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Creativity Challenge 31: Paper Boats

Here's a challenge is to make a paper boat. Get some sturdy paper and follow the instructions provided. Make big ones. Make small ones. Have fun.

Creativity Challenge 30: Lego Ironman (Extra for Experts)

This is a step by step YouTube video on how to draw Lego Ironman.

It is an extra for experts session. The video goes for 20 minutes. It is detailed and challenging. It will require some pausing as you progress. Mums and dads may even like to challenge themselves.

This video definitely involves patience, persistence and following of instructions. Once completed you will be very proud of your efforts and learnt a lot about how to draw in a more detailed way.

Creativity Challenge 29: Chatterbox Animals

Check out this website www.easypeasyandfun.com/how-to-make-a-fortune-teller/ as it has printables that are good to go for our younger children or for our older children follow the instructions to make your own.

You can also and watch the YouTube videos to get a real idea of how to make your own chatterbox animal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93qNO4c2B4I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpcAOFi5JHQ

This challenge involves following instructions, folding, cutting and glueing. You'll be thrilled with your efforts in the end.

Creativity Challenge 28: Shark Puppets

Easy Peasy and Fun have a great shark puppet that you can make. Partway down there are the printables to make your own shark puppet. What colour will you make your shark?

This involves following instructions, cutting, colouring in, pasting and lots of fun.

Creativity Challenge 27: The Lorax

Here's a great craft idea from out of the Dr Suess books. It's the Lorax.

Follow the visual instructions to make your own Lorax.

This involves cutting, pasting, following instructions and being creative. Have fun.

Creativity Challenge 26: Autumn Leaf Animal Art

Head outside. Gather up some leaves and become creative. Use some permanent markers and make your leaves become alive as autumn leaf animals.

This challenge involves collecting, sorting, creating, glueing and drawing.

Creativity Challenge 25: Paper Fish

Here's a fun, easy and eye-catching paper fish activity.

This challenge involves following instructions, cutting, glueing and being creative.

Creativity Challenge 24: Cars

Study how these iceblock stick cars have been made and then make your own. Which eyes will you choose? Which mouth will you choose? What colour will you make it? Will you have headlights? Will you put on a grill?

This challenge involves problem solving, being creative, cutting out, glueing, colouring in and counting.

Credit to: Anne Marie McArdle

Creativity Challenge 23: Mother's Day Card

Here is a great idea to make a 3-D card for mum or grandma. It is simple and really effective. Write a message to mum on it.

This challenge involves reading, following instructions, cutting, glueing and writing a message to mum.

Creativity Challenge 22: Cartoon Faces

Drawing faces can be so tricky BUT, today's video solves that for you. Watch the video illustrator take you through some very simple tips to create cartoon characters. By the end of this, you will feel like a pro.

This challenge involves listening carefully, following instructions and being brave to try something new. You will love it.

Creativity Challenge 21: Home Made Playdough

Here's a great and easy recipe to make your own playdough.

Once you have done that...create something amazing with it.

This challenge involves following instructions, reading, measuring and then artistic creating.

Creativity Challenge 20: Sonic the Hedgehog

We come back to our favourite author and illustrator Rob Biddulph #DrawWithRob as he takes us through, step by step, to draw Sonic the Hedgehog. This a senior school challenge as the video itself is 20 minutes.

This challenge involves persistence, sustained concentration, following instructions, drawing and colouring in. #DrawWithRob

Creativity Challenge 19: Tissue Box Monsters

Got a spare tissue box around your house and some old paints. Watch the video and make one to these fun Tissue Box Monsters.

This creativity challenge involves following instructions, painting, cutting, glueing and being creative.

Creativity Challenge 18: New World's Origami Paper Fish

Our friends from New World have this great video on how to make a paper fish. It has some tricky parts so you may need some help and its worthwhile watching the video through first, getting all prepared, and then doing it step by step, pausing the video where you need to.

Can you make several fish, decorate them, and then glue them onto a page putting in a underwater background (shipwrecks, coral, seaweed, submarines etc)?

This challenge involves following instructions, folding, teamwork, colouring in.

Creativity Challenge 17: A Yarn Bowl

Have fun with this crafty activity. It's a yarn (wool) bowl.

When they talk about white school glue that is PVA - hopefully mum and dad have some around the house. You can make your bowl as big or a small as you like.

This challenge involves reading, following instructions, patience, photography and fun!

