Lots of Lovely Art

Let your imagination and creativity take flight with the Beautiful Bugs Art Box! This set of art projects, inspired by artists old and new, give you the opportunity to explore a unique side of critters - love them or hate them - we look at how to create a wall of recycled bugs, painted butterflies, snail drawings and shapes, spider collages, dragonfly bug jars, cricket patterns and finally moth wings you can wear. Suitable for children  4 years and over. Each project has tips to tailor for young children Ants, bees, slugs and worms – these tiny creatures all have a role to play in our environment. They work away quietly, breaking down leaves, churning up soil and pollinating plants. There are 40,000 different species in Britain alone. Whats inside the box; A booklet introducing the theme, with information about artists, art styles and techniques. Clear instructions on seven art projects, appropriate for children of any age (4+ years), with tips to tailor each project for younger children. Includes LoLA book recommendations for further reading. Plenty of quality art materials for your child. What art materials will I receive?; This box includes a set of water-colour paints, a paint-brush, a wooden peg, a glue stick, coloured papers, water-colour paper and a bug template. Safety; Warning! Not suitable for children under 36 months – small parts. Potential choking hazards and sharp points. Do not ingest any items within the box. Adult supervision recommended.  

Delicious Delights Art Box for Children A magical educational art box for children, with art projects, inspiration from artists and quality materials.  Create your very own tea party with colourful cardboard cakes, or deliver a fast-food take-away with a Plaster of Paris burger! This box is filled with creative ideas that will give you a taste of how food is used in art, from printing with apples to still life paintings and collaged fruit faces. From fantastic fruit to divine desserts, these delicious art projects look to artists old and new for inspiration and education. Food has always played a role in art: Stone Age cave painters used vegetable juice and animal fats as binding ingredients in their paints, and the Egyptians carved pictures of crops and bread on hieroglyphic tablets. In this box experiment with ice cream sundae paintings inspired by Andy Warhol, look at Guiseppe Arcimboldo to create your very own fruit and veg faces, learn about still life with Cezanne, and create fast food and divine desserts sculptures with Wayne Thiebaud and Claes Oldenburg. The 'Delicious Delights' art box includes: A booklet introducing the art theme, with information about artists, art styles and techniques. Clear instructions on seven art projects, appropriate for children of any age (4+ years), with tips to tailor each project for Little Ones. Includes LoLA book recommendations for further reading. Quality materials: a set of acrylic paints, a paint brush, a roll of Plaster of Paris, sticky foam and water-colour paper

Artists have drawn (and been drawn to) flowers for centuries. In this art box we are inspired by them all to create a variety of our very own floral masterpieces: From naive flower still lives to abstract floral multi-media paintings; from sun-prints to vases filled with egg-cup bouquets; from petal collages to beautiful painted paper flower crowns! Artists have used flowers to talk about joy and madness, and about beauty and sadness. For flowers have their own language: in art, as in life, roses signify love, and lilies, beauty. People give flowers as an expression of their emotions, to say things like “I love you” or “I’m sorry”… And the colours of flowers also mean different things: red often represents love; yellow, friendship; and blue, peace. In this box we learn how to look at, paint, make and collage all sort of flowers, inspired by artists past and present. This set includes:A booklet introducing the theme, with information about artists, art styles and techniques.Clear instructions on seven art projects, appropriate for children of any age (4+ years), with tips to tailor each project for younger children.Includes LoLA book recommendations for further reading.Plenty of quality art materials for your child.A set of poster paints, a paint-brush, PVA glue, sun-print paper, coloured paper and water-colour paper Age: 3+

The ‘From the Heart’ sketchbook explores the different ways that various artists have looked at the themes of Love, Friendship and Gratitude. Activites include fingerprint heart cards and recycled love necklaces; portraits of your friends and friendship bracelets; and a 3D gratitude Tree of Life with painted thank-you leaves! • 22 pages of creative prompts and ideas• Introduces children to artists old and new• 17 x 30cm, water-colour paper• You will need materials from home (chalks, pens, paints etc)

