Artist Activity Badge

Artist Activity Badge
An introduction to arts and crafts
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Sponsored by Hobbyc
raft, the ‘Introduction
to arts and crafts’ activ
ity pack includes four
fun and inspiring activ
ities, to help Cubs wo
rk
towards their Artist Ac
tivity Badge.
This activity pack is th
e first in a series of
resources designed wi
th both Cub Leaders
and Cubs in mind. We
have pulled together
a host of useful resour
ces and handy tips from an art essential
toolkit to a dictionary
of
art words - all bursting
with inspiration and
creativity!
If you’re looking for ad
ditional arts and craft
project ideas and reso
urces, visit the Ideas
Library at www.hobb
ycraft.co.uk or visit yo
ur
local Hobbycraft store
today.
KEY
Did you know?
Crafty tip!
Safety first
Art
Contents
Activities
1. Essential art too
lkit
2. What is art?
3. Dictionary of ar
t words
4. Things to make
and do
- Design and make
a decorated
book cover
- Design and make
a greeting card
- Visit an art gallery
- Draw or paint a pi
cture from a still
life or a landscape
5. Top tips
6. Hobbycraft store
s near you
1. Essential
art toolkit
ls and
A list of essential craft too
st advanced
materials that even the mo
rly!
arts and crafters use regula
es, thickness and colours
• Craft paper – different typ
• Cardboard
• Tracing paper
• Felt
• Soft pencil and eraser
• Pencil sharpener
• Sticky tape
• Glue stick and craft glue
s and markers
• Colouring pencils, wax crayon
• Paint palette
• Acrylic paints
• Scissors
nilles
• Wobbly eyes, pom poms, che
• Stapler
• Ruler
• Glue dots
• Paints and brushes
• Artist sketch book
on buds are
es and cott
Kitchen paper roll or facial tissu
.
ons
ecti
corr
and
ls
spil
great for
Get crafty tip!
Always be on the lookout
for
things you may find in nat
ure or
around the home that you
can
use for crafts – pebbles, sea
shells,
bright-coloured autumn lea
ves,
flowers, shiny chocolate pap
ers
and gift wrapping.
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Here is a handy
list of some of
the most
common types
of art:
Painting
An artist creates
a masterpiece us
ing one or more
following types of
of the
paint: acrylics, oi
ls, water colours.
Art can be abstrac
t (imaginary), still
life (painting wh
you see), or a po
at
rtrait (painting of
a
person).
Drawing
Using a number
of tools such as pe
ncils, erasers, mar
pastels and chalk
kers,
s, an artist creates
their drawing on
a piece of paper
or card. Drawing
(sometimes calle
sketching) can be
d
used to create an
imaginary scene
copy what you se
or to
e with your own
eyes, such as draw
tree in nature.
ing a
Photography
The art of captur
ing (and sometim
es processing and
developing) imag
es using a camer
a. Today most
photographers us
e digital cameras
. Photography is
a great way of ca
pturing people, be
autiful places or
anything that inte
rests you.
Model making
A model maker (so
metimes called ar
chitects, sculptors
or animators) cre
ates a solid objec
t out of raw mat
such as clay, tin,
erials
copper or wire us
ing a number of
such as craft knive
tools
s and shaping to
ols. Model makin
refers to making
g also
and decorating pl
astic models of ca
ships or aeroplan
rs,
es.
Papercraft
Papercrafting co
uld mean anything
from card makin
and scrapbookin
g
g to origami and
paper model
making. With sci
ssors, glue, embe
llishments and a
inspiration, you ca
little
n create just abou
t anything using
of paper and your
a bit
imagination.
