Family Printable Activity
Create and Make At Home
Enjoy a family Create and Make workshop at home.
Colour, cut and build to create your own design project.
This week
Build the high street for the Design Museum building.
Now try building your high street at home or even imagine a high street for the future.
Explore the activity bank
Issy is back with another home-made instrument.
Ask for an adult's help and follow the steps in the video to make your own castanets!
You will need: Cardboard, a ruler, bottle tops, glue, scissors, tape and colouring pencils.
Get musical with Issy’s amazing home-made instruments.
Ask for an adult's help and follow the steps in the video to make your own banjo!
You will need: Cardboard, jar lids, rubber bands, tape, string, a ruler, glue, scissors, colouring pencils and a bowl.
Bring the Design Museum to you by building your own furniture exhibition.
Feature design classics like the Wiggle Chair and the Anglepoise lamp to create the room of your dreams.
Once it's ready, why not give a tour for the whole family?
Play the role of the architect and construct a box building.
Add colour to the trees, cars and busses to bring it to life.
If you make more than one you can build your own street!
Build and colour your own rocking horse.
Then use the blank template and your imagination to design other rocking objects.
Become a vehicle designer and create the car of your dreams.
Download, design and share your vehicles at #DesignFromHome.
Join Issy as she makes another home-made instrument.
Ask for an adult's help and follow the steps in the video to make your own spin drum!
You will need: Cardboard, a chop stick, a stick, bottle tops, beads, tape, string, scissors, a pencil, a rubber and colouring pencils.
Take to the decks with Issy’s amazing home-made DJ masks.
Ask for an adult's help and follow the steps in the video.
Choose your favourite songs and put on a show for your family!
You will need: Cardboard, tape, string, foil, crisp packets, paper, glue, scissors and a pencil.
Use the template to make your own animated nodding lamp.
Try your own ideas using the blank template to create other animations.
Join Issy to learn about trainer design.
Ask for an adult's help and follow the steps in the video to make your own paper shoes!
You will need: The printed worksheet, hole punch, string, sticks, tape, glue, scissors and colouring pencils.
Use the shapes to make your own creations.
It could be a lion tamer’s stand, a skyscraper or a tiny hat. Your imagination is the only limit!
Add the parts to the Imagination Station parts 1 and 2 for more possibilities.
Use the shapes to make your own creations.
Add this sheet to the first three Imagination stations to make entire scenes of amazing designs; towns, forests or weird and wonderful worlds.
Your imagination is the only limit!
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