Giving people gifts that we have made ourselves brings joy in special ways. The psychology behind it is simple: it enables people to connect! Present giving is an ancient practice. Excavations have revealed that even cavemen gave each other gifts, be it an unusually shaped rock, a tooth from an animal, the bark from a tree, or some other item that was natural in origin. As tools were developed, gifts started to become more elaborate. This art box celebrates the art and beauty of homemade gift-giving, with projects ranging from making clay candlesticks to painting fabric hanging embroidery hoop decorations! Ideal for encouraging children to make presents for their loved ones, be it parents, grandparents, siblings or friends! What's inside the box? A booklet introducing the theme, with information about artists, art styles and techniques. Clear instructions on art projects, appropriate for children of any age (4+ years) to create four gifts: a papier-mâché bowl, a fabric hanging, a pencil case and a clay candle stick Includes LoLA book recommendations for further reading. Plenty of quality art materials for your child. What art materials will I receive? This box includes a set of acrylic paints, an embroidery hoop, Das air dry clay, cotton fabric, a canvas pencil case, a paint-brush and sticky foam

In this art box the creative projects all look at making your very own dolls’ house out of recycled materials and cardboard. Be inspired by some of the greatest architects, interior designers and furniture makers to build, paint and decorate your very own ‘Hand-made Home’ to play with! This set includes:A booklet introducing the theme, with information about artists, art styles and techniques; a set of acrylic paints, a paintbrush, two cardboard boxes to make your house, PVA glue, decorative papers, matchboxes and furniture templates. Creative prompts for your home-made house, decorating the exterior, the interior and making furniture. Plenty of quality art materials for your child. Appropriate for children of all ages (4+ years) Includes LoLA book recommendations for further reading. Warning! Not suitable for children under 36 months – small parts. Potential choking hazards and sharp points. Do not ingest any items within the box. Adult supervision recommended.

The types of love that we feel are almost as varied as the people who experience it, as is the art that explores the subject. From Greek mythology to Hindu motifs, cultures and artists around the world have used a range of symbols to represent love in art, and we look at a few of these in the art projects in this box- for example, the hug, the kiss, the heart and the dance! Suitable for children  4 years and over. Each project has tips to tailor for young children In this box we look at how artists have depicted the heart shape in their work.For many of us, the word ‘love’ evokes the romance of fairy tales… But the reality of it can be very varied. There is the love, for example, between a mother and her child; there is patriotism, the love for your country; and brotherly love; and friendship…as well as romantic love. The types of love that we feel are almost as varied as the people who experience it, as is the art that explores the subject. What's inside the box? A booklet introducing the theme, with information about artists, art styles and techniques. Clear instructions on seven art projects, appropriate for children of any age (4+ years), with tips to tailor each project for Little Ones. Includes LoLA book recommendations for further reading. Plenty of quality art materials for your child. What art materials will I receive? This box includes a set of oil pastels, a set of water-colour paints, coffee filters, pipe cleaners, sticky foam for printing, a wooden heart for decorating and water-colour paper. Safety Warning! Not suitable for children under 36 months – small parts. Potential choking hazards and sharp points. Do not ingest any items within the box. Adult supervision recommended.  

This art box includes creative projects for young people to express themselves through art. It is packed full of projects exploring the theme of Identity, be that through our face (in portraiture), our body or our varied emotions. Our identity is the unique sum of all our characteristics. We are born with some of them – our gender, our ethnicity and our body. Others grow and change with us, as we grow. Our identity influences the decisions we make; the people we choose as our friends; the fashions we adopt; and the politicians we come to support. Many artists use their work to express, explore and question ideas about our identity. Identity matters. The LoLA box is separated into three sections:• Portraiture, and how artists see behind our facial surface to depict something deeper than the mere outside appearance;• The Body, proportions and how it is central to facets of identity such as gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity;• And finally, Emotions and Expressionism, a style of art where the artist focuses on expressing their inner thoughts and feelings. GOLD winner of the Junior Design Awards for Best Creative Play (Arts & Crafts) 2022 What age are these projects appropriate for? We would estimate these art projects are appropriate for young adults, aged 11 plus. As always, art depends on the child’s interest, ability and maturity so if you feel like your 8 year old would be interested or if you’re a 34 year old and would enjoy the topic, go for it! What's inside the box? A booklet introducing the theme, with information about artists, art styles and techniques. Clear instructions on art projects. Plenty of quality art materials. What art materials will I receive? This art box includes a set of acrylic paints, a paintbrush, a styrofoam sheet and sticky foam for printing, a set of skin-tone soft pastels, collage papers and a journal.