Creativity Challenge 16: Paper Plane Strike Eagle

Watch the video and make your own deluxe paper plane called the Strike Eagle. There are lots of instructions so you will need to watch it all through, then go back to the start and do it step by step. For younger children it would pay to have an older person helping.

Give it a test flight (make sure it is away from people) and see how far it will go for you.

Can you decorate your Strike Eagle?

This challenge involves following instructions, folding, throwing a paper plane, photography, videoing.

Creativity Challenge 15: Toilet Roll Art Take 2

Here are some more ideas of what you can do with your spare toilet rolls. Have some fun.

This activity involves design skills, colouring-in, cutting out, pasting, photography.

Creativity Challenge 14: Lego Lockdown Dream Build

Build your dream place to be in lockdown. It is a castle? Somewhere in space? On the water? On land?

Build a structure that has everything that you would want or desire.

Can you include people into your structure that you are in lockdown with? What are they doing? Are there any pets? Do you have a garden? Is there a garage with cars in it? Is there a pool, gym, games room?

You can build it yourself or as part of a family team. You decide.

This challenge involves planning, construction, three dimensional thinking, persistence, problem solving, teamwork.

Creativity Challenge 13: Origami Easter Eggs

Watch the video of how to make your own 3-d origami Easter Egg. It is from Jeremy Shafer in USA so he talks about 6 inches. This is pretty much 15cms (15.2cm to be exact).

This challenge has lots of instructions in it so you will need to watch, pause, maybe rewind, watch again etc. One tip is to watch the video right through first to see what you are doing and then start from the start again.

For our younger children it will require help from an older person in your lockdown bubble. Do it together and so make two Easter eggs.

Can you make a basketful of them? Can you decorate your page before you fold so that your Easter egg is colourful and creative?

This challenge involves measuring a page, carefully following instructions, folding, decorating and lots of persistence.

Creativity Challenge 12: Easter Egg Surprise

Follow the fun video to create an Easter Egg Surprise

This challenge involves following instructions, folding, design, colouring-in and having fun.

Creativity Challenge 11: Bookmark Art

Today we tune back in to #DrawWithRob and he is taking us through drawing a bookmark cartoon character.

Enjoy watching the video and creating your character.

This challenge involves listening, following instructions, drawing skills and our value of excellence. Enjoy.

Creativity Challenge 10: Paper Construction

Watch the video and create your on paper animals. Lots of fun.

This challenge involves following instructions, folding, stapling, cutting and gluing.

Creativity Challenge 9: TVNZ Sports

With most sports cancelled TVNZ is looking for homemade sports videos.

What can you create? Olympics? Rugby? Soccer? Netball?

This challenge involves teamwork, planning and video production.

Creativity Challenge 8: Box Construction

Got any spare boxes around home? Check out these photos, get constructive with scissors, tape, glue and paint. Have fun.

This challenge involves design skills, construction, decoration and teamwork if you are working together.

Creativity Challenge 7: Animal Art

Have a look at the different step by step instructions to draw an animal. Which one will you draw? Colour it in and then give it a background.

This challenge involves carefully following instructions, colouring in and creating a setting.

Creativity Challenge 6: Hand Art

Watch the video and decide what you would like to draw using your hands. You might like to draw more than one. Colour it in, in a creative and exciting way. Can you give it a background?

This challenge involves following instructions, tracing and colouring in.

Creativity Challenge 5: Dance Off

Learn the dance. Can you do it as a family? All the kids?

Video yourself, your family, your brothers / sisters.

This activity includes listening skills, keeping in time with music, co-ordination, flexibility and fitness. If doing it in a family, teamwork as well.

Creativity Challenge 4: Toilet Roll Art

Have some fun with your spare toilet rolls.

This activity involves design skills, colouring-in, cutting out, pasting, photography.

Creativity Challenge 3: Dude Perfect - Trick Shot

Brainstorm as a family what your trick shot will be.

Videos will be compiled into our own ‘Trick Shot’ compilation and will be posted to our school's Facebook page.

Amaze us like the guys from Dude Perfect do.

This challenge involves maths, science, video production, drama and PE.

Creativity Challenge 2: Gregosaurus

Draw your own Gregosaurus.

This challenge involves listening skills, drawing skills and colour design skills.

Happy drawing.

Creativity Challenge 1: Teddy Bears

Can we get everyone to put their favourite teddy bear in the window. Can you dress them up? Could they have a sign or banner e.g. “Keep Safe Everyone”.

This challenge involves community awareness, current events and design skills.