which her customers can choose. Cross her palm with silver and the future is yours