Spring Lambs, Funny Bunny and Pretty Blooms: Craft Ideas for all the family

Spring Lamb: Ages 2-7
This cute little sheep is super easy and really fun for your little ones. 
Materials List: 
Green paper 
White paint
Sponge ‘dobber’ or cotton wool
Scissors
Black Paper 
Pencil
PVA Glue
Googly eyes (or make your own from small circles of paper and pens)
Felt bow

Instructions

1. Fold paper in half to make a card
2. Dob on circles of white paint to make a fluffy sheep effect. 
3. Draw onto the black paper with your pencil, a sheep head shape, some ears and some legs. 
4. Cut out the shapes carefully with scissors. You will need to supervise this bit depending on the age and the sharpness of the scissors. 
5. Glue down the sheep head, ears and legs onto the white paint. It doesn’t matter if it’s a bit wet still. 
6. Then take your googly eyes and glue on with the PVA glue. 
7. Then cut a bow shape out of felt. Alternatively you can tie a bow with a ribbon or make a paper version. 
8. Write a nice message and give your card to someone special. ​

Funny Bunny: Ages 8+
This activity is perfect for teaching children how to use a pen to make marks to build up a picture. 

Materials list: 
Green Paper
Bunny Template (download or copy picture)
Pen (Biro/felt or fineliner will all work well)
Glue stick
Contrasting paper

Instructions:

1. Draw on the the bunny nose, a sort of squashed Y shape with a little loop at each end to make the mouth. 
2. Then in concentric circles, make outward marks with your pen. Gradually increase the size of each line until you get to the edge of the mouth section. 
3. Then draw the eyes on. I drew two oval circles and filled them in and then drew some eye lash type marks around the outside to create a bit more of a feature. 
4. Then I drew the same line marks in a series of blocks above and below the eyes. I deliberately didn’t want to match the sets of lines up. This creates the effect of fur. You can slightly curve your lines to match the shape of the bunny face. 
5. Repeat the mark making with the body and ears of the bunny until the body is filled up with lots of different lines. 
6. You can then cut out all the shapes of the bunny and then arrange them on a piece of brightly coloured paper, glue them down. 
7. Choose another piece of paper and fold in half. Draw half a pair of glasses and cut out. When you unfold you should get a complete pair! 
8. Glue the glasses on and you have your bunny. 

Draw a Spring Tulip - Older children and adults
Materials List: 
Paper 
Pencil
Watercolour pencils
Water pot
Paint brush

Instructions

1. Draw an outline of a tulip
2. Use the water colour pencils to start building up a base colour of the tulip. You can use a variety of colours  to do this, choose around 3 different shades of red. 
3. Do the same with the leaves, don’t stick to one green, use at least two.
4. Press hard if you want strong dramatic colour. Press lightly if you want areas of highlight. 
5. Outline with a darker colour if you want to create some tonal effects. E.g. the petals or the sections in between the leaves, this gives you more definition. 
6. Dip your brush in some water and apply to one section at a time. Take care to clean your brush between sections of different colour or else the colour will run. 
7. Use your brush to follow the contours of the shapes. This emphasises the form of the objects. 
8. Use kitchen towel to blot any areas that you feel are too wet or maybe the colour needs correcting