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Creative Steps

A fantastic magazine packed with easy, fun projects and activities … an excellent source of inspiration for primary school teachers, classroom assistants, childminders & nannies, nursery teachers, playgroup and pre-school organisers, home educators, Rainbow, Brownie, Guide and Scouting leaders and, of course, parents and grandparents!

Issue 12 of Creative StepsIssue 12 - published April 29th 2008 - Sample contents

Here is a sample of the contents from Issue 12, with dozens of great ideas for the months ahead. There are cards and gifts for children of all ages to make for Father's Day, plus features on Buddhism, Scandinavia and Robin Hood. This issue also includes a fabulous special feature on Gardening with Children, in conjunction with the Royal Horticultural Society, along with packets of free pumpkin seeds for every reader to plant and grow. Plus all the regular sections, such as Reading Corner, '4 ways with . . .' and £100's of fabulous books & toys to be won!


0-3 years
Concentrating on texture and sensory stimulation, projects in this group include:

Cress Headsblob  CRESS HEADS — These wacky little characters will have children fascinated as they watch the cress hair grow.

blob  GREEN MAN MASK — Get children back to nature with a mask of leaves made from a paper plate.

Apple Print Flowersblob APPLE PRINT FLOWERS — Experiment with colour in this fun printing activity to make everlasting flowers.

blob MAKE DAD A WINNER! — Every dad will feel like a champion when he receives a gold medal card and pot of chocolate fudge on June 15th.

blob MILK CONTAINER ELEPHANTS — Make some cute elephants by recycling plastic supermarket
milk containers.

Freddie the Frogblob PASTA MOSAIC — Make a colourful mosaic picture using cheap supermarket pasta.

blob FREDDIE THE FROG — A simple little card frog which will have children hopping with delight!

 

 

4-7 years
Fun crafting projects to make with children in Key Stage 1, include:

blob THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD — Collect together your own band of merry boys and girls with this fun-packed feature.

blob LET’S STICK TOGETHER! — Design characters using fire kindling.

Ladybird Clockblob LADYBIRD CLOCK GAME — A fun game to help reinforce children’s time and clock reading skills.

blob COLLAGE COLLECTION — Choose dad’s favourite subject and make a collage card and bookmark.

Crafty Caterppillarblob FLOWER POWER! — Learn all about the Chelsea Flower Show and gardening with these fantastic green-fingered activities.

blob CRAFTY CATERPILLARS — Easy-to-make caterpillars which will add a splash of creepy-crawly colour to any plant pot or flowerbed.

blob COLOUR MIXING — Teach younger children the basics of colour mixing.

blob FFATHER’S DAY TREASURE — Let children show how much they treasure dad with a super pirate gift set.

 

 

8-11 years
Great ideas for older kids to make and do:

blob AFRICAN PENCIL POT — An ideal and very useful Father’s Day gift inspired by African drums!

CD Coversblob FATHER’S DAY – IT’S COVERED! — Download some of dad’s favourite tunes, burn him a special compilation CD and make a smart customised CD cover!

blob EXPERIMENTAL DADS — Fun science experiments giving big boys a chance to mess about with some tricks and general science mayhem.

blob SCANDINAVIAN STUDIES — Fun activities to mark the national days of Norway, Denmark and Sweden.

Understanding Buddhismblob ARTIST AT WORK — Step-by-step guides to creating mini masterpieces on canvas.

blob UNDERSTANDING BUDDHISM — A special feature on Buddhism to celebrate Wesak (Buddha Day).

blob WAXING LYRICAL — Make some beautiful decorations with wax crayons.


 


In addition to these, there are plenty of other great ideas and projects, plus a great selection of books reviewed in Reading Corner and prize giveaways worth £100's.

Subscribers: To save you cutting up your copy of Creative Steps you may download all of the templates for the projects in this issue by clicking on the button below

Issue 12 - Contents summary


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