School Workshops - Mini Art

Craftastic is an arts and crafts company providing creative experiences for all ages, run by CBeebies ‘SMarteenies’ presenter Bizi Lizi.

Craftastic provides arts and crafts experiences within the school environment. All activities are linked to the Art National Curriculum schemes of work and can be tailored to suit the particular school requirements.

This is a one off workshop that introduces a new way of creating a piece of artwork.

This activity originated from an American idea where artists create miniature works of art on playing cards. They swap the artists cards with each other and was a cheap way to own original works of art. This is known as Artists Trading cards and has become a popular hobby across the world.

To make this unique activity work in school, Craftastic provides each child in a class with 3 playing cards. They are given a demonstration of already created cards and then instructed to make their own cards. They are told to create cards reflecting themselves, their likes and dislikes as well as their personality. The idea is that other people in the school will be able to identify their cards by what they put on it.

This links with parts of the Art National Curriculum where children are expected to talk about and recognise their own and their piers artwork.

The above description is an outline of how the workshop could be run. All workshops are subject to detailed discussion with the class and head teacher to ensure the project will work within the school curriculum.

Craftastic can provide art activities for children from nursery and foundation stage to year 6. All activities are created with the particular children in mind. Craftastic aims to provide the highest quality of creative experience with the widest range of materials.