3. Dictionary
of art words
Masterpiece
ece of work.
tsman’s best pi
An ar tist or craf
lic paint can
while wet. Acry
Acrylic paint
up
an
cle
erent
to
sy
d ea
d to make diff
Quick dr ying an
and easily mixe
er
at
w
ith
w
d
also be dilute
colours.
t.
linseed or walnu
Oil paint
ral oils such as
tu
d
na
en
bl
ith
d
w
e
an
k
ad
or
Type of paint m
e ar tists to rew
wly allowing th
Oil paints dr y slo
colours.
es water
paint
re the ar tist us
Watercolour
technique whe
g
tin
in
g.
pa
tin
ed
in
A water-bas
create their pa
of his paper to
and the white
al or
thing in the re
Abstract art
person, place or and colours to
a
ow
sh
t
no
Ar t that does
tist uses shapes
Instead, the ar
natural world.
agination.
im
r
ng from thei
create somethi
ings in nature
Still life art
objects from th
ay
yd
er
ev
s
er yday life
ow
Ar t that sh
on) or from ev
flowers and so
y,
er
en
sc
s,
ee
(tr
rs).
oks, bottles, ca
(for example, bo
an
urself or even
Portrait art
er a person, yo
th
ei
to
s
es
en
a lik
Ar t that shows
animal.
into a
at is moulded
Pastels
paint colours th
of
e
ad
m
e
st
pa
A dried
crayon form.
otographs
ings, notes or ph
pp
cli
Scrapbooking
ick
st
u
yo
m where
liday books.
A book or albu
memor y or ho
scrapbooks as
e
us
wall ar t.
le
or
s
op
ft
Pe
gi
.
t
,etc
so make grea
al
s
ge
pa
ng
ki
Scrapboo
e shapes and
Origami
r into decorativ
pe
pa
g
in
ld
fo
t of
The Japanese ar
figures.
e
ts
a project to mak
Embellishmen
that is added to
to
m
er
ite
itt
or
gl
il
ng
ta
de
e, addi
Any decorative
g. For exampl
ive or interestin
.
it more attract
on
to a hat and so
a card, flowers
4. Things to make
and do
Decorated book
covers are perfect for
your school books or jo
They also make great
urnals.
gifts for that special fri
end!
What you
need:
•
Design
an
make d
decora a
book c ted
over
Decopatch
• Decopatc papers
h glue
• Brush
• Notebook
or file for d
ecorati
Instructio
ns:
tch
ecopa
D
r
folde
Get crafty tip!
If you are using light
coloured papers on a
dark surface prepare the
surface with a few light
coats of white paint first
and leave to dry.
ng
1. Snip so
me of each
piece of pa
squares and
per into
rectangles
2. Spread
of random
some glue
size.
onto your it
decorated
em to be
– be genero
us and use
paintbrush
the
to pick up a
nd position
square or re
a
ct
a
n
g
le onto the
3. Add mo
surface.
re glue to th
e paper to
position.
fix it into
4. Continu
e until the
entire surfa
covered an
ce is
d leave to d
ry.
now?
k
u
o
Did ytching workascoen
a
f
Decop ut any sur stic to
o
a
b
l
just a etal and p hy not
m
W
from nd glass.
a
ome
wood ent with s
im
exper urself?
yo
s
idea
do
d
n
a
e
k
a
m
ne
4. Things t, o
ing card to someo
et
re
g
a
g
in
d
n
.
se
of them
the occasion
you are thinking
ow
kn
No matter what
em
th
t
le
fect way to
special is the per
Getting started – your design
1.
Design
ke
and ma g
in
t
a gree
card
Think about who you are making your card
for.
Is it for your friend’s birthday, or a cheerful
Christmas
card for Nan?
2. Think about what this person likes.
What are some of their favourite things?
Does your friend love a particular sport
or animal?
Perhaps Nan would love a picture of you
on her card!
3. Think about the design of your card
. How big do you
want to make it, what is the colour of card
and paper
you want to use?
4. Using card, markers and embellishmen
ts list below,
create your card.
What you need:
•
•
•
•
•
•
colourful card and paper
matching envelopes
scissors and glue
markers, colouring pencils
stamps, stencils and embellishments
continue until the entire surface
is covered and leave to dry.
Get crafty tip!
Mak
e a rough sketch
of
your design on a
spare
sheet of paper be
fore
you start with yo
ur
final creation.
4. Things to m
ake and do
There is no better
way
to understand
and appreciate th
e different types
of
art than by visiti
ng an art gallery
.
To complete this
activity, visit an
art gallery and w
ork through the
following two ac
tivities!
Visit an
ry
art galle
!
