Making a jungle collage canvas

No half term would be complete without a bit of crafting would it? With the help of some bits and bobs from Bostik, two of the children decided to make a collage picture on a canvas.

We are in the process of re-decorating the playroom at the moment. Once finished it will be a jungle theme, so the children decided to create a picture that would fit in with the new playroom.

After sorting through a range of materials they got to work. The sky was the first stage, so they stuck blue felt carefully to the canvas.

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This was followed by the jungle floor. They used a green foam material for this to give it a different look and texture to the sky and this was stuck over the felt.

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The next stage was to create a tree for some of the animals to sit in. The tree was made using two different types of materials, a coloured foam and glitter card. These were cut free hand before being glued to the picture.

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The next stage was to start building up the animals. A pipe cleaner was used to show a tiger in the tree, then foam sticky animals were used to add to the picture. They made a tropical bird out of a button and some coloured feathers, and even a pool for the hippo out of foam.

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The hippo even had a “splash” coming out of the pool.

This can now find a home on the wall of the playroom as part of our jungle theme – just need to put the room back together now!

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