We hope you’re recovering from the blast of overnight freezes in the High Peak this week. To help you do that here is our third installment of fun creative activities for families with young children from Karl, Frances & Margit our Early Years specialists – something to explore together during these extraordinary times!
This week our Family Fun Friday activity is Marbling! We’ve adapted the original activity from For the Love of Books to use things found around the home. We were particularly inspired by a book called ‘Space Walk’ by Salina Yoon and in the project we went on to make an interactive creative play space for the children to explore life on another planet.
Marbling is instantly gratifying. Young children gasp and giggle in wonder at the beautiful transformation that occurs to a plain piece of paper as they dip it into the ink tray and adults marvel at the impressive results.
No two pieces of marbled paper are alike and there are lots of things you can make with the end product: bookmarks, greetings cards, backgrounds for further paintings – and, here, an other worldly planet to stick up on your wall or window!
And here are Margit’s activity cards:
As always our Family Fun Friday activities were originally designed for young children and their families but they can easily be undertaken by all household members during the lockdown. Let us know how you get on with Marbling!
These activities have been supported by the Ragdoll Foundation.
Click here for Family Fun Friday week 1
Click here for Family Fun Friday week 2
