Aspex at Home

In this post, we’re looking at portraits and drawing our own! This is a simple and fun activity to do with young ones. You will need: - Paper - Pens or pencils Draw a frame, you can make this whatever size and shape  you want. This will be where your people are drawn       Start drawing people inside the frame,  start with yourself and your family. People of all  ages can have a go at drawing portraits!                Share your creations with us on Instagram by  tagging @ Aspex_Takepart

Hi everyone. It’s Jordan this time for Family Saturdays at Home I’m showing you how to finger paint!         You will need:  - A small amount of paint - Paper  - Pens - You'll need to plan for messy fingers too! After making different shapes and patterns with the paint, I waited for it to dry to draw them into animals! Here I've created shapes out of paint and I'm waiting for it to dry! It shouldn't take too long if the paint is quite thin. These are animals I've drawn! What will you make? I also created a family portrait gallery! Don ’ t forget to share your artwork with us on Instagram by tagging @aspex_takepart and using the hashtag #AspexatHome

In this post, we are going to be making collages by reusing our old artwork!  You will need: - Old artwork you don't mind cutting up - Scissors - Glue - Paper to collage on I made some collaged plants as an example but you can make anything you like by cutting, tearing and sticking some of your old paintings and drawings.        Look at your old artwork for your favourite bits, or bits that work together. Try looking for pictures in abstract pieces of work. I decided to use the green paintings to make a picture of this plant. I used a cereal box for the plant pot. This is what it looks like all put together! Here are some more plants I made from my old paintings. Don ’ t forget to share your artwork with us by tagging @aspex_takepart and using the hashtag #AspexatHome

In this post, we are making a drawing game! Roll the dice to find your colour. You can stick with one colour the whole time or roll for each part of the drawing! You will need… Dice Card Paper Pin Paperclip Pens and pencils You can also make a lucky dip to choose your subject. I went with a nature theme. I used a simple coin flip to choose what medium I was going to use. Finally, roll the dice to decide the colour you will use! Here is my dark blue worm, plus other things I have added to my picture! A red butterfly, pink leaves, yellow flowers and light blue leaves. You can choose any colours, subjects or mediums you like - or something completely different! Remember to share your creations with us on Instagram @aspex_takepart using the hashtag #AspexatHome.

In this post, we're going to be creating paperchain dolls with the help of Jordan! Hi everyone! Jordan here, today I wanted to share with you a really fun way of creating some playful paper dolls. My daughter Ivy absolutely loved doing this. She enjoyed playing with them and taking them on adventures.          You can decide to create all your characters to be similar and a practical way of achieving continuity is to create a paper template. Sketch a figure and cut it out. If not you can draw all your characters individually! To create your paper dolls the paper being used has to be quite strong. If you have card that's great! If not, just use something like a cereal box like I have done. You will now have to use the template you created and draw around it as many times as you wish. Make sure you link the characters hands to form a chain! Make it as long as you wish! The next step is to use any drawing, colouring or sticking ma...

In this post, we’re making fish out of toilet roll tubes. A grown up might need to do the cutting but little ones can have fun with the decorating and making a home for their fish. Enjoy!      You will need: - Toilet roll tubes - Scissors -Pens, paint or crayons You can also use p aint or si lver foil and glue to decorate your fish.            Cut your toilet roll tube like this to make your fish. There's a fish shape template at the bottom of this post. The fish can now be coloured however you like, or collaged like I have done here with this silver foil Why not make a pond for your fish to live in? You can also make other creatures like tadpoles.          You can also make other creatures like tadpoles Here is a template of how to cut your fish and tadpoles. It can be quite fiddly, so you can make the designs a bit simpler if you wish! Share your artwork with us b...

In this post, we will be making simple and playful peg animals with the help of Jordan!       Here is what you'll need: - Pegs - Paper - Pens - Glue - Scissors Firstly you need to draw around the peg in its open position. Next draw in all your animal/mythological creature details. Best to just keep to the head and facial details.             Ivy just wanted to keep hers simple and colour it in. So add in any colour and decoration. You can use lots of different craft materials if you have any. If not, think of things like tin foil, tape, flowers, grass and other things you have around the house you can stick or tape down. You will then need to cut your animal out. As you can see I have cut Ivy’s in half so I can stick the top and bottom separately. This will allow them to move.       Next, add glue to the peg or your cut out and stick them together. You can also use tape or string to stick/tie the bits onto th...