Get crafty tyoip
ur art
When you make
t forget to
gallery, visit don’
book and
te
take a pencil, no
eraser.
are amazing
2. Art galleries
wonderful
spaces filled with
er.
rn
things in every co
ed and
el
Keep your eyes pe
ver
ne
u
look around. Yo
work
g
in
az
know what am
!
nd
fi
ay
of art you m
d don’t be
3. Be curious an
tions.
afraid to ask ques
1.
NOTE:
Planning
a gallery
visit
with you
r Group?
Plan ahea
d
gallery b – find out about th
efore you
visit. Wh e
you see?
at
C
artworks heck to see if there will
that will
a
in
terest yo re any
Kid’s activ
ur Cubs.
ities – ma
wonderf
ny galleri
ul
e
collection children’s trails, sp s have
s and act
ecial
iv
it
ie
s.
Gallery d
o’s and d
on
to your G
roup the ’ts – explain
special ru
gallery.
les of a
Gallery activity 1: portrait paintings
What is a portrait?
A portrait is a work of art that shows an image of a person. Many portraits
are pictures or paintings that focus on a person’s face. Not only does the
artist of the portrait represent how the person looks, but through the
portrait, he or she tries to show something special about that person as
well, such as their personality or attitude.
How many portrait paintings can you find?
Give details of what you find.
Draw a portrait of a friend.
Find a quiet corner and sketch a portrait of a friend.
Did you know?
ace. Instead of a
A portrait isn’t limited to a flat surf
artists create threepainting or a photograph, some
lptures. When an artist
dimensional portraits, such as scu
, it is called a self-portrait.
creates a portrait of him or herself
te a portrait of an animal!
An artist may even decide to crea
Gallery activity 2: forms of art
Forms of art means the type of artwork, such
as drawing, painting, sculpture, collage or
photography.
How many forms of art can you see?
Name them.
Choose your favourite piece of art.
Why is it your favourite?
4. Things to m
ake and do
This is a great ac
tivity to do w
ith your Cub Gro
your own. Why
up, with friends
not ask each of yo
or on
ur Cub Leaders to
from home to cr
bring in an item
eate a still life. Fo
r example apples
table cloths, etc.
, oranges, vases,
Create your scen
e
with these items
where everyone
in a central area
can see it. Grab
your sketch pads
draw or paint w
and paints and
hat you see.
Creating a landsc
ape drawing or pa
inting is a great
whilst outdoors.
activity to do
Next time you ar
e out in the open
sketch pads, penc
,
take along your
ils and paint and
get crafty!
Draw orture
pic
paint a a still
from
life or a e
p
landsca
What you need:
•
•
Dictionary
Drawing
- Artist sketch pencil
- Eraser
- Sharpener
- Sketch pad
Painting
- Watercolour, acrylic, poster or oil paints
- Thin, medium, thick paint brushes
- Glass of water
- Artist paint pad (for watercolours, acry
lics,
poster or oil paints)
shows
Still life: Art that
from things
s
ct
everyday obje
scenery,
in nature (trees,
) or from
on
so
d
flowers an
r example:
everyday life (fo
rs).
books, bottles, ca
t that shows
2. Landscape: Ar
ith its
nd
an area of la w
ponds
s,
ke
la
s,
trees, river
and the sea.
1.
5. Get crafty
top tips
Safety first!
•
•
•
Always get help from a responsible adult
when using scissors and craft knives.
Always store craft knives and scissors with the
blades covered.
Some glue is toxic, so take care not to get any
near
your mouth or eyes.
Reuse and upcyevclere!
yday objects
for
Stay on the look out
ts and crafts.
ar
that can be used for
up
towel tubes, washing
• Use empty kitchen
pty
em
,
es
zin
per, maga
liquid bottles, newspa
thes!
boxes and even old clo
.
it is you want to make
• Think about what
lp
he
to
p
ou
gr
k your
Perhaps you could as
you collect!
•
t?
Why not… master an ar
interests
one that
Using the ‘What is art’ page pick
you and learn all about it!
do it? Why do you do it?
When did it start? Who used to
How do you do it?
ned with your Group!
Then share everything you’ve lear
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...and many more
on their way!
Useful contacts!
www.craftscouncil.org.uk
For listings of museums and art galleries
www.craftclub.org.uk
For lots of info on local craft events and a handy ‘craft map’
www.hobbycraft.co.uk
For lots of info on how to get started with different crafts
www.hobbycraft.co.uk